Ciampitti lab

Ignacio Ciampitti, a quantitative agronomist with a focus on the integration of digital agriculture in the context of complex farming systems, has joined Purdue University as the co-director of the Institute for Digital and Advanced Agricultural Systems (IDAAS) and a full professor in the agronomy department. Prior to this role, he was one of the founding directors of the Institute for Digital Agriculture and Advanced Analytics at Kansas State University. With a strong academic foundation, including a bachelor’s and master’s degree from the University of Buenos Aires and Ph.D. in agronomy from Purdue, Ciampitti’s research explores the integration of crop eco-physiology and plant nutrition with data science, remote sensing and crop modeling tools. Ciampitti has trained many graduate students, research scholars and post-doctoral researchers, and led critical key projects with industry and farmers around the globe. Ciampitti brings a wealth of experience from various past and current leadership roles that position him to successfully lead Purdue’s IDAAS in advancing technology-driven and data-informed agricultural solutions. In addition to his full-time position, Ciampitti is an associate editor-in-chief for European Journal of Agronomy, a technical editor for Crop Science Journal and serves on the editorial board for Field Crops Research, Remote Sensing, Forecasting journals. Outside of research, Ciampitti enjoys spending time with his family and watching soccer, a passion influenced by his South American heritage