Education

B.Sc. Agriculture Hons., 2007, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana

M.Sc. Soil Science, 2009, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana

Ph.D. Soil Science, 2017, Washington State University, Pullman, USA

Position Held:

Assistant Professor Soil Science (Since October 2018)

Field of Specialization

Mechanistic and empirical modelling of agricultural cropping systems at field and regional scales

Research interest

Modelling climate, soils and agricultural cropping systems using mechanistic, empirical and GIS techniques

Selected Research Publications (Maximum up to 5)

Kaur H, Chandel S, Benbi D. K., Dhanwinder-Singh, Kaur M, Kuldip-Singh and Marwaha S.S. (2023) Quantifying and trend analyzing dynamics of water quality variables of two Indus basin rivers of Indian Punjab. Sustainable Water Resources Management, 9:111. (Impact Factor- 2.4).

Kaur, H, Huggins, D.R., Carlson, B., Stockle, C., and Nelson, R. (2022). Dryland fallow vs flex-cropping decisions in inland Pacific Northwest of USA. Agricultural Systems, 201: 103432. (Impact Factor- 6.6).

Maaz T, Wulfhorst, J.D., McCracken V., Kirkegaard J., Huggins D. R., Roth I, Kaur H, William Pan (2018) Economic, policy, and social trends and challenges of introducing oilseed and pulse crops into dryland wheat cropping systems. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 253, 177-194. (Impact Factor- 6.6).

Kaur H, Huggins D. R., Rupp R. A, Abatzoglou J. T., Stöckle C. O. and Reganold J. P. (2017) Agro-Ecological Class Stability Decreases in Response to Climate Change Projections for the Pacific Northwest, USA. Frontiers in Ecology Evolution 5:74. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2017.00074 (Impact Factor- 3.0).

Jalota S.K., Vashisht B.B., Kaur H, Kaur S and Prabhjyot-Kaur (2014) Location specific climate change scenario and its impact on rice and wheat in Central Indian Punjab. Agricultural Systems, 131: 77-86. (Impact Factor- 6.6)

Awards/Honor’s/Distinctions

· Dr. N. S. Randhawa Medal for having obtained first position in M.Sc Soils

· Univeristy merit certificate for obtaining OCPA 8.19/10 in M.Sc. Soils

· US-India agriculture knowledge initiative project fellowship to complete part of M.Sc. thesis research at Iowa State University, USA

· Dr. Sukhdyal Nijhawan Medal for having obtained first position in B.Sc Agriculture Hons. in soil science

· Award of Honor from the Dean College of Agriculture for Annual Meet of Alumni Association-College of Agriculture 3-4, April, 2008

· University merit certificate for obtaining OCPA 8.38/10 in B.Sc Agriculture Hons.