Skip to main content

Jiyul Chang

Jiyul Chang

Title

Senior Lecturer

Office Building

Raven Precision Agriculture Center

Office

102

Mailing Address

Raven Precision Ag Building 102
Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science-Box 2100A
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

CV

Curriculum Vitae_Chang-April_2017.pdf(139.79 KB)

Education

  • Ph.D. in agronomy | South Dakota State University | 2002
  • M.S. in agronomy | South Dakota State University | 1997
  • B.S. in biology | Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea | 1988

Academic Interests

  • Geospatial analysis of field variations using GIS
  • Analyzing remote sensing data for crop and nutrients management
  • Making management zone maps/prescription maps using various images (satellites and drones)
  • Precision agriculture
  • Soil management
  • Soil fertility
  • Soil health
  • Soil carbon dynamics

Academic Responsibilities

  • PS/HO 285: Agricultural Computations
  • PRAG 427/527: Precision Ag Data Mapping
  • PRAG 440L/540L: Crop Management with Precision Farming Lab
  • ABS 475: Integrated Natural Resource management and Lab (supporting)

Committees and Professional Memberships

  • Scholarship committee and Curriculum committee
  • Curriculum committee

Awards and Honors

  • The winner of Ph.D. Research Paper Competition on Sigma Xi of South Dakota State University Chapter (2001)
  • Scholarship from Plant Science Graduate Student Association of South Dakota State University (2001)
  • Scholarship from Biology Department in Yonsei University (1986)

Grants

  1. Syngenta: Advanced Remote Sensing Project for Mapping Crop Fields (2012-2013): $39,000.

Areas of Research

  • Geospatial analysis and mapping using GIS
  • Remote sensing for crop and nutrients management
  • Crop field mapping using various satellite images
  • Quantifying GHG emission and soil organic matter in grazing fields
  • Quantifying GHG emission from biochar treated soil
  • Developing nutrient management zones
  • Site-specific crop/fertilizer management (precision agriculture)
  • Soil fertilities in different landscapes / Soil spatial variability
  • Cropping systems: water use efficiency, nutrient use efficiency, C sequestration

Department(s)