Assistant Professor
I am a computational agronomist that specializes in precision and digital agriculture, development, and testing of new cultural practices, models, technologies and machines to improve the management, sustainability, and profitability of agricultural land. I am also interested in understanding the effects of environmental constraints on grapevine physiology to implement variable rate and site-specific (terroir) management approaches. Testing new viticulture practices and farming inputs to cope with contemporary issues like climate change and workforce availability is also important in my daily work. I have published 24 peer-reviewed research papers in leading scientific journals, one international patent, and over 50 papers and abstracts in national and international conferences. I serve as Editor for the journals Oeno One, Frontiers in Plant Science, Sustainability, Agronomy, and Plants. I also write regularly in trade journals in the USA and Italy and present research results in professional meetings. I was ranked #1 most promising scholars in precision agriculture in California by the League of Scholar, 2018.