Current Members

Research & Administrative Staff

Christopher Dean

Research Scientist

Meg Edwards

Meg Edwards

Research Technician, Needs Assessment
(Aug 2025 - Present)

Mike Klingman

Michael Klingman

Senior Design Engineer

Andrew Klopfenstein

Andrew Klopfenstein

Senior Research Associate Engineer

Mike Sword

Farm Operations - Wooster

Amit Prasad Timilsina

Amit Timilsina

Research Scientist

Kelvin Trefz

Kelvin Trefz

eLearning Program Manager

Andres Velasco

Research Associate

Students & Postdoctoral Scholars

Arshad Ansari

Arshad Ansari

PhD Student

Sandeep Dhakal

Sandeep Dhakal

PhD Student

Naseem Dillman-Hasso

Naseem Dillman-Hasso

PhD Student

Samuel Gamor

Samuel Gamor

PhD Student

Sanjeev Karki

Sanjeev Karki

Visiting Scholar
(Sept 2025 - Present)

Kushal KC

Kushal KC

Postdoctoral Scholar

Kevin Monk

Kevin Monk

PhD Student

Maliha Muhtasim

Maliha Muhtasim

Graduate Student

Parag Subhash Padekar

Subhash Padekar

PhD Student

Birendra Bahadur Rana

Birendra Rana

Postdoctoral Scholar