Yiannis Ampatzidis

Yiannis Ampatzidis

Professor
Precision Agriculture/Automation
239-658-3451

 
 
 
 
 
Haimanote Bayabil

Haimanote Bayabil

Associate Professor
Water Resources
786-217-9253

 
 
 
 
 
Eban Bean, P.E.

Eban Bean, P.E.

Associate Professor
Urban Hydrology
352-294-2277

 
 
 
 
 
Nikolay Bliznyuk

Nikolay Bliznyuk

Associate Professor
Statistics and Machine Learning
352-294-6734

 
 
 
 
 
Ziynet Boz

Ziynet Boz

Assistant Professor
Sustainable Food Systems Engineering
352-294-7690

 
 
 
 
 
Tom Burks, P.E.

Tom Burks, P.E.

Professor
Agricultural Robotics
352-294-6728

 
 
 
 
 
Daeun "Dana" Choi

Daeun "Dana" Choi

Assistant Professor
Precision Agriculture in Specialty Crops
352-278-0701

 
 
 
 
 
Melanie Correll

Melanie Correll

Associate Professor
Plant-Space Biology
352-294-6722

 
 
 
 
 
Michael Dukes, P.E.

Michael Dukes, P.E.

Professor
Irrigation/Water Conservation
352-294-6720

 
 
 
 
 
Clyde Fraisse

Clyde Fraisse

Professor
Agroclimatology
352-294-6742

 
 
 
 
 
Serap Gorucu

Serap Gorucu

Assistant Professor
Agricultural Safety and Health
352-294-6738

 
 
 
 
 
Wendy Graham

Wendy Graham

Professor
Water Resources
352-294-7741

 
 
 
 
 
Sandra Guzmán

Sandra Guzmán

Assistant Professor
Hydrology/Irrigation
772-577-7342

 
 
 
 
 
Young Gu Her

Young Gu Her

Associate Professor
Hydrology and Water Quality
786-217-9288

 
 
 
 
 
Daniel Hofstetter, P.E.

Daniel Hofstetter, P.E.

Assistant Professor
Agricultural Operations Management
352-294-6702

 
 
 
 
 
Gerrit Hoogenboom

Gerrit Hoogenboom

Professor and Preeminent Scholar
Crop Modeling
352-294-1036

 
 
 
 
 
Vijaya Joshi

Vijaya Joshi

Research Assistant Scientist

772-468-3922

 
 
 
 
 
Jasmeet Judge

Jasmeet Judge

Professor
Microwave Remote Sensing
352-294-6750

 
 
 
 
 
Gopal Kakani

Gopal Kakani

Professor

352-294-6746

 
 
 
 
 
Gregory Kiker

Gregory Kiker

Professor and Chair
Ecological Modeling
352-294-6743

 
 
 
 
 
Wonsuk "Daniel" Lee

Wonsuk "Daniel" Lee

Professor
AI and Sensing Systems
352-294-6721

 
 
 
 
 
Changying "Charlie" Li

Changying "Charlie" Li

Professor
Agricultural AI and Automation
352-294-6727

 
 
 
 
 
Nargiza Ludgate

Nargiza Ludgate

Research Assistant Scientist

352-294-0220

 
 
 
 
 
Ana Martin-Ryals

Ana Martin-Ryals

Assistant Professor
Biological Engineering Undergraduate Coordinator
352-294-6708

 
 
 
 
 
Henry Medeiros

Henry Medeiros

Associate Professor
Robotics and Smart Agriculture
352-294-6706

 
 
 
 
 
Kati Migliaccio

Kati Migliaccio

CALS Dean and Professor
College Of Agricultural And Life Sciences
2001 McCarty D

 
 
 
 
 
Saqib Mukhtar

Saqib Mukhtar

Professor and Associate Dean for Extension, Agriculture and Natural Resources
Animal Manure, Effluent Management
352-392-1761

 
 
 
 
