ABE Faculty and Staff Directory
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Brahim Abdelkebir
Visiting Scholar - Host: Bernie Engel
Bilal Ahmed
Visiting Scholar - Host: Verma
R.P. Kingsly Ambrose
Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering and University Faculty Scholar
Areas of Interest
- Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
- Agricultural Systems, Safety, and Health
Hassan Assaf
Graduate Research Assistant - Advisor: Andrea Vacca
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Charles Baldwin
AgrAbility Special Populations Outreach Coordinator
Andrew Balmos
Software/Data Engineer
+1 765 49-42545
Suzanne Barton
Maha Fluid Power Laboratory Administrative Assistant
Kathryn Best
Business Assistant
Pankaj Bhatt
Visiting Scholar - Host: Halis Simsek
Pasquale Borriello
Visiting Scholar - Host: Vacca
Laura Bowling
Courtesy - Professor of Agronomy
Areas of Interest
- Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
- Data Science and Digital Agriculture
Vincent Bralts
Professor Emeritus, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Scott Brand
Manager/Machine and Electrical Shop Facility, Building Deputy
Dennis Buckmaster
Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering; Dean's Fellow for Digital Agriculture
Areas of Interest
- Machine Systems Engineering
- Data Science and Digital Agriculture
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Osvaldo Campanella
Professor Emeritus, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Guangli Cao
Visiting Scholar - Host: Andrea Vacca
Carla Carie
Senior Administrative Assistant, Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering
Natalie Carroll
Professor, Youth Development/Agricultural Education/Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
Teresa Carvajal
Areas of Interest
- Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
- Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
Cindra Chastain
AgrAbility, Veteran Outreach Coordinator
ABE 2041 N
Somali Chaterji
Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Biological Engineering
- Data Science and Digital Agriculture
ABE 3041 L
Indrajeet Chaubey
Adjunct Professor - University of Connecticut, Dean of the College of Agriculture, Health, and Natural Resources
Jingqiu Chen
Adjunct Faculty
ABE 2041 H
Yuan-Hsin Cheng
Post Doc - Advisor: Bill Field
ABE307
Keith Cherkauer
Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
- Data Science and Digital Agriculture
Kari Clase
Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Biological Engineering
- Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
Carlos Corvalan
Courtesy - Associate Professor, Food Science
Areas of Interest
- Biological Engineering
- Data Science and Digital Agriculture
Michelle (Micky) Creech
Manager, Purdue Student Soybean Innovation Competition Program and ASPIRE Internship Program
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Fernanda Da Cunha
Bioprocess Research Scientist
Sadegh Dabiri
Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Machine Systems Engineering
Saniye Demir
Visiting Scholar - Host: Engel
Meng Deng
Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Biological Engineering
- Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
ABE 3041 J
Gnana Prasuna Desam
Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship, Graduate Research Assistant - Advisor: Ganesan Narsimhan
Vincent Duffy
Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Industrial Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Agricultural Systems, Safety, and Health
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Shawn Ehlers
Assistant Clinical Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Agricultural Systems, Safety, and Health
Bernard Engel
Associate Dean, Agricultural Research and Graduate Education/Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
- Data Science and Digital Agriculture
Abigail Engelberth
Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Environmental & Ecological Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Biological Engineering
- Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
Daniel Ess
Professor Emeritus, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
+1 765 49-63977
John Evans
Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Machine Systems Engineering
ABE 2041 J
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Jiajia Fang
Visiting Scholar - Host: Kingsly Ambrose
David Fassbender
Visiting Scholar
William Field
Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Agricultural Systems, Safety, and Health
Dennis Flanagan
Adjunct Professor, National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory
Areas of Interest
- Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
+1 765 49-47748
James Frankenberger
Adjunct Staff - USDA-ARS
Jane Frankenberger
Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
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Jose Garcia Bravo
Courtesy - Associate Professor, Engineering Technology
Areas of Interest
- Machine Systems Engineering
- Data Science and Digital Agriculture
Allen Garner
Adjunct - Associate Professor, Nuclear Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Biological Engineering
- Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
Margaret Gitau
Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
- Data Science and Digital Agriculture
Konstantina Gkritza
Professor, Civil Engineering / Agricultural & Biological Engineering
HAMP G167B
Rosineide Gomes Da Silva Cruz
Visiting Scholar - Host: Michael Ladisch
+1 573 529-3527
Antonio Jose Goncalves Da Cruz
Visiting Scholar - Host: Michael Ladisch
Tian Guo
Research Associate, National Soil Erosion Laboratory
Barry Gutwein
Adjunct Assistant Professor
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Benjamin Hancock
Programmer
ABE 3041 N
Yvonne Hardebeck
Senior Undergraduate Program Coordinator
Stanley Harlow
Manager, Digital Systems / Instructor
Denise Heath
AgrAbility Clerk
Albert Heber
Professor Emeritus, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
ABE 3038
Logan Heusinger
Undergraduate Teaching Lab Manager
Larry Huggins
Professor Emeritus
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Klein Ileleji
Professor, Extension Engineer
Areas of Interest
- Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
- Data Science and Digital Agriculture
Joseph Irudayaraj
Adjunct Professor - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Jian Jin
Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Machine Systems Engineering
- Data Science and Digital Agriculture
ABE 3022 *LeafSpec LLC is the ONLY company Dr. Jin works with for the commercialization of Purdue's handheld leaf imaging technologies.*
David Johnson
Laboratory Technician, Maha Fluid Power Laboratory
Don Jones
Professor Emeritus, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Paul Jones
Manager, National AgrAbility Project
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Mohamed Kamel
Post Doc - Advisor: Mohit Verma
Kevin Keener
Adjunct - Professor, Director, Iowa State University Research Centers
Lyndon Kelley
Irrigation Educator
269-467-5511
Xiaoxi Kou
Visiting Scholar - Host: Kingsly Ambrose
James Krogmeier
Courtesy - Professor of ECE and Associate Dean of Facilities and Operations, College of Engineering
+1 765 49-43530
Weronika Kruszelnicka
Visiting Scholar - Host: Kingsly Ambrose
Gary Krutz
Professor Emeritus, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
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Michael Ladisch
Distinguished Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering; Director, Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Biological Engineering
- Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
Danielle Lay
Nsf Fellowship
Amanda Limiac
Undergraduate Teaching Lab Manager
ABE 3041 H
Junli Liu
Post Doc Research Associate
Stanley Livingston
Adjunct Staff - USDA-ARS
John Lumkes
Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering; Assistant Dean & Associate Director, Office of Academic Programs
Areas of Interest
- Machine Systems Engineering
Heng Lyu
Visiting Scholar - Host: Bernie Engel
ABE 2041 K
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Dirk Maier
Adjunct - Iowa State University
Michael Manning
National AgrAbility Project
Murali Kannan Maruthamuthu
Post Doc - Advisor: Mohit Verma
ABE 3031 G
Luigi Mastromauo
Visiting Scholar - Host: Andrea Vacca
Sara McMillan
Adjunct - Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Iowa State University
Areas of Interest
- Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
Scott Mcafee
Technician, National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory
+1 765 49-48696
Venkatesh Merwade
Courtesy - Civil Engineering and Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Chandrani Mishra
Visiting Scholar - Host: Kari Clase
Rabi Mohtar
Adjunct - Texas A&M University
Nathan Mosier
Department Head, Indiana Soybean Board Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering/Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
Sangeetharani Munusamy
Visiting Scholar - Host: Dharmendra Saraswat
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Francesco Napolitano
Visiting Scholar - Host: Andrea Vacca
Ganesan Narsimhan
Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
Brittany Newell
Courtesy - Associate Professor, School of Engineering Technology
Areas of Interest
- Biological Engineering
- Machine Systems Engineering
Jiqin Ni
Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
Juliet Norton
Post Doc - Advisor: Ankita Raturi
Mahmoud Nour
Post Doc - Advisor: Bill Field
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Martin Okos
Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering/Biochemistry, and Food Process Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Biological Engineering
- Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
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Gopal Palla
Post Doc - Advisor: Mohit Verma
Feng Pan
Post Doc - Advisor: Bernie Engel
ABE 2041 G
Rebecca Peer
Administrative Assistant to the Department Head
D. Marshall Porterfield
Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Biological Engineering
Caitlin Proctor
Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Ecological & Environmental Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Biological Engineering
- Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
ABE 3041 M
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Eswar Rajasekaran
Visiting Scholar - Host: Saraswat
Ankita Raturi
Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Data Science and Digital Agriculture
ABE 3041 K
Raghavendra Reddy Reddy Reddy
Visiting Scholar - Host: Vacca
Benjamin Reinhart
Temporary Project Assistant - Temporar
765-496-6331
Dongyang Ren
Visiting Scholar - Host: Bernie Engel
ABE 2041 I
Jenna Rickus
Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning; Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Biological Engineering
+1 765 49-40615
Kurt Ristroph
Assistant Professor Of Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Biological Engineering
- Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
ABE 2020
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Nancy Sanders
Adjunct Staff - USDA-ARS
Shangyuan Sang
Visiting Scholar - Host: Ganesan Narsimhan
Dharmendra Saraswat
Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
- Data Science and Digital Agriculture
Brenda Schroeder
Director Of Undergraduate Programs
+1 765 49-43060
Annalisa Sciancalepore
Graduate Research Assistant - Advisor: Andrea Vacca
Lizhi Shang
Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Machine Systems Engineering
Kepner
Edward Sheldon
AgrAbility Job Coach and Engagement
Halis Simsek
Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Biological Engineering
- Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
Shweta Singh
Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering and Ecological & Environmental Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
- Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
ABE 3041 D
Laurie Snyder
Senior Academic Advisor
Kevin Solomon
Adjunct - Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Mary Speer
Program Manager, Biotechnology Innovation & Regulatory Sciences (BIRS)
R. Mack Strickland
Professor Emeritus, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Richard Stroshine
Professor Emeritus, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Robert Stwalley
Clinical Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Machine Systems Engineering
- Data Science and Digital Agriculture
Kulamullaparambath Sudheer
Adjunct Professor
Hartono Sumali
Adjunct - Sandia National Laboratories
505/844-7918
Stephen Swain
AgrAbility, Rural Rehabilitation Specialist
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Bernard Tao
Professor Emeritus, Agricultural & Biological Engineering/Food Science
Areas of Interest
- Biological Engineering
- Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
ABE 2020
Daniel Taylor
Assistant to the Department Head
Chanda Nkholoma Tembo
Visiting Scholar - Host: Engel
Lauren Terruso
Operations Manager, Biotechnology Innovation & Regulatory Sciences (BIRS) Center
ABE 2016
Sonal Thengane
Visiting Scholar - Host: Shweta Singh
Roger Tormoehlen
Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Agricultural Systems, Safety, and Health
George Tsao
Courtesy - Professor Emeritus, Chemical Engineering
+1 765 49-44068
Shoobhangi Tyagi
Visiting Scholar - Host: Dharmendra Saraswat
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David Umulis
Dane A. Miller Head and Professor, Biomedical Engineering/Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Biological Engineering
MJIS 3001
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Andrea Vacca
Maha Fluid Power Faculty Chair; Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering/Mechanical Engineering (joint)
Areas of Interest
- Machine Systems Engineering
Mohit Verma
Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
- Biological Engineering
- Data Science and Digital Agriculture
ABE 3016
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Wan Wardatul Amani Wan Salim
Post Doc - Advisor: D. Marshall Porterfield
Birck Nanotechnology Center
Shuyuan Wang
Post Doc - Advisor: Bernie Engel
+1 765 775-8373
Mark Ward
Professor Of Statistics
HILL C129
Alex Marcel Watanabe
Visiting Scholar - Host: Engel
Carol Weaver
Lead Administrative Assistant, Alumni/Development/Communications
Xiaoyan Wei
Visiting Scholar - Host: Bernie Engel
Xing Wei
Post Doc - Advisor: Jian Jin
Kylie Wheeler
Business Manager, Agricultural & Biological Engineering/Food Science
ABE 1021
Mark Williams
Adjunct - National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory
Areas of Interest
- Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
Xiaoyu Wu
Post Doc - Advisor: Ganesan Narsimhan
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Eduardo Ximenes
Adjunct - Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering, Bioprocess Research Scientist
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Peng Yan
Visiting Scholar - Host: Ji-Qin Ni
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Federico Zappaterra
Graduate Research Assistant - Advisor: Andrea Vacca
Fan Zhang
Visiting Scholar - Host: Ji-Qin Ni
Jinnuo Zhang
Post Doctoral Research Associate - Advisor: Jin
Shen Zhang
Graduate Research Assistant - Advisor: Nathan Mosier
ABE 2041 Y
Yumeng Zhao
Post Doc - Advisor: Kingsly Ambrose
Nikki Zimmerman
Graduate Program Administrator