Lab Members

Krishna Nemali (Principal Investigator)

Dr. Nemali is responsible for extension and research activities related to controlled environment agriculture, including ornamentals and vegetables grown under protected culture. He also teaches courses related to controlled environment agriculture production and technology.  A primary goal of his program at Purdue is to develop new and affordable technologies that improve sustainability (i.e., reduce input waste, minimize environmental impact, and increase profits) in controlled environment agriculture and make them easily available to growers.  He aims to train students with sustainable production practices complemented with state-of-the-art technologies for controlled environments.  He is passionate about actively engaging and contributing to the existing diversity programs at Purdue.

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  Sangrak Son (Ph.D. student)

Dissertation: Optimizing nutrient supply and availability for organic lettuce production in hydroponic systems

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Graduate Students:

Alexander G. Miller (M.S.)

Thesis: Optimization of winter hydroponic lettuce production in the US Midwest

Ranjeeta Adhikari (Ph.D.)

Dissertation: Nitrogen (N) management in floriculture crops: Developing a novel image analysis-based technique for measuring tissue N content and understanding plant physiological responses to N supply

Yuyao Kong (Ph.D.)

Dissertation: Optimizing light quality for growth, nutritional quality, and food safety of lettuce in vertical farming

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