Brief Resume<\/h2>\n<\/header>\nEducation<\/h3>\n\n- Ph.D. Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, North Dakota State University, ND<\/li>\n
- M.S. Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University, IA<\/li>\n
- M.S. Environmental Science, Anna University, India<\/li>\n
- B.S. Zoology, University of Madras, India<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Professional Experience<\/h3>\n\n- Professor, Washington State University, July 2025 \u2013 Present<\/li>\n
- Associate Professor, Washington State University, July 2019 \u2013 June 2025<\/li>\n
- Assistant Professor, Washington State University, June 2013 \u2013 June 2019<\/li>\n
- Adjunct Professor of Biology, Polk State College, January 2013 \u2013 May 2013<\/li>\n
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Citrus Research & Education Center, University of Florida, August 2009 \u2013 May 2013<\/li>\n
- Research Associate, Environmental Engineering & Management, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, January 2003 \u2013 June 2004<\/li>\n
- Project Associate, Institute of Ocean Management, Anna University, India, June 2002 \u2013 December 2002<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n
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\nSindhuja.Sankaran@wsu.edu<\/a>
\n(509) 335 \u2013 8828
\nFAX: (509) 335 \u2013 2722<\/p>\nGoogle Scholar Profile<\/a>
\nCurriculum Vitae (pdf)<\/p>\nOffice: LJ Smith Hall, Room 202
\nLab: Vogel Hall, Room 136
\nBiological Systems Engineering
\nWashington State University
\nPullman, WA 99164-6120<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\nHonors and Awards<\/h3>\n\n- Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) Outstanding Paper Award, 2024.<\/li>\n
- Outstanding Associate Editor, The Plant Phenome Journal, 2023.<\/li>\n
- International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) Medal, 2022.<\/li>\n
- Outstanding Associate Editor<\/a>, ASABE Journals, 2022.<\/li>\n
- ASABE Leadership Citation, 2022.<\/li>\n
- Certificate of Excellence as an Associate Editor, ASABE Journals, 2021 & 2022.<\/li>\n
- Early Career Excellence Award<\/a>, College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, WSU, 2022.<\/li>\n
- Outstanding Reviewer, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2015.<\/li>\n
- Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2013.<\/li>\n
- ASABE Superior Paper Award, 2013.<\/li>\n
- Invited member of Alpha Epsilon.<\/li>\n
- Invited member of Gamma Sigma Delta.<\/li>\n
- Frank Bain Scholarship, 2008-2009.<\/li>\n
- North Dakota State University, Masters of Success\u2019s \u20182008 Student of the Year\u2019 Award.<\/li>\n
- Lectureship eligibility through National Educational Test (NET) for the entrants in the teaching profession conducted jointly by University Grants Commission (UGC) and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, 2002.<\/li>\n
- Anna University, First Rank, MS in Environmental Science, 2002.<\/li>\n
- University of Madras, Fourth Rank, BS in Zoology, 2000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Professional Memberships<\/h3>\n\n- North American Plant Phenotyping Network (NAPPN)<\/li>\n
- National Association of Plant Breeders (NAPB)<\/li>\n
- American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Media Releases\/Trade Magazines<\/h3>\n\n- A new way to quantify dairy cows\u2019 quality of life. The Lewiston Tribune<\/a>. 13 December 2025.<\/li>\n
- WSU researchers devising new way to quantify quality of life for dairy cows. CAHNRS News<\/a>. 1 December 2025.<\/li>\n
- Undergraduate researchers call WSU their summer home. WSU Insider<\/a>. 3 June 2025.<\/li>\n
- Summer research brings undergraduates from across the nation. WSU Insider<\/a>. 5 June 2024.<\/li>\n
- University welcomes 81 students from 23 states for summer research. WSU Insider<\/a>. 20 June 2023.<\/li>\n
- WSU hosts summer undergraduate researchers from across the United States. WSU Insider<\/a>. 17 June 2022.<\/li>\n
- Excellence across CAHNRS honored in \u201922 Faculty and Staff Awards. CAHNRS News<\/a>. 18 March 2022.<\/li>\n
- WSU summer undergraduate research featured at virtual symposia. WSU Insider<\/a>. 27 July 2021<\/li>\n
- Who you gonna call? Rotbusters! Sensors sniff out plant diseases. ASABE Resource Magazine<\/a>, May\/June Issue, 2020, Update, pp. 18.<\/li>\n
- Satellite monitoring could be next leap for crop management. Spudman<\/a>. 26 November, 2019.<\/li>\n
