Lab News

Our article on Characterizing Vertical Canopy Structure using GEDI is published in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Congratulations to Trupti Satapathy for this study which characterizes the vertical variability of canopy structure across India’s forests using GEDI data, showing that beta-distribution-fitted metrics effectively capture foliage profiles and their influence on biodiversity, productivity, and biomass, while also revealing strong links to environmental drivers like climate, soil, and topography.demonstrating that SIF yield has to potential to serve as early warning indicator for vegetation stress 1-2 months prior to conventional hydrological, meteorological or physiological indicators.

Comprehensive Exam - Ananya

Ananya has passed her comprehensive examination, congratulations!

Comprehensive Exam - Elakkiyaa

Elakkiyaa has passed her comprehensive examination, congratulations!

PMRF Annual Symposium 2025

Subhrasita attends and presents her work at the PMRF Annual Symposium 2025 at IIT Hyderabad

Our article on SIF yield drought early warning is accepted in Geophysical Research Letters

Congratulations to Subhrasita Behera, Elakkiyaa TL and Ananya Sarkar for demonstrating that SIF yield has to potential to serve as early warning indicator for vegetation stress 1-2 months prior to conventional hydrological, meteorological or physiological indicators.

ANRF Travel Grant Award - Subhrasita Behera

Subhrasita receives the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) Travel grant for presenting her work at the AGU Annual Meeting 2025 Washington D.C.Congratulations!

Prof. T.S. Nagaraj Memorial Award - Subhrasita Behera

Subhrasita receives the Prof. T.S. Nagaraj Memorial Award for contributions towards crop productivity estimation and early drought detection using solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence from space, enhancing agricultural sustainability and food security amid climatic challenges. Congratulations!

AGU Annual Meeting

Subhrasita travels to Washington D C to present her work at the AGU annual meeting.

PMRF Annual Review

Subhrasita receives Recommendation with Commendation (highest rating) in the PMRF reviews held in June 2024. Congratulations!

Subhrasita’s Article on SIF - GPP relationship across agricultural ecosystems of India is published in JGR Biogeosciences

Congratulations to Subhrasita Behera for her article - Tracking Gross Primary Productivity Using Satellite Solar Induced Fluorescence: Insights Across Agricultural Ecosystems of India. This study for the first time examined how satellite solar‐induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) tracks gross primary productivity (GPP) in India’s diverse cropping system

EGU Annual Meeting

Trupti travels to Vienna, Austria to present her work at the EGU annual meeting.

SIF System Installation

A tower based solar-induced fluorescence system is installed at Berambadi agricultural site (part of the Kabini CZO)

AGU Annual Meeting

Subhrasita and Trupti presents their work at the AGU Annual Meeting held in San Francisco, California.

Hindustal Unilever Limited (HUL) Women in Stem Fellowship - Ananya Sarkar

Ananya receives the HUL Women in Stem Fellowship. Congratulations!

Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship - Elakkitaa T L

Elakkiyaa receives the highly competitive Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF).Congratulations!

FTIR Spectrometer installed

A Bruker optics FTIR spectrometer with HTS-XT accessory is installed at the Remote Sensing Ecohydrology Laboratory. This instrument can measure MIR absorption spectra of soils.