Team
2022 Fall
2022 Spring
2021 Fall
2021 Spring
2020 Fall
2020 Spring
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
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Principal Investigator
Dr. Nithya Rajan
Professor of Agronomy and Agroecology
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, Kerela, India
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Curriculum Vitae
Lab Members
Dr. William Wheeler
Assistant Research Scientist
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
Ph.D. Student (2020 Summer - present)
Email: dinesh.phuyal@ag.tamu.edu
Office: Heep 336
M.S. (Agronomy), University of Florida
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Chiranjibi Poudyal
Ph.D. Student (2021 Spring - present)
Email: chirupoudyal@tamu.edu
Office: Heep 336A
M.S. (Soil Science), University of Florida
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Thiruvikram Shanmukhasundaram
M.S. Student (2021 Fall - present)
Email: thiruvikrams@tamu.edu
Office: Heep 336A
B.S (Chemical Engineering)., University of Dayton
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Armando Mendoza
U.G. Student Worker (May 2021-Present)
Email:
Office: Heep 336A
Major: Agricultural Systems Management
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Ph.D. Student (2020 Summer - present)
Donovan Davis
Ph.D. Student (2021 Spring - present)
Email: donovan.davis@tamu.edu
Office: Heep 336
B.S. (Biological and Agricultural Engineering), Texas A&M University
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Noriki Miyanaka
Ph.D. Student (2020 summer - present)
Email: noriki0805@tamu.edu
Office: Heep 336A
B.S. (Plant and Soil Science), Texas A&M University
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Christopher Gomez
Ph.D. Student (2020 summer - present)
Past Lab Members
Bruno Fontana
Research Assistant (2019-21)
U.G. Student Worker (2018-19)
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Walker Crane
U.G. Student Worker and Researcher
(2019-20)
Dr. Dorothy Menefee
Ph.D. Agronomy (2016-2019)
Dr. Yong Chen
Ph.D. Agronomy (2013-2016)
Dr. Jeffrey Siegfried
Ph.D. Agronomy (2018-21)
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Donovan Davis
U.G. Student Worker (2020)
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Dr. Sumit Sharma
Ph.D. Agronomy (2013-2017)
Dr. Feng Bo
Visiting Scientist (2016-17)
Kisman Bhattarai
M.S. Agronomy (2020-22)
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Dr. Cody Bagnall
Post-doctoral Research Associate
(2020-21)
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Dr. Diana Zapata
Ph.D. Agronomy (2015-2019)
Post-doc. Research Associate (219-20)
Iaryna Bulba
Borlaug Fellow (2016)