About
Vinit Sehgal is an Assistant Professor in the School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences at Louisiana State University (LSU) within the College of Agriculture. His research focuses on soil physics, hydrology, satellite remote sensing, and terrestrial water-energy-carbon dynamics. He holds a Ph.D. in Water Management & Hydrological Science from Texas A&M University (2023), an M.S. in Biological Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech (2017), and a B.E. in Civil Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology, India (2013).
Research interests include scaling issues in hydrology, hydrologic modeling, drought monitoring, and application of geospatial data in R. Teaching responsibilities include AGRO 4092 (R for Spatial Analysis & Visualization) and AGRO 4077 (Environmental Soil Physics). His work is supported by grants from LSU Libraries and Texas A&M University.
- Education:
- Ph.D., Texas A&M University (2023)
- M.S., Virginia Tech (2017)
- B.E., Birla Institute of Technology (2013)
- Awards:
- Multiple scholarships and fellowships from Texas A&M University (2021-2022)
- Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing awards from Elsevier (2017-2018)
- Labs/Teams: Texas Water Observatory (co-author), Soil-Hydrology Lab (personal webpage: https://soil-hydrology.com/)
- Future Work: Expanding research on global soil moisture dynamics, water-energy coupling, and climate resilience.
