People - UF/IFAS Agricultural and Biological Engineering - University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

Yiannis Ampatzidis

Associate Professor
Precision Agriculture/Automation
239-658-3451

Haimanote Bayabil

Associate Professor
Water Resources
786-217-9253

Eban Bean, P.E.

Associate Professor
Urban Hydrology
352-294-2277

Nikolay Bliznyuk

Associate Professor
Statistics and Machine Learning
352-294-6734

Ziynet Boz

Assistant Professor
Sustainable Food Systems Engineering
352-294-7690

Tom Burks, P.E.

Professor
Agricultural Robotics
352-294-6728

Daeun "Dana" Choi

Assistant Professor
Precision Agriculture in Specialty Crops
813-419-6591

Melanie Correll

Associate Professor
Plant-Space Biology
352-294-6722

Michael Dukes, P.E.

Professor
Irrigation/Water Conservation
352-294-6720

Clyde Fraisse

Professor
Agroclimatology
352-294-6742

Serap Gorucu

Assistant Professor
Agricultural Safety and Health
352-294-6738

Wendy Graham

Swisher Eminent Scholar
Water Resources
352-294-7741

Sandra Guzmán

Assistant Professor
Hydrology/Irrigation
772-577-7342

Young Gu Her

Associate Professor
Hydrology and Water Quality
786-217-9288

Daniel Hofstetter, P.E.

Assistant Professor
Agricultural Operations Management
352-294-6702

Gerrit Hoogenboom

Professor and Preeminent Scholar
Crop Modeling
352-294-1036

Pierce Jones

Professor
Director, Program for Resource Efficient Communities
352-392-8074

Vijaya Joshi

Research Assistant Scientist

772-468-3922

Jasmeet Judge

Professor
Microwave Remote Sensing
352-294-6750

Gopal Kakani

Professor

352-294-6746

Gregory Kiker

Interim Chair, Professor, and Graduate Coordinator
Ecological Modeling
352-294-6749

Wonsuk "Daniel" Lee

Professor
Precision Agriculture
352-294-6721

Changying "Charlie" Li

Professor
Agricultural AI and Automation
352-294-6727

Nargiza Ludgate

Research Assistant Scientist

352-294-0220

Ana Martin-Ryals

Assistant Professor
Biological Engineering Undergraduate Coordinator
352-294-6708

Henry Medeiros

Associate Professor
Robotics and Smart Agriculture
352-294-6706

Saqib Mukhtar

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

Rachata Muneepeerakul

Professor
Dynamic Models, Stochastic Processes
352-294-6729

Rafael Muñoz-Carpena

Distinguished Professor
Hydrology and Environmental Modeling
352-294-6747

Nasser Najibi

Assistant Professor

352-294-6739

Willingthon Pavan

Assistant Professor
Modeling Cropping Systems
352-294-6736

William Pelletier

Instructional Associate Professor
Postharvest
352-294-6701

Pratap Pullammanappallil

Associate Professor
Environmental Biotechnology
352-294-6719

Jose Reyes

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

Richard Scholtz

Instructional Associate Professor
Sustainable Agriculture
352-294-6704

Vivek Sharma

Assistant Professor
Precision Water Management
352-294-6725

Vakhtang Shelia

Research Assistant Scientist

352-294-6731

Sanjay Shukla

Professor
Watershed Hydrology
239-658-3425

Dengjun Wang

Assistant Professor

352-294-7969

Xu "Kevin" Wang

Assistant Professor

813-419-6618

J. Adam Watson

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

Bruce Welt

Professor
Packaging
352-294-6730

Ziwen Yu

Assistant Professor
Big Data Analytics
325-294-7761

Ying Zhang

Assistant Professor
Controlled Environments
325-294-6864

Affiliate Faculty

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

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

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

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

Charlie Messina

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

John Schueller

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

Yilin Zhuang

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

Courtesy Faculty

Senthold Asseng

Professor, Digital Agriculture
Technical University Munich

Howard Beck

Courtesy Faculty

Igor Linkov

Adjunct Professor
Carnegie Mellon University

Eric McLamore

Associate Professor
Clemson University

Aditya Singh

Assistant Professor, Geospatial Ecology
Texas A&M University Kingsville

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
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