 
Rachata Muneepeerakul

Rachata Muneepeerakul

Professor and Graduate Coordinator
Dynamic Models, Stochastic Processes
352-294-6729

 
 
 
 
 
Rafael Muñoz-Carpena

Rafael Muñoz-Carpena

Distinguished Professor
Hydrology and Environmental Modeling
352-294-6747

 
 
 
 
 
Nasser Najibi

Nasser Najibi

Assistant Professor

352-294-6739

 
 
 
 
 
Willingthon Pavan

Willingthon Pavan

Assistant Professor
Modeling Cropping Systems
352-294-6736

 
 
 
 
 
William Pelletier

William Pelletier

Instructional Associate Professor
Postharvest
352-294-6701

 
 
 
 
 
Pratap Pullammanappallil

Pratap Pullammanappallil

Associate Professor
Environmental Biotechnology
352-294-6719

 
 
 
 
 
Jose Reyes

Jose Reyes

Associate Professor
Biosensors/Enzyme Catalysis/Food Engineering
352-273-2181

 
 
 
 
 
Richard Scholtz

Richard Scholtz

Instructional Associate Professor
Sustainable Agriculture
352-294-6704

 
 
 
 
 
Vivek Sharma

Vivek Sharma

Assistant Professor
Precision Water Management
352-294-6725

 
 
 
 
 
Vakhtang Shelia

Vakhtang Shelia

Research Associate Scientist

352-294-6731

 
 
 
 
 
Sanjay Shukla

Sanjay Shukla

Professor
Watershed Hydrology
239-658-3425

 
 
 
 
 
Dengjun Wang

Dengjun Wang

Assistant Professor

352-294-7969

 
 
 
 
 
Xu "Kevin" Wang

Xu "Kevin" Wang

Assistant Professor

813-419-6618

 
 
 
 
 
J. Adam Watson

J. Adam Watson

Associate Professor
AOM Undergraduate Coordinator/Agricultural Economics, Postharvest
352-294-6740

 
 
 
 
 
Bruce Welt

Bruce Welt

Professor
Packaging
352-294-6730

 
 
 
 
 
Ziwen Yu

Ziwen Yu

Assistant Professor
Big Data Analytics
325-294-7761

 
 
 
 
 
Ying Zhang

Ying Zhang

Assistant Professor
Controlled Environments
325-294-6864

 
 
 
 
 

Affiliate Faculty

Jehangir Bhadha

Jehangir Bhadha

Assistant Professor of Soil, Water & Nutrient Management
University of Florida UF/IFAS Everglades Research and Education Center
561-993-1711

 
 
 
 
 
Albert De Vries

Albert De Vries

Affiliate Professor
University of Florida Department of Animal Sciences
352-294-6983

 
 
 
 
 
Arie Hendrik Havelaar

Arie Hendrik Havelaar

Professor of Microbial Risk Assessment and Epidemiology of Foodborne Diseases
University of Florida Department of Animal Sciences
352-294-6986

 
 
 
 
 
Amor Menezes

Amor Menezes

Affiliate Assistant Professor
University of Florida Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
352-294-0470

 
 
 
 
 
Charlie Messina

Charlie Messina

Affiliate Professor
University of Florida Department of Horticultural Sciences
352-273-4862

 
 
 
 
 
John Schueller

John Schueller

Affiliate Professor
University of Florida Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
352-392-0822

 
 
 
 
 
Yilin Zhuang

Yilin Zhuang

Water Resources Regional Specialized Agent
UF/IFAS Mid-Florida Research & Education Center
407-410-6901

 
 
 
 
 

Courtesy Faculty

Senthold Asseng

Senthold Asseng

Professor, Digital Agriculture
Technical University Munich

 
 
 
 
 
Howard Beck

Howard Beck

Courtesy Faculty

 
 
 
 
 
Ray Huffaker

Ray Huffaker

Professor Emeritus

 
 
 
 
 
Igor Linkov

Igor Linkov

Adjunct Professor
Carnegie Mellon University

 
 
