Dr Shiva Bhambota

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Research focus: Incorporation of precision agriculture techniques in improving the water quality. Planning and Management of STEP program. Assessing the impact of rotational cover crops on soil quality parameters, soil water and surface energy balance dynamics.

Education: Bachelors and Masters in Agricultural Engineering from Punjab Agricultural University, India. He has also worked as a Research Fellow under various projects relating to paddy and cotton mechanization for over a year. He did his PhD in Agricultural Engineering from Punjab Agricultural University in 2015, during which he bagged Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) SRF scholarship award.

Before Joining UF as a Post Doc, Dr Shiva Bhambota has worked as Assistant Professor Agricultural Engineering in Punjab Agricultural University . Where he has worked extensively under various government funded projects as a subject matter specialist in the field of precision agriculture techniques for nutrient management using various agronomic and irrigation practices in crops like paddy, wheat, and mustard. His work also investigated different heat management strategies to mitigate the effect of heat stress in wheat due to climate variability using precision agriculture techniques like hyperspectral imaging and moisture sensors, where he specialized in developing cost and labor saving techniques for mechanical transplantation of vegetable crops.