ABE Faculty and Staff Directory

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A

Brahim Abdelkebir
Visiting Scholar - Host: Bernie Engel
Bilal Ahmed
Post-Doc Research Associate - 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
(765) 494-6599
ABE 3010
Jiajun An
Post Doc Research Assistant - Advisor: Kaur
Hassan Assaf
Graduate Research Assistant - Advisor: Andrea Vacca

B

Mojhdeh Baghbanbashi
Post Doc Research Associate - Advisor: Ristroph
Charles Baldwin
AgrAbility Special Populations Outreach Coordinator
Grace Baldwin Kan-Uge
Post Doc Research Associate
Andrew Balmos
Software/Data Engineer
+1 765 49-42545
Suzanne Barton
Maha Fluid Power Laboratory Administrative Assistant
Kathryn Best
Business Assistant
+1 765 49-41170
ABE 1021
Ankita Bhatt
Visiting Scholar - Host: Simsek
Pankaj Bhatt
Post-Doc Research Associate - Advisor: Simsek
Ahmed Bilal
Pasquale Borriello
Visiting Scholar - Host: Vacca
Laura Bowling
Professor, Agronomy (courtesy)
Areas of Interest
  • Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
  • Data Science and Digital Agriculture
+1 765 49-48051
3-337 Lilly
Vincent Bralts
Professor Emeritus, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Dennis Buckmaster
Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering | Dean's Fellow for Digital Agriculture
Areas of Interest
  • Machine Systems Engineering
  • Data Science and Digital Agriculture
+1 765 49-69512
ABE 2041 M

C

Osvaldo Campanella
Professor Emeritus, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Guangli Cao
Visiting Scholar - Host: Andrea Vacca
Carla Carie
Senior Administrative Assistant, Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering
+1 765 49-47022
ABE 2041 C
Natalie Carroll
Professor, Agricultural Sciences Education and Communication | Agricultural & Biological Engineering
+1 765 49-46638
LILY 3224
Teresa Carvajal
Research Scholar, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
  • Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
+1 765 49-66438
ABE 2022
Somali Chaterji
Associate 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 | Interim Director, Natural Resources & Environmental Science
Areas of Interest
  • Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
  • Data Science and Digital Agriculture
+1 765 49-67982
ABE 3041 F
Kari Clase
Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Biological Engineering
  • Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
+1 765 49-44649
ABE 3020
Carmine Conte
Visiting Scholar - Host: Vacca
Carlos Corvalan
Associate Professor, Food Science (courtesy)
Areas of Interest
  • Biological Engineering
  • Data Science and Digital Agriculture
+1 765 49-48262
NLSN 2241
Melba M Crawford
Courtesy - Nancy Uridil And Francie Bossu Distinguished Professor in Civil Engineering
+1 765 49-63224
Lilly 3-353
Michelle (Micky) Creech
Manager, Purdue Student Soybean Innovation Competition Program and ASPIRE Internship Program
+1 765 49-63837
ABE 2034

D

Fernanda Da Cunha
Bioprocess Research Scientist
Sadegh Dabiri
Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering | Mechanical Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Machine Systems Engineering
765-496-2044
ABE 2041 K
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
+1 765 49-66658
GRIS 236

E

Shawn Ehlers
Assistant Clinical Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Agricultural Systems, Safety, and Health
+1 765 49-63977
ABE 3006
Bernard Engel
Glenn W. Sample Dean of Agriculture | Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
  • Data Science and Digital Agriculture
+1 765 49-48362
AGAD 126
Abigail Engelberth
Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering | Environmental & Ecological Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Biological Engineering
  • Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
+1 765 49-41009
ABE 2041 B
William Erdel
Visiting Scholar - Host: Field
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

F

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
+1 765 49-41191
ABE 3008
Tyler Finley
Facilities And Equipment Manager
ABE 1005C
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
+1 765 49-45051
Soil Bldg. 108
Jane Frankenberger
Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
+1 765 49-41194
ABE 3041 B

G

Jose Garcia Bravo
Associate Professor, Engineering Technology (courtesy)
Areas of Interest
  • Machine Systems Engineering
  • Data Science and Digital Agriculture
+1 765 494-7312
Knoy 169
Allen Garner
Adjunct - Associate Professor, Nuclear Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Biological Engineering
  • Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
Austin Gbasouzor
Visiting Scholar - Host: Ileleji
Margaret Gitau
Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
  • Data Science and Digital Agriculture
765/494-9005
ABE 3024
Konstantina Gkritza
Professor, Civil Engineering | Agricultural and 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
Leopold Green
Courtesy - Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Samantha Greulach
Academic Advisor
Tian Guo
Research Associate, National Soil Erosion Laboratory
Barry Gutwein
Adjunct Assistant Professor