 
 
 
Eric McLamore

Eric McLamore

Associate Professor
Clemson University

 
 
 
 
 
Aditya Singh

Aditya Singh

Assistant Professor, Geospatial Ecology
Texas A&M University Kingsville

 
 
 
 
 
Zhaohui Tong

Zhaohui Tong

Associate Professor
Georgia Tech

 
 
 
 
 

Emeritus Faculty

Name Title Email
Direlle Baird Professor Emeritus direllebaird@yahoo.com
Howard Beck Professor Emeritus hwb@ufl.edu
Brian J. Boman Professor Emeritus bjboman@ifas.ufl.edu
Khe Van Chau Professor Emeritus kvchau@ufl.edu
Richard P. Cromwell Associate Professor Emeritus rpcrom@ufl.edu
Richard C. Fluck Professor Emeritus flandnc2@gmail.com
Byron T. French Associate Professor Emeritus frenchbyronfaith@bellsouth.net
Dorota Haman Professor Emeritus dhaman@ufl.edu
Ray Huffaker Professor Emeritus rhuffaker@ufl.edu
Gerald W. Isaacs Professor Emeritus isaacs@ufl.edu
James Jones Distinguished Professor Emeritus jimj@ufl.edu
Pierce Jones Professor Emeritus piercejones@ufl.edu
William M. Miller Professor Emeritus wmm@ifas.ufl.edu
J. Wayne Mishoe Professor Emeritus wmishoe@jwm-engineering.com
Kathleen C. Ruppert Emeritus Extension Scientist kr@ufl.edu
Wendell Porter Senior Lecturer Emeritus waporter@ufl.edu
Masoud Salyani Professor Emeritus msi@ufl.edu
Glen H. Smerage Associate Professor Emeritus glens@ufl.edu
Arthur A. Teixeira Professor Emeritus atex@ufl.edu
Jodie D. Whitney Professor Emeritus jdwhitney@ifas.ufl.edu
Fedro Zazueta Professor Emeritus fsz@ufl.edu

 

Retired Faculty

Name Title
James D. Leary, Ph.D. Retired Senior Lecturer

 

Staff

Kristen Aslan

Kristen Aslan

Research Administrator I

 
 
 
 
 
Juan Briceno

Juan Briceno

Engineer III/Facilities Manager

352-294-6712

 
 
 
 
 
Perihan Brown

Perihan Brown

Administrative Services Assistant Director

352-294-6710

 
 
 
 
 
Jessica Dalzell

Jessica Dalzell

Academic Advisor II

352-294-6709

 
 
 
 
 
Alejandro Drausal

Alejandro Drausal

Engineer I

352-294-6714

 
 
 
 
 
Heather Gavigan

Heather Gavigan

Fiscal Assistant II

352-294-6707

 
 
 
 
 
Austin Grawe

Austin Grawe

Administrative Assistant II

352-294-6751

 
 
 
 
 
Lindsey Head

Lindsey Head

Case Coordinator, AgrAbility Project

352-294-3068

 
 
 
 
 
Samantha Jones

Samantha Jones

Marketing and Communications Specialist

352-294-0487

 
 
 
 
 
Alvin Langford

Alvin Langford

Engineer

352-392-9771

 
 
 
 
 
Molly Lewis

Molly Lewis

Web Designer I

 
 
 
 
 
Zach Moore

Zach Moore

Engineer I

352-294-6713

 
 
 
 
 
Natalie Parkell

Natalie Parkell

Education/Training Spec II

 
 
 
 
 
Pat Rush

Pat Rush

Electrical Engineer

352-294-6723

 
 
 
 
 
Nita Small

Nita Small

Administrative Assistant I

352-294-6700

 
 
 
 
 
Filip Tecza

Filip Tecza

End User Computing Specialist III

352-294-6716

 
 
 
 
 
Troy Thomas

Troy Thomas

Engineering Technician I

352-294-6717

 
 
