Lab Members
Principal Investigator
Bruno Basso
John A. Hannah Distinguished Professorbasso@msu.edu
Current Members
Emilo Albarenque
Undergraduate Studentalbaren1@msu.edu
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Susana Albarenque
Research Associatealbarenq@msu.edu
Major: Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
Research Interests: Integrate precision agriculture tools and crop modeling to improve resource use efficiency in row crops.
Brian Baer
Programmer Analystbaerb@msu.edu
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Research Interests: Main developer of the SALUS model.
Launa Di Carlo
Research Associatedicarlol@msu.edu
Allison Diebol
Undergraduate Studentdiebolal@msu.edu
Major: Data Science
Zaman Hussain
Research Assistant IImhussai@msu.edu
Ryan Jayne
Graduate Studentjaynery2@msu.edu
Major: Earth & Environmental Sciences
Research Interests: Understanding how environmental factors affect processes related to crop yields and their prediction to improve food security and sustainable land use.
Ashley Knoch
Executive Secretery IIaeknoch@msu.edu
Danah Lee
Student Research Assistant IIleedanah@msu.edu
Major: Geological Sciences
Francesco Lodato
Research Associatelodatofr@msu.edu
Research Interests: Integrate remote sensing, AI and geography to understand and predict the dynamics influencing agricultural production.
Aditya Manuraj
Information Technologist IImanuraja@msu.edu
Major: Business Data Science & Analytics
Francesca Mignola
Graduate Studentmignolaf@msu.edu
Neville Millar
Research Assistantmillarn@msu.edu
Research Interests: Investigating the impact of regenerative agricultural practices on greenhouse gas emissions, particularly nitrous oxide, and working with stakeholders to develop and implement protocols that incentivize farmers to become involved in the agricultural carbon and ecosystem marketplace.
Anthony Moreno
Hourly Lab Associatemoreno58@msu.edu
Jacob Newsted
Information Technologist IInewsted1@msu.edu
Emma Olson
Undergraduate Studentolsone19@msu.edu
Major: Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences
Christiana Olusegun
Research Associateolusegu3@msu.edu
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Research Interests: Investigation of vegetation-climate feedbacks using insitu data, numerical climate models, satellite data and reanalysis.
Ojo Paul
Graduate Studentpaulojo@msu.edu
Major: Plant Soil and Microbial Sciences
Research Interests: Soil organic carbon dynamics, machine learning algorithms in digital agriculture, geospatial modeling of soil health using crop modeling and remote sensing.
Lydia Price
Informational and Statistical Analystrilllydi@msu.edu
Research Interests: Using crop modeling to asses agronomic impacts on the environment across the U.S. and to provide custom geospatial management recommendations utilizing remote sensing to protect natural resources and increase farmer profitability.
Richard Price
Conservations Systems Agronomy Extension Educatorpriceri1@msu.edu
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Research Interests: Using modern technological tools to enhance precision conservation in today's agricultural landscape.
John Salako
Graduate Studentsalakojo@msu.edu
Major: Earth and Environmental Sciences
Research Interests: Using Geospatial technology and artificial intelligence for land sustainability projects and precision agriculture.
Mukta Sharma
Research Associatesharm999@msu.edu
Research Interests: Intrested in exploring new approaches in computer vision, image processing and machine learning domain. Current working on performing data analysis and remote sensing image processing.
Prateek Sharma
Graduate Studentsharm165@msu.edu
Major: Environmental Geosciences
Research Interests: Exploring new approaches to enhance land use sustainability by integrating process-based crop models with machine learning algorithms, satellite data, and field observations.
Chris Taddeucci
Information Technologist IItaddeuc1@msu.edu
Mike Taddeucci
Information Technologist IItaddeucc@msu.edu
Tommaso Tadiello
Research Associatetadiell1@msu.edu
Research Interests: Soil organic carbon dynamics in the agro-ecosystem using a modeling approach.
