Team
2022 Fall
2022 Spring
2021 Fall
2021 Spring
2020 Fall
2020 Spring
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
Principal Investigator
Dr. Nithya Rajan
Professor of Agronomy and Agroecology
Director - Hood Family Center for Greenhouse Gas Management in Agriculture and Forestry
Email: nithya.rajan@ag.tamu.edu
Office: Heep 345 Lab: Heep 346-47
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Ph.D. (Agronomy), Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
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M.S. (Soil Science), A.N.G.R. Agricultural University, Hyderabad, India
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B.S. (Agriculture), Kerala Agricultural University, College of Agriculture, Vellayani, Kerala, India
Curriculum Vitae
Lab Members
Dr. William Wheeler
Assistant Research Scientist (Spring 2022 - present)
Email: william.wheeler@ag.tamu.edu
Office: Heep 336A
Ph.D. (Crop Physiology), Utah State University
M.S. (Horticulture), University of Georgia
B.S. (Botany), University of Vermont
Dr. Xiang Gao
Postdoc Research Associate (Spring 2025 - present)
Email: xiang.gao@ag.tamu.edu
Office: Heep 336A
Ph.D. (Plant Nutrition), South China Agricultural University
B.S. (Plant Nutrition), South China Agricultural University
Parjinder Sidhu
Ph.D. Student (Spring 2024 - present)
Email: parjinder.sidhu@ag.tamu.edu
Office: Heep 217
B.S. (Agriculture), Punjab Agricultural University
Lithma Kariyawasam
Ph.D. Student (Spring 2025 - present)
Email: lithma.k@ag.tamu.edu
Office: Heep 336
M.S. (Agronomy), University of Nebraska-Lincoln
B.S. (Soil Sciences), University of Jaffna
Christopher Gomez
Ph.D. Student (Spring 2026 - present)
Email: cg1208@tamu.edu
Office: Heep 336
M.S. (Agronomy), Texas A&M University
B.S. (General Agriculture and Horticulture), New Mexico State University
Assistant Research Scientist (Fall 2025 - present)
Email: rahul.raman@ag.tamu.edu
Office: Heep 217
Ph.D. (Agronomy), Texas A&M University
M.S. (Agronomy), Texas A&M University
B.S. (Agriculture), Banaras Hindu University
Donovan Davis
Ph.D. Candidate/Lecturer (Spring 2021 - present)
Email: donovan.davis@tamu.edu
Office: Scoates Hall 303B
B.S. (Biological and Agricultural Engineering), Texas A&M University
Kasun Pathirage
Ph.D. Student (Spring 2024 - present)
Email: kasun.pathirage@ag.tamu.edu
Office: Heep 336
B.S (Agricultural Sciences & Management), Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
Michael Boateng Atiemo
Ph.D. Student (Summer 2025 - present)
Email: michael.atiemo@ag.tamu.edu
Office: Heep 217
M.S. (Plant Sciences), University of Wyoming
B.S (Agriculture), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Former Lab Members
Dr. (George) Cody Bagnall
Dr. Diana Zapata
Dr. Feng Bo
Visiting Scientist (2016-17)
Giordano Fontana