H

Benjamin Hancock
Web Developer, Senior
ABE 3041 N
Yvonne Hardebeck
Senior Undergraduate Program Coordinator
+1 765 49-41172
ABE 1044
Stanley Harlow
Manager, Digital Systems / Instructor
+1 765 49-41220
ABE 1005 B
Denise Heath
AgrAbility Clerk
+1 765 49-46577
ABE 2041 N
Albert Heber
Professor Emeritus, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
ABE 3038
Thomas Stephan Heeger
Visiting Scholar - Host: Shang
Logan Heusinger
Undergraduate Teaching Lab Manager
Larry Huggins
Professor Emeritus
+1 765 49-45349
Off-campus

I

Klein Ileleji
Professor, Extension Engineer, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
  • Data Science and Digital Agriculture
+1 765 49-41198
ABE 3012

J

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 with the exclusive license from Purdue OTC to commercialize Purdue's handheld leaf-imaging technologies. LeafSpec LLC, Purdue University, and Dr. Jin's lab do NOT have any current relationship with the external company Leaf Tech Ag, and we are NOT responsible for any claims they made about their product.*
David Johnson
Laboratory Technician, Maha Fluid Power Laboratory
ABE
Don Jones
Professor Emeritus, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Paul Jones
Manager, National AgrAbility Project
+1 765 49-41221
ABE 2012
Jinha Jung
Courtesy - Associate Professor Of Civil Engineering

K

Mohamed Kamel
Post Doc Research Associate - Advisor: Verma
Upinder Kaur
Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Machine Systems Engineering
  • Data Science and Digital Agriculture
Birol Kayranli
Visiting Scholar - Host: Simsek
Lyndon Kelley
Irrigation Educator
269-467-5511
Xiaoxi Kou
Visiting Scholar - Host: Kingsly Ambrose
James Krogmeier
Professor of ECE and Associate Dean of Facilities and Planning, College of Engineering (courtesy)
+1 765 49-43530
Gary Krutz
Professor Emeritus, Agricultural & Biological Engineering

L

Michael Ladisch
Distinguished Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering | Director, Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Biological Engineering
  • Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
  • Data Science and Digital Agriculture
+1 765 49-47022
ABE 2044
Niaz Latif
Associate Vice Chancellor For Commerci
Danielle Lay
Nsf Fellowship
Amanda Limiac
Undergraduate Teaching Lab Manager
ABE 3041 H
Junli Liu
Senior Research Scientist
+1 765 49-46649
FS 3253
Stanley Livingston
Adjunct Staff - USDA-ARS
+1 765 49-42946
Soil Erosion Research Laboratory
John Lumkes
Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering | Assistant Dean & Associate Director, Office of Academic Programs
Areas of Interest
  • Machine Systems Engineering
+1 765 49-44650
ABE 3041 Q
Heng Lyu
Visiting Scholar - Host: Bernie Engel
ABE 2041 K

M

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
765.496.0211
ABE 3022
Scott Mcafee
Technician, National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory
+1 765 49-48696
Venkatesh Merwade
Courtesy - Civil Engineering and Agricultural & Biological Engineering
+1 765 49-42176
CIVL 1101G
Chandrani Mishra
Visiting Scholar - Host: Kari Clase
Rachel Mithoefer
Business Manager, ABE/Food Science
+1 765 491-0221
Rabi Mohtar
Adjunct - Texas A&M University
Nathan Mosier
Department Head, Agricultural & Biological Engineering | Indiana Soybean Board Professor in Soybean Utilization | Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
765-494-1161
ABE 1005 E
Arshad Muhammad
Visiting Scholar - Host: Vacca
Rachel Munds
Visiting Scholar - Host: Verma
Sangeetharani Munusamy
Visiting Scholar - Host: Dharmendra Saraswat

N

Francesco Napolitano
Visiting Scholar - Host: Andrea Vacca
Ganesan Narsimhan
Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
+1 765 49-41199
ABE 2024
Bilgehan Nas
Visiting Scholar - Host: Simsek
+1 463 273-5674
Brittany Newell
Associate Professor, School of Engineering Technology (courtesy)
Areas of Interest
  • Biological Engineering
  • Machine Systems Engineering
Dan Van Nguyen
Post Doc Research Associate - Advisor: Verma
Jiqin Ni
Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
  • Agricultural Systems, Safety, and Health
  • Data Science and Digital Agriculture
+1 765 49-61733
ABE 2041 E
Junyi Niu
Visiting Scholar - Host: Engel
Juliet Norton
Post Doc - Advisor: Ankita Raturi
Mahmoud Nour
Post Doc Research Associate - Advisor: Field

O

Martin Okos
Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering | Biochemistry, and Food Process Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Biological Engineering
  • Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
  • Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
+1 765 49-41211
ABE 2026

P

Gopal Palla
Post Doc Research Associate - Advisor: Verma
Feng Pan
Post Doc Research Associate - Advisor: Engel
ABE 2041 G
Rebecca Peer
Administrative Assistant to the Department Head
+1 765 49-41162
ABE 1005 D
D. Marshall Porterfield
Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Biological Engineering
+1 765 49-41190
ABE 2041 D
Caitlin Proctor
Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering | Ecological & Environmental Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Biological Engineering
  • Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
ABE 3041 M

