Principal Investigator ​

​Amir Haghverdi, PhD
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Assistant CE Professor of Irrigation &  Water Management

Environmental Sciences Department
University of California, Riverside
Room 2326 Geology
Riverside, California 92521
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Office: 951-827-4774
Email: amirh@ucr.edu​

Current Members

Akanksha Garg, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate

Previous Degree(s):
PhD, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
M.Tech., Electronics Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Varanasi, India
B.Tech., Electronics and Communication Engineering, Govt. Engineering College Bikaner, India

Research Theme: Remote sensing and data mining
Amninder Singh, PhD Candidate

Degree Program: Doctoral, Environmental Sciences

Previous Degree(s):
 M.S. Plant Science, California State University, Fresno, CA, USA
 B.S. Agriculture, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India

Research Theme: Developing autonomous landscape water conservation strategies using smart evapotranspiration-based and soil moisture sensor-based irrigation controllers​
Anish Sapkota, PhD Candidate

Degree Program: Doctoral, ​Environmental Sciences

Previous Degree(s):
M.S. Animal and Range Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA
B.S. Agriculture, Tribhuvan University – Kathmandu, Nepal

Research Theme: Advancing agricultural and landscape irrigation to increase water use efficiency 
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Zahra Amiri, Graduate Research Assistant

Degree Program: Doctoral, Environmental Sciences (co-advised with Professor Jirka Šimunek)

Previous Degree(s):
M.S. Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran
B.S. Water Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran

Research Theme: TBD
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Khadeejah Sani, Graduate Research Assistant

Degree Program: Doctoral, Chemical & Environmental Engineering (co-advised with Dr. Mehdi Nemati)

Previous Degree(s):
M.E. Biological & Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
B.S.E. Industrial & Operations Engineering, University of Michigan

Research Theme: TBD
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Jean Claude Iradukunda​, Graduate Research Assistant

Degree Program: Doctoral, Environmental Sciences

Previous Degree(s):
B.S. Integrated Sciences, University of Nebraska Lincoln

Research Theme: TBD
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Somayeh Ghodsi, Lab Assistant

​Previous Degree(s):
        Geology,
        Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
​        Birjand University,  Iran
 Tiffany Chung, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Past Members

Victoria Wahba, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Meshal Sharifi, undergraduate Research Assistant
Audrey Der, Undergraduate Research Assistant
​Dr. Mohsen Najarchi, Visiting scholar
Andrew Nava-Juarez, Undergraduate Research Assistant​