- Satellites show promise as tool for monitoring crop development. WSU News.<\/a> 18 November, 2019.<\/li>\n
- Western Innovator: Sensors ‘smell’ plant diseases. Capital Press<\/a>. 29 August, 2019.<\/li>\n
- New global fellowship program grows discoveries, partnerships in ag research. CAHNRS News<\/a>. 16 August, 2019.<\/li>\n
- Partners for better spuds: WSU\u2019s 2019 Othello Field Day. CAHNRS News<\/a>. 28 June, 2019.<\/li>\n
- Artificial intelligence and precision farming: does efficiency mean sustainability? Filling Space<\/a>. 29 May, 2019.<\/li>\n
- Images from space could help farmers grow better wheat varieties. CAHNRS News<\/a>. 23 May, 2019.<\/li>\n
- America can’t solve its migrant labor crisis with automation. Engadget<\/a>. 31 May, 2018.<\/li>\n
- Police, scientists, hope to use drones for innovation. The Daily Evergreen<\/a>. 20 March, 2018.<\/li>\n
- $1.5M for specialty crop research to improve fruits, vegetables, farming. WSU News<\/a>. 13 October, 2017.<\/li>\n
- Why do feet smell? Ask Dr. Universe<\/a>, science-education project based out of Washington State University and University Communications. 26 September, 2017.<\/li>\n
- Plant biologists welcome their robot overlords. Nature Magazine<\/a>. 26 January 2017, 541, 445-446. doi: 10.1038\/541445a.<\/li>\n
- BSE\u2019s Sankaran presents at inaugural expo. CAHNRS News<\/a>. December 2016.<\/li>\n
- High-throughput crop phenotyping technologies. ASABE Resource Magazine<\/a>, May\/June Issue, pp. 24-25.<\/li>\n
- Washington Scientists Forge Ahead Amid Uncertainty. Xconomy<\/a>. 10 November 2016.<\/li>\n
- WSU researchers aim to make farming more efficient. The Spokesman-Review<\/a>. 28 April 2016.<\/li>\n
- WSU researchers aim to make farming more efficient. Columbia Basin Herald<\/a>. 28 April 2016.<\/li>\n
- Drones with Multispectral Cameras Bring Efficiency to High-Throughput Plant Phenotyping. BioPhotonics<\/a>, April 2016. [Research featured in magazine cover page]<\/em><\/li>\n
- Agriculture 3.0: How researchers are harvesting the power of robots and drones to reboot farming. GeekWire News<\/a>. 10 February 2016.<\/li>\n
- Developing technologies that will change agriculture. Precision Ag Expo. WSU CAHNRS News<\/a>. 1 January 2016.<\/li>\n
- Phenotyping in the field goes high-tech. Good Fruit Grower<\/a>, November 2015, pp. 20-21.<\/li>\n
- The robot overhead. The Economist, 6 December 2014.<\/li>\n
- Things that fly in the sky. Washington State Magazine<\/a>, 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Brief Resume<\/h2>\nEducation<\/h3>\n
Ph.D. Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, North Dakota State University, ND
M.S. Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University, IA
M.S. Environmental Science, Anna University, India
B.S. Zoology, University of Madras, India<\/p>\n
Professional Experience<\/h3>\n
Professor, Washington State University, July 2025 \u2013 Present
Associate Professor, Washington State University, July 2019 \u2013 June 2025
Assistant Professor, Washington State University, June 2013 \u2013 June 2019
Adjunct Professor of Biology, Polk State College, January 2013 \u2013 May 2013
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Citrus Research & Education Center, University of Florida, August 2009 \u2013 May 2013
Research Associate, Environmental Engineering & … » More …<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1351,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-builder.php","meta":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/sankaran-phenomics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/sankaran-phenomics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/sankaran-phenomics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/sankaran-phenomics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/sankaran-phenomics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/sankaran-phenomics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1411,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/sankaran-phenomics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/1411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/sankaran-phenomics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/sankaran-phenomics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=4"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/sankaran-phenomics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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- Ph.D. Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, North Dakota State University, ND<\/li>\n
