Open positions

No position is open at this point.

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]​

Members

Ranveer Singh, Prospective PhD student (Expected start date, Fall 2025)
Degree Program: Doctoral, Environmental Sciences 
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Previous Degree(s):
MS., Biosystems Engineering, Auburn University Summer 2025 (Expected)
BS., Agricultural Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University, India, 2023


Research Theme: Recycled water irrigation engineering and management
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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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Somayeh Ghodsi

Lab assistant

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

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Past Members

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

Graduate students:
Jean Claude Iradukunda, PhD student (2021-2025), Now: Data Scientist, UCLA
Zahra Amiri, PhD student (2020-2024), Now: Postdoctoral scholar, CU Boulder
​Anish Sapkota, PhD student (2018-2022), Now: Assistant Professor, Montana State University
​Amninder Singh, PhD student (2017-2021), Now: Geospatial Data Scientist, Climate, Crop Science - Bayer

Undergraduate students:
Keanny Jimenez, Undergraduate research assistant (2026)
Lori Castaneda, Undergraduate research assistant (2025-2026)
Xavier Martinez, Undergraduate research assistant (2025)
James Jamieson, Undergraduate research assistant (2025)
Melyssa Cabrera, Undergraduate research assistant (2025-2026)
​Jason Ng, Undergraduate research assistant (2025)
Anahy Rivera, Undergraduate research assistant (2024)
David Ranai, Undergraduate research assistant (2024)
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)

​Research staff:
Dr. Mahshid Farzanehsa (2024)
Monika Baloda (2024)
Mohith Kailash Tirumalasetty (2021-2022)


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