Natalia Volpato
Master Student |
Crop Physiology
I am Natalia, I was born and raised in Arapongas, a city in the state of Paraná, Brazil. My passion for agronomy began early, influenced by my family's involvement in the field. This early exposure guided me on a clear career path. I pursued and successfully obtained my Bachelor of Science degree in Agronomy from the State University of Maringa (UEM). After graduation, I embraced a significant challenge by moving to another country to advance my professional growth. From 2022 to 2023, I explored a study of fatty acids analysis for crops like corn, soybean, canola, and sorghum at Ciampitti Lab. In 2024, I took on a new and exciting challenge by enrolling in a master's program at Kansas State University, where I am currently actively engaged. My research focuses on integrating on-farm data, exploring mung bean crops as a new alternative for Kansas farmers. I aim to develop crop models that enhance Digital Agriculture decisions, specifically regarding the suitability of this crop across the state.
Lucia Marziotte Bartaburu
Master Student |
Crop Modeling
I was born in Salto, Uruguay. I am finishing my career to obtain a BS in Agronomy at the National University of Uruguay. I am finishing my degree thesis about the effect of soybean’s presence, its yield on the next winter crop yield, and how N fertilization rates can change that effect on the winter crop.
Last year, I had the opportunity to work as visiting scholar with Ignacio Ciampitti. In this experience, I worked in the field on several team projects. I learned a lot from each project and the students. Currently, I am working on a paper review and in charge of a sorghum experiment.
Leonardo Lemes Bosche
Master Student |
Crop Physiology
I grew up in Maringá, Paraná, Brazil, where I earned my Agronomy BS degree at the State University of Maringá. I have worked with crop research since 2015. My first experience abroad was in the United States of America as a Visiting Scholar at Kansas State University in 2018, when I had the opportunity to work and learn with Dr. Ignacio Ciampitti’s group. I have experience in cropping systems, plant breeding, and seed technology and production.
I'm Gustavo Nocera Santiago born in Passos, Minas Gerais, Brazil, but I lived my whole life in Franca, Sao Paulo. I have obtained my B.S. in Biosystem Engineering at the University of Sao Paulo, a campus of Pirassununga. I have been a research scholar at Ciampitti Lab for the last 9 months. In that period, I had the opportunity to work on projects related to i) web applications using Shiny framework, ii) electronics to obtain field and growth chamber data, and iii) computer vision for sorghum. My master's project is related to both development of web applications and electronics. In my free time, I enjoy drawing, writing poems and building DIY electronics-related projects.
Gustavo Nocera Santiago
Master Student |
Digital Farming
Master Student |
Crop Physiology
Gabriel Hintz
I have had the privilege of being raised on my family’s farm, which has sparked my passion for Agriculture and Crop Science. Growing up surrounded by grain crops and livestock production instilled a profound connection to the land. As a result, I pursued and successfully obtained my bachelor’s degree in Agronomy from the Federal University of Santa Maria in February 2023. During my undergraduate studies, I actively participated in a Precision Agriculture Lab called “Projeto Aquarius”, focusing mainly on winter cover crops and management zones, genotype, and plant density interaction in the Southern region of Brazil. Additionally, I had the opportunity to engage in off-university internships, where I worked for a Precision Agriculture Company and a large-scale farm in the Midwestern region of Brazil. In 2022, I was fortunate to join the esteemed Ciampitti lab for my final undergraduate internship as a student intern. Currently, as a master’s student at KSU, I’m in charge of researching two important aspects of soybean cultivation: soybean dry-down and soybean nitrogen dilution.
I'm Carlos Hernandez, I'm from a small town south of Cordoba, Argentina. I obtained my degree in agronomic engineering at the National University of Río Cuarto. From a very early age, I have been very interested in technology in general, always trying to develop new methods and applications to solve problems. In the past, I was part of various work teams as an advisor on precision agriculture technologies, providing support and assistance to farmers. I also participated as an external consultant in spatial data management platforms and in the development of recommendation algorithms for agriculture. During the last few years, I have learned and reinforced my knowledge about geospatial technologies, and topics such as the use of digital agriculture, data science, and knowledge transfer. Currently, my research is focused on the development of algorithms and data products that can help farmers in the decision-making process. My current projects range from the development of new spatial layers that allow knowing the stability of productivity in spatiotemporal terms to the development of 3D digital phenotyping tools in order to better characterize the root structures of crops. Also, recently I have been working on the development of algorithms that use machine learning and remote sensing data to quantify the concentration of protein and oil in soybeans.
Carlos Hernandez
Digital Ag & Data Analytics in Agriculture |
Lucas Lingua
Crop Physiology
Martin Menendez
Crop Physiology