Bin Peng

Bin Peng is an Assistant Professor in Crop Sciences and the Center for Digital Agriculture at the University of Illinois's National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). Their work focuses on agroecosystem modeling, climate-smart agriculture, and environmental sustainability, leveraging machine learning and data assimilation techniques. Key research areas include carbon budget quantification, crop response to environmental stress, soil biogeochemistry, and agrivoltaic systems integration.

• Affiliations: Crop Sciences Department, NCSA, Center for Digital Agriculture
• Research Themes: Agroecosystem dynamics, climate resilience, precision agriculture, and interdisciplinary sustainability solutions

Recent projects emphasize model-data fusion for cotton agroecosystems, transpiration stress modeling, and scalable carbon budget quantification using knowledge-guided AI. Collaborations span hydrology, remote sensing, and agricultural engineering.

Publications highlight advancements in crop yield modeling, soil nitrogen dynamics, and the environmental impacts of cover crops and tile drainage systems. Work frequently appears in journals like Agricultural and Forest Meteorology and the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems.