DR. Haimanote K Bayabil
Associate Professor, Water Resources
Ag & Biological Engineering Dept. |Tropical Research & Education Center
University of Florida
Research Interests
Precision irrigation, Hydrology, Water resources engineering, Climate change, and Water management.
Dr. Niguss Solomon Hailegnaw
Research Coordinator II
Research Interests
Soil fertility, plant nutrition, nutrient use efficiency, soil organic amendments
Dr. Mulatu Liyew Berihun
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research Interests
Watershed hydrology, agricultural water management, remote sensing, nutrient dynamics, machine learning, global changes
Kelsey Vought
PhD Student
Co-advised with Prof. Ana Martin-Ryals
Research Interests
Hydrology, controlled environement agriculture, irrigation water treatment and reuse, food-energy-water security, and data analytics.
Fitsum Teshome
PhD Student
Research Interests
Soil hydrology modeling, artificial intelligence and machine learning, GIS and remote sensing, precision agriculture and irrigation, watershed hydrology, and UAV imaging.
Boaz Berhanu Tulu
MS student
Research Interests
Artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, software development, and application of UAVs and sensors for water management.
Mr. Muhammad Sohail Waqas
Research Scholar
Research Interests
Agricultural water management, precision irrigation, watershed management, rainwater harvesting, best management practices.
Syed Shaham ‘Sam’ Madni
Research Scholar
Research Interests
Precision agriculture, applications of sensors and IoT in agriculture, and big data analytics.
Dr. Girma Worku Awoke
Research Scholar
Research Interests
Soil erosion, hydrology, geomorphology, water resources engineering, climate change, landscape evolution, and histories of human impact on the environment.
Getachew Kefelegn
Research Scholar
Research Interests
Soil fertility, plant nutrition, soil water management, soil health.
Saddam Hussain
Research Scholar
Research Interests
Agricultural water management, precision irrigation, sensors.
Shawbeta A. Seal
Agricultural Assistant
Research Interests
Agriculture, Sustainability, Integrated crop management
FORMER MEMBERS
Name and Position | Current Position |
|---|---|
Shayir Landers (Undergraduate student intern) | |
Marcello Palucci (Undergraduate student intern) | Student at Miami Dade College |
Fikadu Wolidehanna (Ph.D. student, 2019-2022) | Engineer III, St. Johns River Water Management District |
Saroop Sandhu, Ph.D. (Research Coordiantor II) | Verification Scientist at SCS GLobal Services |
Thais Souza, Ph.D. (Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher) | Ast. Prof. of Agronomy, University Federal of Pernambuco, Brazil |
Bewuket Tefera (MS student, 2021-2022) | |
Christian Bartell (Engineer I) | Biological Scientist II, SWES, University of Florida |
Abdelmoneim Z. ​Mohamed, Ph.D. (Ag Scientist IV) | Research Scientist, UC DAVIS |
Ashok Alva, Ph.D. (Engineer I) | |
Reginald Nicholas Sylney (Intern) | |
Stephanie N Torres (Intern) |