 
 
 
Lee Tolbert

Lee Tolbert

Engineer Technician III

352-392-9771

 
 
 
 
 
Mark Yarick

Mark Yarick

Education/Training Specialist II

 
 
 
 
 
Michael Zingaro

Michael Zingaro

Engineer

352-392-9771

 
 
 
 
 

Postdocs

Piyush Agade

Piyush Agade


Principal Investigator (PI): Eban Bean

 
 
 
 
 
Laura Almendra-Martin

Laura Almendra-Martin


Principal Investigator (PI): Jasmeet Judge

 
 
 
 
 
Bere Benjamin Bantchina

Bere Benjamin Bantchina

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Principal Investigator (PI): Vivek Sharma

 
 
 
 
 
Mulatu Liyew Berihun

Mulatu Liyew Berihun


Principal Investigator (PI): Haimanote Bayabil

 
 
 
 
 
Shiva Bhambota

Shiva Bhambota

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Principal Investigator (PI): Vivek Sharma

 
 
 
 
 
M. Usman Maqbool Bhutta

M. Usman Maqbool Bhutta


Principal Investigator (PI): Henry Medeiros

 
 
 
 
 
Henrique Boriolo

Henrique Boriolo


Principal Investigator (PI): Gerrit Hoogenboom

 
 
 
 
 
Vinicius Cerbaro

Vinicius Cerbaro

Principal Investigator (PI): Dr. Clyde Fraisse

 
 
 
 
 
Gregory Conde Mendez

Gregory Conde Mendez


Principal Investigator (PI): Sandra Guzman

 
 
 
 
 
Susanta Das

Susanta Das

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Principal Investigator (PI): Vivek Sharma

 
 
 
 
 
Cleverson de Freitas

Cleverson de Freitas


Principal Investigator (PI): Gerrit Hoogenboom

 
 
 
 
 
Seokmin Hong

Seokmin Hong


Principal Investigator (PI): Rafael Munoz-Carpena

 
 
 
 
 
Zafar Iqbal

Zafar Iqbal


Principal Investigator (PI): Tom Burks

 
 
 
 
 
Kalindi Larios

Kalindi Larios

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Principal Investigator (PI): Rafael Muñoz-Carpena

 
 
 
 
 
Mariely Lopes dos Santos

Mariely Lopes dos Santos


Principal Investigator (PI): Gerrit Hoogenboom

 
 
 
 
 
Raquel Lozano

Raquel Lozano


Principal Investigator (PI): Ziynet Boz

 
 
 
 
 
Cesar Moreira

Cesar Moreira


Principal Investigator (PI): Bruce Welt

 
 
 
 
 
Antônio de Oliveira Costa Neto

Antônio de Oliveira Costa Neto


Principal Investigator (PI): Yiannis Ampatzidis

 
 
 
 
 
Nathan O'Neil

Nathan O'Neil


Principal Investigator (PI): Pratap Pullammanapallil

 
 
 
 
 
Islam Radwan

Islam Radwan


Principal Investigator (PI): Dengjun Wang

 
 
 
 
 
Ayman Suleiman

Ayman Suleiman


Principal Investigator (PI): Gerrit Hoogenboom

 
 
 
 
 
Chenjiao Tan

Chenjiao Tan


Principal Investigator (PI): Changying Li

 
 
 
 
 
Anooja Thomas

Anooja Thomas


Principal Investigator (PI): Gerrit Hoogenboom

 
 
 
 
 
Alexandre Zanatta

Alexandre Zanatta


Principal Investigator (PI): Willingthon Pavan

 
 
 
 
 
Xue Zhou

Xue Zhou


Principal Investigator (PI): Kevin Wang

 
 
 
 
 

