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Johnny Li is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Soil and Water Systems at the University of Idaho, affiliated with the College of Agricultural & Life Sciences. He leads the Precision Agriculture and Intelligent Robotics Laboratory (PAIR) and is an affiliate professor at the Center for Intelligent Industry Robot (CI2R).
Education: PhD in Mechatronics (Central South University, 2012), M.S. in Material Science (Central South University, 2005), B.S. in Agricultural Engineering (Hunan Agricultural University, 2002).
Research focuses on IoT/robotics sensing, control systems, and AI integration for precision agriculture, environmental management, and infrastructure monitoring. Key areas include autonomous robotics, remote sensing, crop modeling, and explainable AI for decision support systems.
Publications emphasize machine learning applications in disease detection (citrus, tomatoes, grapes), wildfire monitoring, and infrastructure health assessment. Over 40 peer-reviewed papers and $1.5M in grants secured since 2019.
Awards include NSF CGCA Panel Fellow (2022) and editorial role at Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal (2013).
Labs/Teams: PAIR Lab (founded 2022), CI2R collaboration, interdisciplinary partnerships with soil scientists, engineers, and computer scientists.
