معرفی
Jiating Li is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biosystems Engineering, Price Faculty of Engineering, University of Manitoba. Her research integrates digital technologies (UAVs, IoT, physics-based models, AI) to advance crop and livestock systems. She holds a PhD and MSc from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2017–2023) and a BSc from Zhejiang University. Prior to Manitoba, she conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Research focuses include precision agriculture, high-throughput phenotyping, agricultural robotics, and physics-guided AI. She develops solutions using remote sensing (UAVs, LiDAR), optical imaging, and AI models to address crop stress, nutrient estimation, and drought tolerance. Key projects include biomass prediction in sorghum and nitrogen content estimation in maize.
Current lab activities include mentoring MSc student Gokarna, visiting PhD student Lian, and summer UG researchers Rupert and Stephane. She secured a grant from the University Research Grants Program (URGP) in 2025. Teaching experience includes roles as a teaching assistant and guest lecturer in instrumentation, geospatial technologies, and aerial image processing.
Lab mission: Elevate agricultural productivity via cutting-edge technologies like robotics, AI, and IoT devices. Ongoing collaborations focus on crop growth modeling, data-driven predictions, and sustainable practices.