Research Administrator I

352-294-6703

Juan Briceno

Engineer III/Facilities Manager

352-294-6712

Alejandro Drausal

Engineer I

352-294-6714

Heather Gavigan

Fiscal Assistant II
352-294-6707

Austin Grawe

Administrative Assistant II

352-294-6751

Leila Jackson

Human Resources Generalist II

352-294-6705

Samantha Jones

Marketing and Communications Specialist

352-294-0487

Alvin Langford

Engineer

352-392-9771

Molly Lewis

Web Designer I

Zach Moore

Engineer I

352-294-6713

Shannon Noble

Education Coordinator

352-294-6711

Pat Rush

Electrical Engineer

352-294-6723

Nita Small

Administrative Assistant I

352-294-6700

Filip Tecza

End User Computing Specialist III

352-294-6716

Lee Tolbert

Engineer Technician III

352-392-9771

Michael Zingaro

Engineer

352-392-9771

Postdocs

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Neus Alcon Bou
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Principal Investigator (PI): Vivek Sharma
neusalconbou@ufl.edu

Laura Almendra-Martin
Principal Investigator (PI): Jasmeet Judge
lauraalmendramar@ufl.edu

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Bere Benjamin Bantchina
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Principal Investigator (PI): Vivek Sharma
bbantchina@ufl.edu

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Nesrine Ben Hassine
Principal Investigator (PI): Henry Medeiros
nbenhassine@ufl.edu

Mulatu Liyew Berihun
Principal Investigator (PI): Haimanote Bayabil
mberihun@ufl.edu

Shiva Bhambota
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Principal Investigator (PI): Vivek Sharma
sbhambota@ufl.edu

M. Usman Maqbool Bhutta
Principal Investigator (PI): Henry Medeiros
m.maqboolbhutta@ufl.edu

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Henrique Boriolo
Principal Investigator (PI): Gerrit Hoogenboom
henrique.boriolo@ufl.edu

Gregory Conde Mendez
Principal Investigator (PI): Sandra Guzman
gregory.condemen@ufl.edu

Susanta Das
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Principal Investigator (PI): Vivek Sharma
susanta.das@ufl.edu

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Cleverson de Freitas
Principal Investigator (PI): Gerrit Hoogenboom
c.freitas@ufl.edu

Seokmin Hong
Principal Investigator (PI): Rafael Munoz-Carpena
seokmin.hong@ufl.edu

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Zafar Iqbal
Principal Investigator (PI): Tom Burks
iqbal.m@ufl.edu

Kalindi Larios
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Principal Investigator (PI): Rafael Muñoz-Carpena
rubym00n@ufl.edu

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Mariely Lopes dos Santos
Principal Investigator (PI): Gerrit Hoogenboom
mlopesdossantos@ufl.edu

Raquel Lozano
Principal Investigator (PI): Ziynet Boz
raquel.lozano@ufl.edu

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Cesar Moreira
Principal Investigator (PI): Bruce Welt
cmmv@ufl.edu

Antônio de Oliveira Costa Neto
Principal Investigator (PI): Yiannis Ampatzidis
antoniodeoliveir@ufl.edu

Nathan O'Neil
Principal Investigator (PI): Pratap Pullammanapallil
noneil@ufl.edu

Islam Radwan
Principal Investigator (PI): Dengjun Wang
radwan.islam@ufl.edu

Ayman Suleiman
Principal Investigator (PI): Gerrit Hoogenboom
asuleiman@ufl.edu

Chenjiao Tan
Principal Investigator (PI): Changying Li
c.tan@ufl.edu

Anooja Thomas
Principal Investigator (PI): Gerrit Hoogenboom
athomas9@ufl.edu

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Alexandre Zanatta
Principal Investigator (PI): Willingthon Pavan
azanatta@ufl.edu

