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Department of Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science

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

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