R. Karthikeyan
Professor & Charles Carter Newman Endowed Chair of Natural Resources Engineering
(Joint Appointment with Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences)
Agricultural Sciences Department
Office: 247 McAdams Hall
Phone:
Email: rkarthi@clemson.edu
Educational Background
PhD Bio. & Ag. Engineering
Kansas State University
MS Agricultural Engineering
University of Georgia
BEng Agricultural Engineering
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Courses Taught
AGSC 4100/6100 Newman Seminar (Fall)
AGSC 8890 Research Methods in Agricultural Sciences (Spring)
Research Interests
Abiotic stress tolerance in crops and crop wild relatives; particularly interested in the mechanisms of salinity tolerance.
Links
Controlled environment agriculture: salt-tolerant crops
Controlled environment agriculture: wastewater reuse
Organic agriculture: pest-resistant sweetpotato
Organic agriculture: salt-tolerant rice
Sustainable agriculture: climate-resilient rice