Prakash Kumar Jha

Dr. Prakash Kumar Jha is currently working as an Assistant Professor of Agricultural Climatology in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University (MSU), USA. Before joining, MSU, he served as an associate scientist and potdoctoral fellow at Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sustainable Intensification, Kansas State University, USA. He holds a Ph.D. in Crop and Soil Sciences from Michigan State University, USA; M.Sc in environmental sciences from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India; and B.Sc in Agricultural Sciences from Banaras Hindu University, India. He has published over 42 research articles in highly respected journals, and seven book chapters, and edited two books. He is a crop and climate modeler with an interest in sustainable agricultural systems. His specific research interests focus on investigating the influence of agronomic management on crop growth and development from field to ecological scale. He investigates complexities in agricultural systems, integrating crop simulation models, remote sensing, and climate forecast to formulate decision support systems for better management strategies at multiple scales of agroecosystems. He is passionate about teaching and the opportunity to mentor students interested in sustainable agricultural landscapes and the fundamentals of digital agroecosystems.