Graduate Students

  Name Advisor E-mail

Headshot of Jyotsana Adhikari

Jyotsana Adhikari

 Dr. Young Gu Her j.adhikari@ufl.edu

Headshot of Ryan Ames

Ryan Ames

 Dr. Bruce Welt ryanames@ufl.edu

Headshot of Fabio Antunes De Oliveira

Fabio Augusto Antunes De Oliveira

 Dr. Gerrit Hoogenboom fabioaug.antunes@ufl.edu

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Emmanuel Asare

 Dr. Aditya Singh emmanuelasare@ufl.edu

Headshot of Sena Atsyo

Sena Atsyo

 Dr. Daniel Hofstetter atsyosena@ufl.edu

Dawood Atta

 Dr. Gerrit Hoogenboom attadawood@ufl.edu

Thiago Berton Ferreira

 Dr. Gerrit Hoogenboom t.berton@ufl.edu

Headshot of Kapil Bhattarai

Kapil Bhattarai

 Dr. Gerrit Hoogenboom kbhattarai1@ufl.edu

Rio Bonham

 Dr. Rafael Munoz-Carpena r.bonham@ufl.edu

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Fawaz Bouhamad

 Dr. Nasser Najibi fawazbouhamad@ufl.edu

Headshot of Adam Camerer

Adam Joseph Camerer

 Dr. Changying Li a.camerer@ufl.edu

Mert Canatan

 Drs. Ziynet Boz and Rafael Muñoz-Carpena mert.canatan@ufl.edu

Headshot of Joanna Cartee

Joanna Cartee

 Dr. Greg Kiker jcartee@ufl.edu

Szu-Cheng "Matt" Chang

 Dr. Jose Reyes szuchengchang@ufl.edu

Moses Chilenje

 Dr. Aditya Singh mchilenje@ufl.edu

Younghoo Cho

 Drs. Ziwen Yu and Yiannis Ampatzidis younghoocho@ufl.edu

Donald Coon 

 Dr. Ana Martin-Ryals dcoon@ufl.edu

Virginia Covert 

 Dr. Melanie Correll benjamin.covert@ufl.edu

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Namrata Dutt

 Dr. Daeun Choi namrata.dutt@ufl.edu

Amir Etefaghi Daryani

 Dr. Henry Medeiros amir.etefaghidar@ufl.edu

Gabrielle Fisher

 Dr. Adam Watson gabrielle.fisher@ufl.edu

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Adam Fuerst

 Dr. Sanjay Shukla adam.fuerst@ufl.edu

Headshot of Jacob Gazaleh

Jacob Gazaleh

 Dr. Bruce Welt jessa.gazaleh@ufl.edu

Headshot of Matt Goloujeh

Matt Goloujeh

 Dr. Nasser Najibi mhatamigoloujeh@ufl.edu

 Byron Hernandez Osorio

 Dr. Henry Medeiros bhernandezosorio@ufl.edu

Adam Howe

 Dr. Rafael Muñoz-Carpena jhowe1@ufl.edu

Zijing Huang

 Dr. Wonsuk "Daniel" Lee zijing.huang@ufl.edu

Headshot of Uche Ilodibe

Uchechukwu Ilodibe

 Dr. Daeun Choi u.ilodibe@ufl.edu

Liyike Ji

 Dr. Xu Wang liyikeji@ufl.edu

Neelnayana Kalita 

 Dr. Sanjay Shukla nkalita@ufl.edu

Zahra Khademi

 Dr. Henry Medeiros khademi.zahra@ufl.edu

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Hannah Knotts

 Dr. Eban Bean hhyland@ufl.edu

Headshot of Xiangcheng Kong

Xiangcheng Kong

 Dr. Dengjun Wang x.kong@ufl.edu

Jake Kuruvilla

 Dr. Adam Watson kuruvillajake@ufl.edu

Headshot of Ryan Lam

Ryan Lam

 Dr. Ana Martin-Ryals ryan.lam@ufl.edu

Kallan Latham

