Profile

Education

• 2014     Ph. D., Soil Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
• 2010     M.S., Soil Science, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
• 2008     B.S. Agricultural Journalism, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

Teaching

•  SoilS 374: Introduction to Remote Sensing
• AgTM 405: Advanced Precision Agriculture
• CS/PP 403/503: Advanced Cropping Systems

Research interest

The goal of our lab is to quantify the interaction of soil, water, and plants at the field-scale to improve soil health and ecosystem resilience. Research activities can be grouped under two areas: 1) conserve water and protect the soil through soil health promoting practices and, 2) using sensor technology to quantify spatial soil moisture dynamics.

Recent publications

• Siegfried, J., N. Rajan, C.B. Adams, H.L. Neely, S. Hague, R. Hardin, R. Schnell, X. Han, A. Thomasson. 2024. High-accuracy infrared thermography of cotton canopy temperature by unmanned aerial systems (UAS): Evaluating in-season prediction of yield. Smart Ag. Tech. doi: 10.1016/j.atech.2023.100393
• Joshi Gyawali, A., H.L. Neely, J.L. Foster, C.B. Neely, K.L. Lewis, G. Bodine, J. Pintar, R. Ghimire, P.E. Bekewe, and A.P. Smith. 2023. Assessing soil health in a thermic region of the southern great plains, using the soil management assessment framework (SMAF). Soil Security doi:10.1016/j.soisec.2023.100115
• Joshi Gyawali, A., A.P. Smith, J. Foster, C. Neely, K. Lewis, J. Pintar, H.L. Neely. 2023. Sampling for biological indicators of soil health: How the number, position, and compositing of samples impacts research results. Geoderma doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116513
• Bekewe, P.E., J.L. Foster, C.B. Neely, H.L. Neely, K.L. Lewis, L.E. Tomlin, R.W. Schnell, A.P. Smith, T.W. Boutton, and B. Gerrish. 2022. Cropping system diversity and tillage intensity affects wheat productivity in Texas. Agron. J. (114) doi:10.1002/agj2.21209
• Rouze, G., H.L. Neely, C.L.S. Morgan, W. Kustas, and M. Wiethorn. 2021. Evaluating unoccupied aerial systems (UAS) imagery as an alternative tool towards cotton-based management zones. Prec. Ag., 22, doi:10.1007/s11119-021-09816-9
• Han, X, J.A. Thomasson, V. Swaminathan, T. Wang, J. Siegfried, R. Raman, N. Rajan, and H.L. Neely. 2020. Field-based calibration of unmanned aerial vehicle thermal infrared imagery with temperature-controlled references. Sensors. 20(24), 7098; doi:10.3390/s20247098
• Bhandari, M., A.M.H. Ibrahim, Q. Xue, J. Jung, A. Chang, J.C. Rudd, M. Maeda, N. Rajan, H.L. Neely, and J. Landivar. 2020. Assessing winter wheat foliage disease severity using aerial imagery acquired from small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 176. doi:10.1016/j.compag.2020.105665
• Bagnall, G.C., N. Koonjoo, S.A. Altobelli, M.S. Conradi, E. Fukushima, D.O. Kuethe, J.E. Mullet, H.L. Neely, W.L. Rooney, K.F. Stupic, B. Weers, B. Zhu, M.S. Rosen, and C.L.S. Morgan. 2020. Low-field magnetic resonance imaging of roots in intact clayey and silty soils. Geoderma. 370. doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114356
• Bagnall, D., P.M. Crespo Gutierrez, Y.T. Yimam, C.L.S. Morgan, H.L. Neely, and J.P. Ackerson. 2018. Effect of air- and water-filled voids on neutron moisture meter measurements of clay soil. Vadose Zone J. 17:180137. doi:10.2136/vzj2018.07.0137
• Neely, H.L., C.L.S. Morgan, K.J. McInnes, and C.C. Molling. 2018. Modeling soil crack volume at the pedon scale using available soil data. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. doi:10.2136/sssaj2018.01.0007

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