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The people behind PhenoWorks

Building better tools for research, together.

PhenoWorks brings together researchers across disciplines to build reusable tools for crop phenotyping and data analysis.

Project Leadership

Scientific direction and project coordination.

Portrait of Muthu Bagavathiannan

Project Lead / Principal Investigator

Muthu Bagavathiannan

Professor of Weed Ecology and Management

Texas A&M University

Professor of Weed Ecology and Management, with research spanning weed science, agronomy, and simulation modeling.

Development Lead

Software architecture and platform development.

Portrait of Henry Ruiz

Lead Developer

Henry Ruiz

Research Scientist

Texas A&M AgriLife Research

Creator and lead developer of PhenoWorks and LgoPy, bringing together expertise in generative AI, remote sensing, and full-stack software engineering to develop reusable tools for reproducible data processing and analysis.

Contributors

A growing community contributing code, analysis blocks, plug-ins, documentation, and examples.

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Contributor

Vijai Krishna

Graduate Assistant-Research

Texas A&M University @ Soil and Crop Sciences (SCSC)

Contributing to the development of PhenoWorks.

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Contributor

Navjot Singh

Precision Ag Research Associate | PhD student

Texas A&M University @ Soil and Crop Sciences (SCSC)

Contributing to the development of PhenoWorks.

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Contributor

Eric Torres

Contributing to the development of PhenoWorks.

Scientific Advisory Team

Research perspectives that guide scientific applications and future development.

Portrait of Ambika Chandra

Scientific Advisor

Ambika Chandra

Professor and Assistant Director, Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Dallas

Texas A&M AgriLife Research

Professor specializing in turfgrass breeding and molecular genetics, including phenotyping for stress tolerance.

Portrait of Murukarthick Jayakodi

Scientific Advisor

Murukarthick Jayakodi

Assistant Professor of Plant Genomics

Texas A&M AgriLife Research

Assistant Professor of Plant Genomics, specializing in crop genetics and plant genomics.

Portrait of Dirk B. Hays

Scientific Advisor

Dirk B. Hays

Professor of Cereal Grain Development Genetics and Technology

Texas A&M University

Professor studying cereal grain development and crop improvement through remote sensing, physiology, and genetics.