 Dr. Eban Bean latham.kl@ufl.edu

Lauren Lindow 

 Dr. Ziynet Boz llindow@ufl.edu

Jia-Yi Ling

 Advisors: Dr. Nikolay Bliznyuk jiayiling@ufl.edu

Shiyu "Ariel" Liu

 Dr. Yiannis Ampatzidis shiyu.liu@ufl.edu

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Wenhao Liu

 Dr. Yiannis Ampatzidis wenhaoliu@ufl.edu

Fatemeh "Fadia" Maghsood 

 Drs. Changying Li & Charlie Messina fa.maghsood@ufl.edu

Headshot of Mekhala Mitra

Mekhala Mitra

 Dr. Vivek Sharma mitramekhala@ufl.edu

 Madison Moore

 Drs. Serap Gorucu and Nikolay Bliznyuk moore.madison@ufl.edu

Marisabel Morales Muralles

 Dr. Jose Reyes moralesmurallesm@ufl.edu

Jacob Muller

 Drs. Ying Zhang and Paul Fisher jacobmuller@ufl.edu

 Eduart Andres Murcia Botache

 Dr. Sandra Guzman emurciabotache@ufl.edu

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Daniel Palacios Linares

 Dr. Sandra Guzman daniel.palaciosl@ufl.edu

Georgios Paliouras

 Dr. Yiannis Ampatzidis gpaliouras@ufl.edu

Headshot of Andres Perez Barriga

Andres Perez Barriga

 Dr. Haimanote Bayabil perezbarriga.a@ufl.edu

Headshot of Rajeshwari Periyaswamy

Rajeshwari Periyaswamy

 Dr. Pratap Pullammanappallil r.periyaswamy@ufl.edu

Headshot of Daniel Petti

Daniel Petti

 Dr. Changying Li daniel.petti@ufl.edu

Headshot of student Isabella Plumier

Isabella Plumier

 Dr. Vivek Sharma isabella.plumier@ufl.edu

Jean Paul Pompeo

 Dr. Melanie Correll jean.pompeo@ufl.edu

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Ruoyao Qin

 Dr. Henry Medeiros qinruoyao@ufl.edu

Headshot of Sarah Rice

Sarah Ellen Rice

 Dr. Dengjun Wang sarahrice@ufl.edu

Headshot of Olga Shashkina

Olga Shashkina

 Dr. Greg Kiker oshashkina@ufl.edu

Headshot of Kai Shen

Kai Shen

 Dr. Xu Wang shen.kai@ufl.edu

Bhimsen Shrestha

 Dr. Vivek Sharma bshrestha2@ufl.edu

Rakesh Singh 

 Dr. Vivek Sharma rakeshsingh@ufl.edu

Headshot of student Woojung Son

Woojung Son

 Dr. Wonsuk "Daniel" Lee w.son@ufl.edu

Headshot of Iffat Tasnim

Iffat Tasnim

 Dr. Young Gu Her tasnimiffat@ufl.edu

Baldeep Singh Tiwana

 Dr. Vivek Sharma baldeeptiwana@ufl.edu

Boaz Berhanu Tulu

 Dr. Haimanote Bayabil btulu@ufl.edu

Chongyang Wang

 Dr. Dengjun Wang c.wang2@ufl.edu

Ruijie Wang

 Dr. Dan Hofstetter ruijiewang@ufl.edu

Headshot of Serenity Wilcox

Serenity Wilcox

 Dr. Dan Hofstetter serenitywilcox@ufl.edu

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Kaiwen Xiao

 Dr. Ying Zhang kaiwen.xiao@ufl.edu

Chi Zhang

 Dr. Ziwen Yu chi.zhang1@ufl.edu

Peigeng Zhang

 Dr. Serap Gorucu peigengzhang@ufl.edu

Xi Zhang

 Dr. Ying Zhang xi.zhang1@ufl.edu

Henry Zhu

 Dr. Ying Zhang zhuhenry@ufl.edu

Mauricio Alex Zientarski Karrei

 Dr. Clyde Fraisse mauricio.zientar@ufl.edu