R. Karthikeyan

Charles Carter Newman Endowed Chair of Natural Resources Engineering
Agricultural Sciences Department

Office: 247 McAdams Hall
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Email: rkarthi@clemson.edu

Educational Background

PhD Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

MS Agricultural Engineering
University of Georgia, Athens, GA

BEng Agricultural Engineering
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India

Courses Taught

AGSC 6100 Newman Seminar in Agricultural Sciences (Fall)
AGSC 8890 Research Methods in Agricultural Sciences (Spring)

Profile

I am a biological and agricultural engineer with expertise in the application of engineering principles to solving problems in the management of natural resources. I have diverse academic, consulting, and research experience in crop modeling, plant physiology, contaminant fate and transport in the environment, geographic information science, water quality monitoring and modeling, water disinfection, and environmental microbiology. Over the years, I have contributed my technical expertise to 27 projects that addressed critical environmental and agricultural issues associated with significant economic impacts across the nation.

At Clemson, I lead an interdisciplinary research program to enhance sustainable crop production. One of the projects funded by the USDA-NIFA focuses on improving salinity tolerance in crops and developing desalination technologies for the agricultural sector. Outcomes from this project will sustain crop production in regions with freshwater scarcity and/or brackish groundwater, adding millions of dollars in economic value.

Research Interests

I am interested in elucidating the physiological mechanisms and associated genetic basis of salinity tolerance in crop plants.

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