Principal Investigator ​

​Amir Verdi, PhD
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Associate Professor of Agricultural and Urban Water Management
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Environmental Sciences Department
University of California, Riverside
Room 2326 Geology
Riverside, California 92521
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Office: 951-827-4774
Email: [email protected]​

Current Members

Bhawana Acharya, PhD student (main advisor: Elia Scudiero)
Degree Program: Doctoral, Environmental Sciences 
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Previous Degree(s):
MS., Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences, Louisiana State University, 2024
BS., Agriculture, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 2020


Research Theme: Precision Agriculture & Remote sensing
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Zahra Amiri, PhD Candidate

Degree Program: Doctoral, Environmental Sciences 
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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: Developing Agricultural and Landscape Irrigation Management Strategies Using Remotely Sensed Datasets and Physically-based Hydrologic Models
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Jean Claude Iradukunda​, PhD Candidate

Degree Program: Doctoral, Environmental Sciences

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

Research Theme: Assessing the effects of water conservation on the aesthetic value, carbon sequestration, and cooling benefits of Buffalograss and St. Augustine turfgrass 
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Somayeh Ghodsi

Lab assistant

Previous Degree(s):
B.S. Birjand University and Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

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 Undergraduate students:
 Anahy Rivera, Undergraduate research assistant (2024)
 David Ranai, Undergraduate research assistant (2024)

Past Members

 Postdoctoral scholars:
Hasnain Farooq, Postdoctoral scholar (2022-2023), Now: Postdoctoral scholar at UNL
Akanksha Garg, Postdoctoral scholar (2020-2022)

Graduate students:
Anish Sapkota, PhD student (2018-2022), Now: Assistant Professor at Montana State University
​Amninder Singh, PhD student (2017-2021), Now: Geospatial Data Scientist, Climate, Crop Science - Bayer
Mohith Kailash Tirumalasetty, Graduate Research Assistant (2021-2022)

Undergraduate students:
David Tan, Undergraduate research assistant (2023)
​Iris Nguyen, Undergraduate research assistant (2022-2023)
Gerardo Miramontes, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2022)
​​Tiffany Chung, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2019-2020)
​Victoria Wahba, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2019)
Meshal Sharifi, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2018-2019)
Audrey Der, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2017-2018)
Andrew Nava-Juarez, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2016-2017)​

​Visiting scholars:
​Dr. Mohsen Najarchi, Visiting scholar (2018)