Xue Zhou
Principal Investigator (PI): Kevin Wang
zhoux3@ufl.edu

Graduate Students

Piyush Agade, Ph.D. Program
Advisor: Dr. Eban Bean
pagade@ufl.edu

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Emmanuel Asare, M.S. Program
Advisor: Dr. Aditya Singh
emmanuelasare@ufl.edu

Akshara Athelly, PhD Program
Root Zone Soil Moisture Sensors (Soil and Water)
Advisor: Dr. Sandra Guzman
aksharaathelly@ufl.edu

Dawood Atta, PhD Program
Agricultural Decision Systems / Life Cycle Assessment
Advisor: Dr. Gerrit Hoogenboom
attadawood@ufl.edu

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Kennedy Belknap, M.S. Program
Advisor: Dr. Eban Bean
kennedybelknap@ufl.edu

Thiago Berton Ferreira, Ph.D. Program
Crop Modeling
Advisor: Dr. Gerrit Hoogenboom
t.berton@ufl.edu

Rio Bonham, Ph.D. Program
Advisor: Dr. Rafael Munoz-Carpena
r.bonham@ufl.edu

Eduart Andres Murcia Botache
Advisor: Dr. Sandra Guzman
emurciabotache@ufl.edu

Mert Canatan, PhD Program
Cyber-Food Systems Engineering
Advisors: Drs. Ziynet Boz and Rafael Muñoz-Carpena
mert.canatan@ufl.edu

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Joanna Cartee, M.S. Program
Advisor: Dr. Greg Kiker
jcartee@ufl.edu

Vinicius Cerbaro, PhD Program
Agrometeorology
Advisor: Dr. Clyde Fraisse
cerbaro@ufl.edu

Szu-Cheng "Matt" Chang, Ph.D. Program
Advisor: Dr. Jose Reyes
szuchengchang@ufl.edu

Moses Chilenje, Ph.D. Program
Hyperspectral Imaging and LiDar Applications in Precision Agriculture
Advisor: Dr. Aditya Singh
mchilenje@ufl.edu

Younghoo Cho, Ph.D. Program
Blockchain for Protecting Data Ownership/Object Detection by Machine Learning
Advisor: Dr. Ziwen Yu
Co-advisor: Dr. Yiannis Ampatzidis
younghoocho@ufl.edu

Donald Coon, Ph.D. Program
Controlled Environment Agriculture
Advisor: Dr. Ana Martin-Ryals
dcoon@ufl.edu

Virginia Covert, M.E. Program
Advisor: Dr. Melanie Correll
benjamin.covert@ufl.edu

Daniel Crawford
Advisor: Dr. Ying Zhang
danielcrawford@ufl.edu

Amir Etefaghi Daryani, Ph.D. Program
Advisor: Dr. Henry Medeiros
amir.etefaghidar@ufl.edu

Tejaswi Douluri, Ph.D. Program
Advisor: Dr. Dan Hofstetter
t.douluri@ufl.edu

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Namrata Dutt, Ph.D. Program
AI in Agriculture/Remote Sensing
Advisor: Dr. Daeun Choi
namrata.dutt@ufl.edu

Jithran Ekanayake, Ph.D. Program
Bioengineering
Co-Advisor: Dr. Amor Menezes
jithranekanayake@ufl.edu

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Michelle Ezequelle, M.S. Program
Controlled Environments
Advisors: Drs. Ying Zhang and Ana Martin-Ryals
mezequelle@ufl.edu

Gabrielle Fisher, M.S. Program
Advisor: Dr. Adam Watson
gabrielle.fisher@ufl.edu

Quentin Frederick, Ph.D. Program
Agricultural Automation Systems
Advisors: Drs. Tom Burks and Adam Watson
qfrederick@ufl.edu

Byron Hernandez Osorio, PhD Program
Development of Machine Learning & Schotastic Computer Vision Models
Advisor: Dr. Henry Medeiros
bhernandezosorio@ufl.edu