R

Kyungyeon Ra
Post Doc Research Associate - Advisor: Verma
Eswar Rajasekaran
Visiting Scholar - Host: Saraswat
Selvaprakash Ramalingam
Visiting Scholar - Host: Saraswat
Diana Ramirez Gutierrez
Post Doctoral Research Associate
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 | Chemical Engineering (courtesy)
Areas of Interest
  • Biological Engineering
  • Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
ABE 2020

S

Shangyuan Sang
Visiting Scholar - Host: Ganesan Narsimhan
Karthik Sankaranarayanan
Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Biological Engineering
  • Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
  • Data Science and Digital Agriculture
ABE 2041F
Dharmendra Saraswat
Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
  • Data Science and Digital Agriculture
+1 501 954-0365
ABE 3041 P
Brenda Schroeder
Director Of Undergraduate Programs
+1 765 49-43060
Nicole Schroeder
Operations Administrator, AgrAbility Project
Annalisa Sciancalepore
Graduate Research Assistant - Advisor: Andrea Vacca
Periyar Selvam Sellamuthu
Visiting Scholar - Host: Ambrose
Lizhi Shang
Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Machine Systems Engineering
Kepner
Edward Sheldon
AgrAbility Job Coach and Engagement
+1 765 720-0229
ABE 2010
Halis Simsek
Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Biological Engineering
  • Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
66331
ABE 3041E
Shweta Singh
Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering | Ecological & Environmental Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
  • Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
ABE 3041 D
Melinda Smith
Project Manager for Digital Agriculture
+1 765 49-69086
ABE 2018
Laurie Snyder
Senior Academic Advisor
765/494-5404
ABE 1037
Kevin Solomon
Adjunct - Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Mary Speer
Program Manager, Biotechnology Innovation & Regulatory Sciences (BIRS)
+1 765 49-49001
ABE 2018
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
+1 765 49-41791
ABE 2014
Kulamullaparambath Sudheer
Adjunct Professor
Hartono Sumali
Adjunct - Sandia National Laboratories
505/844-7918
Stephen Swain
AgrAbility, Rural Rehabilitation Specialist
+1 765 49-45088
ABE 2041 P

T

Bernard Tao
Professor Emeritus, Agricultural & Biological Engineering/Food Science
ABE 2020
Daniel Taylor
Assistant to the Department Head
+1 765 49-41181
ABE 1033
Chanda Nkholoma Tembo
Visiting Scholar - Host: Engel
Shivendra Tenguria
Post Doc Research Assistant - Advisor: Ristroph
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
+1 765 49-48424
ABE 2041 Q
George Tsao
Courtesy - Professor Emeritus, Chemical Engineering
+1 765 49-44068
Shoobhangi Tyagi
Visiting Scholar - Host: Dharmendra Saraswat

U

David Umulis
Dane A. Miller Head and Professor, Biomedical Engineering/Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Biological Engineering
MJIS 3001

V

Andrea Vacca
Maha Fluid Power Faculty Chair | Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering | Mechanical Engineering (joint)
Areas of Interest
  • Machine Systems Engineering
765-430-0081
Kepner
Mohit Verma
Associate Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Biological Engineering
  • Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Process Engineering
  • Data Science and Digital Agriculture
ABE 3016
Suliammal Ponnambalam Vijayalakshmi
Visiting Scholar - Host: Engel
+1 765 409-5472

W

Wan Wardatul Amani Wan Salim
Post Doc - Advisor: D. Marshall Porterfield
Birck Nanotechnology Center
Jiangshan Wang
Post Doc Research Associate - Advisor: Verma
Shuyuan Wang
Post Doc Research Associate - Advisor: 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
+1 765 49-41174
ABE 1005 A
Xiaoyan Wei
Visiting Scholar - Host: Bernie Engel
Xing Wei
Post Doc Research Assistant - Advisor: Jin
Mark Williams
Adjunct - National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory
Areas of Interest
  • Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
Payton Wilson
Account Clerk
Xiaoyu Wu
Post Doc - Advisor: Ganesan Narsimhan

X

Eduardo Ximenes
Adjunct - Laboratory of Renewable Resources Engineering, Bioprocess Research Scientist

Y

Elif Yakamercan
Visiting Scholar - Host: Simsek
Peng Yan
Visiting Scholar - Host: Ji-Qin Ni
Nileshwari Yewle
Post Doc Research Assistant - Advisor: Cherkauer

Z

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
Yaguang Zhang
Clinical Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Areas of Interest
  • Data Science and Digital Agriculture
ABE 2041H
Yakun Zhang
Visiting Scholar - Host: Vacca
Yumeng Zhao
Post Doc Research Associate - Advisor: Ambrose
FLEX
Nikki Zimmerman
Graduate Program Administrator
+1 765 49-41166
ABE 1041