Prof. Raj Khosla
Prof. Raj Khosla is the Head of Agronomy Department at Kansas State University and is a globally recognized authority on Precision Agriculture. He has been engaged in precision agriculture since inception and has made significant contributions in the development and spread of Precision Agriculture worldwide. He is the Founder and Past-President of the International Society of Precision Agriculture.
His research specializes in harnessing spatial and temporal heterogeneity in managed agro-ecosystems and translating those into better decision models. His group has extensively employed remote sensing and other geospatial data-layers and pioneered novel techniques of stratifying productivity classes in crop fields, to enhance production, nitrogen and water use efficiency, economic returns, and sustainability of managed agro-ecosystems. Currently, Dr. Khosla is co-leading multi-state, multi-year, federally funded efforts to co-develop and evaluate next generation of bio-degradable soil moisture and soil-nitrate sensors, and novel AI algorithms to enhance water and nitrogen use efficiencies in irrigated production systems.
Recently, Dr. Khosla served as the member of National Academy of Sciences Executive Committee on Science Breakthrough 2030 and co-authored the 250-page consensus study report “Science Breakthroughs 2030: A strategy for food and agricultural research”. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report was presented to the US Congress and became the brainchild behind the USDA Agricultural Innovation Agenda 2050 – increase the US food production by 40% and decrease our environmental footprint by 50% by 2050. Dr. Khosla is a sought-out expert by NAS and has been part of many NAS organized scientific programs, workshops, and reports.Previously, in 2012, Dr. Khosla was named the Jefferson Science Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine and was appointed as the Senior Science Advisor on Food Security to the U.S. Department of State. In addition, from 2011 through 2015, he has served two 2-year terms, to the US “Presidential Advisory Board on Positioning, Navigation and Timing” established under NASA to advise US federal agencies deputy secretaries as they assess the current and upcoming applications of the U.S. Global Positing Satellite Systems and the international Global Navigation Satellite System.
He has co-authored over 100 refereed publications in high impact international refereed journals. He has been successful in generating over $20 million of extra-mural funding (as a PI and Co PI) from federal, state, private and international agencies. His research, teaching and extension efforts have been recognized widely. He has been invited to several countries around the world for research collaborations: invited lectures and distinguished Keynotes. Most recently, he was the opening Keynote speaker at an international conference in Italy. Previously, he has presented Keynotes in Australia, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Chile, Columbia, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Japan, Germany, India, Israel, Korea, Mexico, Malaysia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Spain, United Arab Emirates, and the USA. Over the years he has been recognized with over 10 national and international awards. Prof. Khosla is the Fellow of American Society of Agronomy; Fellow of Soil Science Society of America; Fellow of Soil and Water Conservation Society, Fellow of American Association for Advancement of Science, and Honorary Life Fellow of International Society of Precision Agriculture.
In addition to being the Founder and Past-President of the International Society of Precision Agriculture that has membership from 40+ countries across the planet, he is the past-president of the Western Society of Soil Science, which includes Western -Canada, -US, and -Mexico, and is also the Past President of the CSU chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta International Honor Society of Agriculture. Dr. Khosla served as an Associate Editor, Soil Science Society of America Journal for six years and served on the editorial board of the International Journal of Precision Agriculture for 15 years. He is also a member to the International Advisory Board of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
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