Rajvi Trivedi
Hourly Graduatetrived36@msu.edu
Ruben Ulbrich
Research Technologistulbrichr@msu.edu
Research Interests: Develop management tools with farmers to maximize yields while reducing the environmental impact of agriculture.
Blair VanAgen
Graduate Studentvanagen@msu.edu
Major: Environmental Studies and Sustainability
Christopher Villalobos
Programmervillal41@msu.edu
Former Lab Members
Diego Armando Arellano Vazquez
arella50@msu.eduHardik Arora
Computer Sciencearorahar@msu.edu
Samara Barbosa
Sao Paulo State Universitysamarambar2014@gmail.com
Josh Brown
Computer Engineeringbrown940@msu.edu
Frankie Calabrese
Environmental Sciencefcalabr2@nd.edu
Mariarita Cammarata
cammara9@msu.eduJenYu Chang
jychang@tari.gov.twJose Cora
Sao Paulo State Universitycora@fcav.unesp.br
Jonathan Cordes
cordesj3@msu.eduJoshua M. Cornett
gamefrenzy1993@gmail.comOlivia Davidson
U.S. Environmental Protection Agencydavid194@msu.edu
Mathieu Delandmeter
Université de LiègeMathieu.Delandmeter@uliege.be
Sajal Dubey
Business Data Science & Analyticsdubeysaj@msu.edu
Carolina Fabbri
Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry (University of Florence)carolina.fabbri@unifi.it
Hugo Faria
Sao Paulo State Universityhugo.faria@unesp.br
Ames Fowler
Colorado State UniversityAmes.Fowler@colostate.edu
Prakash Jha
Michigan State University, Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciencesjhapraka@msu.edu
Dylan Kelly
kellydy4@msu.eduEric Klein
kleine13@msu.eduShiming Li
Institute of Forest Resource Information Technique, Chinese Academy of Forestrylism@ifrit.ac.cn
Jesse Liu
Civil Engineeringliujesse@msu.edu
Francesco Lodato
f.lodato@unicampus.itBernardo Maestrini
Wageningen University and Research, Plant Science Groupmaestrin@msu.edu
Hitesh Malhotra
Computer Sciencemalhot82@msu.edu
Franz Marasigan
Computer Science & Neurosciencemarasig1@msu.edu
Fidel Maureira
maureira@msu.eduRaffaele Meloni
melonira@msu.eduHakim Mohdazhan
Biochemistrymohdazh1@msu.edu
Sarah Munezero
Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciencesmunezer1@msu.edu
Zoe Naylor
Earth & Environmental Sciencesnaylorzo@msu.edu
Leonardo Novelli
novelli.leonardo@inta.gob.arAarthi Padmanabhan
Data Sciencepadman21@msu.edu
Emily Peruski
Biosystems & Agricultural Engineeringperusk11@msu.edu
Emily Rice
riceemi4@msu.eduLeonel Rios
riosleon@msu.eduMadalyn 'Maddie' Scanlan
USDA, Sugarbeet and Bean Research: East Lansing, MIhalemada@msu.edu
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Yiwen Shao
shaoyw@umich.eduYi Shi
shiyi1@msu.eduGuanyuan Shuai
Earth and Environmental Sciencesshuaigua@msu.edu
Macallister Spitzley
spitzl47@msu.eduAnne Stanton
Michigan State University, Office of International Research Collaborationstant106@msu.edu
Jac Stelly
stellyja@msu.eduBen Tirrell
Plant, Soil and Microbial SciencesTirrellB@michigan.gov
Elizabeth Chloe Tripp
Geological Sciences with a minor in Geographic Information Sciencetrippel2@msu.edu
Gabriela Valdez Naval
valdeznaval.gabriela@inta.gob.arJuan Villalobos
juavilcar1@gmail.comJinshui Zhang
Beijing Normal Universityzhangjs@bnu.edu.cn