- M.S. Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University, IA<\/li>\n
- M.S. Environmental Science, Anna University, India<\/li>\n
- B.S. Zoology, University of Madras, India<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Professional Experience<\/h3>\n
- \n
- Professor, Washington State University, July 2025 \u2013 Present<\/li>\n
- Associate Professor, Washington State University, July 2019 \u2013 June 2025<\/li>\n
- Assistant Professor, Washington State University, June 2013 \u2013 June 2019<\/li>\n
- Adjunct Professor of Biology, Polk State College, January 2013 \u2013 May 2013<\/li>\n
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Citrus Research & Education Center, University of Florida, August 2009 \u2013 May 2013<\/li>\n
- Research Associate, Environmental Engineering & Management, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, January 2003 \u2013 June 2004<\/li>\n
- Project Associate, Institute of Ocean Management, Anna University, India, June 2002 \u2013 December 2002<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n\n<\/a>
\nSindhuja.Sankaran@wsu.edu<\/a>
\n(509) 335 \u2013 8828
\nFAX: (509) 335 \u2013 2722<\/p>\nGoogle Scholar Profile<\/a>
\nCurriculum Vitae (pdf)<\/p>\nOffice: LJ Smith Hall, Room 202
\nLab: Vogel Hall, Room 136
\nBiological Systems Engineering
\nWashington State University
\nPullman, WA 99164-6120<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n
\n \nHonors and Awards<\/h3>\n
- \n
- Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) Outstanding Paper Award, 2024.<\/li>\n
- Outstanding Associate Editor, The Plant Phenome Journal, 2023.<\/li>\n
- International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) Medal, 2022.<\/li>\n
- Outstanding Associate Editor<\/a>, ASABE Journals, 2022.<\/li>\n
- ASABE Leadership Citation, 2022.<\/li>\n
- Certificate of Excellence as an Associate Editor, ASABE Journals, 2021 & 2022.<\/li>\n
- Early Career Excellence Award<\/a>, College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, WSU, 2022.<\/li>\n
- Outstanding Reviewer, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2015.<\/li>\n
- Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2013.<\/li>\n
- ASABE Superior Paper Award, 2013.<\/li>\n
- Invited member of Alpha Epsilon.<\/li>\n
- Invited member of Gamma Sigma Delta.<\/li>\n
- Frank Bain Scholarship, 2008-2009.<\/li>\n
- North Dakota State University, Masters of Success\u2019s \u20182008 Student of the Year\u2019 Award.<\/li>\n
- Lectureship eligibility through National Educational Test (NET) for the entrants in the teaching profession conducted jointly by University Grants Commission (UGC) and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, 2002.<\/li>\n
- Anna University, First Rank, MS in Environmental Science, 2002.<\/li>\n
- University of Madras, Fourth Rank, BS in Zoology, 2000.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Professional Memberships<\/h3>\n
- \n
- North American Plant Phenotyping Network (NAPPN)<\/li>\n
- National Association of Plant Breeders (NAPB)<\/li>\n
- American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Media Releases\/Trade Magazines<\/h3>\n
- \n
- A new way to quantify dairy cows\u2019 quality of life. The Lewiston Tribune<\/a>. 13 December 2025.<\/li>\n
- WSU researchers devising new way to quantify quality of life for dairy cows. CAHNRS News<\/a>. 1 December 2025.<\/li>\n
- Undergraduate researchers call WSU their summer home. WSU Insider<\/a>. 3 June 2025.<\/li>\n
- Summer research brings undergraduates from across the nation. WSU Insider<\/a>. 5 June 2024.<\/li>\n
- University welcomes 81 students from 23 states for summer research. WSU Insider<\/a>. 20 June 2023.<\/li>\n
- WSU hosts summer undergraduate researchers from across the United States. WSU Insider<\/a>. 17 June 2022.<\/li>\n
- Excellence across CAHNRS honored in \u201922 Faculty and Staff Awards. CAHNRS News<\/a>. 18 March 2022.<\/li>\n
- WSU summer undergraduate research featured at virtual symposia. WSU Insider<\/a>. 27 July 2021<\/li>\n
- Who you gonna call? Rotbusters! Sensors sniff out plant diseases. ASABE Resource Magazine<\/a>, May\/June Issue, 2020, Update, pp. 18.<\/li>\n
- Satellite monitoring could be next leap for crop management. Spudman<\/a>. 26 November, 2019.<\/li>\n
- Satellites show promise as tool for monitoring crop development. WSU News.<\/a> 18 November, 2019.<\/li>\n
- Western Innovator: Sensors ‘smell’ plant diseases. Capital Press<\/a>. 29 August, 2019.<\/li>\n
- New global fellowship program grows discoveries, partnerships in ag research. CAHNRS News<\/a>. 16 August, 2019.<\/li>\n
- Partners for better spuds: WSU\u2019s 2019 Othello Field Day. CAHNRS News<\/a>. 28 June, 2019.<\/li>\n
- Artificial intelligence and precision farming: does efficiency mean sustainability? Filling Space<\/a>. 29 May, 2019.<\/li>\n
- Images from space could help farmers grow better wheat varieties. CAHNRS News<\/a>. 23 May, 2019.<\/li>\n
- America can’t solve its migrant labor crisis with automation. Engadget<\/a>. 31 May, 2018.<\/li>\n
- Police, scientists, hope to use drones for innovation. The Daily Evergreen<\/a>. 20 March, 2018.<\/li>\n
- $1.5M for specialty crop research to improve fruits, vegetables, farming. WSU News<\/a>. 13 October, 2017.<\/li>\n
- Why do feet smell? Ask Dr. Universe<\/a>, science-education project based out of Washington State University and University Communications. 26 September, 2017.<\/li>\n
- Plant biologists welcome their robot overlords. Nature Magazine<\/a>. 26 January 2017, 541, 445-446. doi: 10.1038\/541445a.<\/li>\n
- BSE\u2019s Sankaran presents at inaugural expo. CAHNRS News<\/a>. December 2016.<\/li>\n
- High-throughput crop phenotyping technologies. ASABE Resource Magazine<\/a>, May\/June Issue, pp. 24-25.<\/li>\n
- Washington Scientists Forge Ahead Amid Uncertainty. Xconomy<\/a>. 10 November 2016.<\/li>\n
- WSU researchers aim to make farming more efficient. The Spokesman-Review<\/a>. 28 April 2016.<\/li>\n
- WSU researchers aim to make farming more efficient. Columbia Basin Herald<\/a>. 28 April 2016.<\/li>\n
- Drones with Multispectral Cameras Bring Efficiency to High-Throughput Plant Phenotyping. BioPhotonics<\/a>, April 2016. [Research featured in magazine cover page]<\/em><\/li>\n
- Agriculture 3.0: How researchers are harvesting the power of robots and drones to reboot farming. GeekWire News<\/a>. 10 February 2016.<\/li>\n
- Developing technologies that will change agriculture. Precision Ag Expo. WSU CAHNRS News<\/a>. 1 January 2016.<\/li>\n
- Phenotyping in the field goes high-tech. Good Fruit Grower<\/a>, November 2015, pp. 20-21.<\/li>\n
- The robot overhead. The Economist, 6 December 2014.<\/li>\n
- Things that fly in the sky. Washington State Magazine<\/a>, 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
<\/p>\n
Brief Resume<\/h2>\n
Education<\/h3>\n
Ph.D. Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, North Dakota State University, ND
M.S. Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University, IA
M.S. Environmental Science, Anna University, India
B.S. Zoology, University of Madras, India<\/p>\nProfessional Experience<\/h3>\n
Professor, Washington State University, July 2025 \u2013 Present
Associate Professor, Washington State University, July 2019 \u2013 June 2025
Assistant Professor, Washington State University, June 2013 \u2013 June 2019
Adjunct Professor of Biology, Polk State College, January 2013 \u2013 May 2013
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Citrus Research & Education Center, University of Florida, August 2009 \u2013 May 2013
Research Associate, Environmental Engineering & … » More …<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1351,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-builder.php","meta":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/sankaran-phenomics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/sankaran-phenomics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/sankaran-phenomics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/sankaran-phenomics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/sankaran-phenomics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/sankaran-phenomics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1411,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/sankaran-phenomics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/1411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/sankaran-phenomics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/sankaran-phenomics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=4"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/sankaran-phenomics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} - WSU researchers devising new way to quantify quality of life for dairy cows. CAHNRS News<\/a>. 1 December 2025.<\/li>\n
- A new way to quantify dairy cows\u2019 quality of life. The Lewiston Tribune<\/a>. 13 December 2025.<\/li>\n
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