{"id":4,"date":"2014-07-17T23:22:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T23:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2025-12-14T03:08:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T03:08:13","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Research Interests \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Ecohydrology\u2022 Soil erosion\u00a0 \u2022 Land Degradation \u00a0\u00a0\u2022 Water &#8211; Energy &#8211; Food Nexus \u2022 Agrivoltaics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I am a broadly trained environmental scientist interested in understanding surface processes in terrestrial ecosystems, in the context of land degradation induced by climate change and human activities. My research areas include: (1) Ecohydrological feedbacks accompanying land use changes and their impact on soil and water degradation (2) Environmental impacts (on land, water resources and food security) of renewable energy development and opportunities to colocate agriculture with energy production.\u00a0 I use a variety of research tools to address my research questions including manipulative field experiments, laboratory experiments, data analysis, and modeling.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Solar energy- Agriculture colocation (Agrivoltaics) : <\/strong>Over the past decade, we studied the co-location of solar energy with crops\/biofuels, grazing\u00a0 and\/or pollinator-friendly native plants at multiple sites around the world, and the highlighted the environmental and socio-economic co-benefits. Learn more about our work: Ravi et al <a href=\"https:\/\/ui.adsabs.harvard.edu\/abs\/2012AGUFM.H53H1634R\/abstract\">2012<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/es404950n\">2014<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/524161a\">2015<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0306261915016517\">2016;<\/a>\u00a0Choi et al, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1364032121008868\">2020<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fenvs.2020.00140\/full\">2021<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1029\/2023EF003542\">2023, <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S030626192400610X?dgcid=author\">2024<\/a>; Towner et al <a href=\"https:\/\/agu.confex.com\/agu\/fm21\/meetingapp.cgi\/Paper\/960402\">2021; <\/a>Macknick et al., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrel.gov\/docs\/fy22osti\/83566.pdf\">2022;\u00a0<\/a> \u00a0Merheb et al., 2025)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-05-at-1.12.25-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1655\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/research\/screenshot-2023-08-05-at-1-12-25-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-05-at-1.12.25-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1488,362\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2023-08-05 at 1.12.25 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-05-at-1.12.25-PM-300x73.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-05-at-1.12.25-PM-1024x249.png\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1655\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-05-at-1.12.25-PM-300x73.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"505\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-05-at-1.12.25-PM-300x73.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-05-at-1.12.25-PM-1024x249.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-05-at-1.12.25-PM-768x187.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-05-at-1.12.25-PM.png 1488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The goal is to lower the environmental and economic cost of solar PV development by providing novel analysis methodologies and foundational field data on solar PV \u2013 agriculture colocation approaches or &#8220;<strong>Agrivoltaics&#8221;<\/strong> and to facilitate rapid deployment. (Funded by NSF CAREER\/ DOE InSPIRE I, II and III)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-16-at-3.00.07-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1603\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/research\/screenshot-2023-02-16-at-3-00-07-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-16-at-3.00.07-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1694,402\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2023-02-16 at 3.00.07 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-16-at-3.00.07-PM-300x71.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-16-at-3.00.07-PM-1024x243.png\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1603\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-16-at-3.00.07-PM-300x71.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-16-at-3.00.07-PM-300x71.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-16-at-3.00.07-PM-1024x243.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-16-at-3.00.07-PM-768x182.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-16-at-3.00.07-PM-1536x365.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2023\/02\/Screenshot-2023-02-16-at-3.00.07-PM.png 1694w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">I am interested also, in the opportunities to incorporate micro-scale renewable (solar) energy into existing cropping systems in the developing world, where crop-energy colocation may provide several co-benefits (rural electrification, employment generation, energy for processing agricultural commodities locally). (Funded by Department of Energy\/Alliance for Sustainable Energy LLC)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2025\/10\/Cover_letter-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2148\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/2025\/10\/17\/new-publication-in-nature-sustainability\/cover_letter\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2025\/10\/Cover_letter-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1976,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cover_letter\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2025\/10\/Cover_letter-232x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2025\/10\/Cover_letter-790x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2148\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2025\/10\/Cover_letter-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2025\/10\/Cover_letter-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2025\/10\/Cover_letter-790x1024.jpg 790w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2025\/10\/Cover_letter-768x995.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2025\/10\/Cover_letter-1185x1536.jpg 1185w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2025\/10\/Cover_letter-1580x2048.jpg 1580w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2025\/10\/Cover_letter-scaled.jpg 1976w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2025\/07\/1744827915330.jpg\" data-wp-editing=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2085\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/publications\/attachment\/1744827915330\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2025\/07\/1744827915330.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"410,572\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1744827915330\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2025\/07\/1744827915330-215x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2025\/07\/1744827915330.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2085\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2025\/07\/1744827915330-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2025\/07\/1744827915330-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2025\/07\/1744827915330.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-23-at-9.37.34-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1493\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/research\/screen-shot-2022-09-23-at-9-37-34-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-23-at-9.37.34-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1370,998\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2022-09-23 at 9.37.34 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-23-at-9.37.34-PM-300x219.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-23-at-9.37.34-PM-1024x746.png\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1493 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-23-at-9.37.34-PM-1024x746.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-23-at-9.37.34-PM-1024x746.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-23-at-9.37.34-PM-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-23-at-9.37.34-PM-768x559.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-09-23-at-9.37.34-PM.png 1370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"style_4\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">Pathways of land degradation<\/span><span class=\"style_5\">:<\/span> Pathways of ecosystem degradation in croplands and rangelands, involving changes in connected pathways (for sediment transport, fire) in the landscape, and the role of shrub encroachment and exotic grass invasions in inducing grassland\/rangeland\u00a0 degradation by altering these pathways. (NSF)<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-10.12.05-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1556\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/research\/screen-shot-2022-12-29-at-10-12-05-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-10.12.05-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1682,410\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2022-12-29 at 10.12.05 AM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-10.12.05-AM-300x73.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-10.12.05-AM-1024x250.png\" class=\"wp-image-1556 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-10.12.05-AM-300x73.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"505\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-10.12.05-AM-300x73.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-10.12.05-AM-1024x250.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-10.12.05-AM-768x187.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-10.12.05-AM-1536x374.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-10.12.05-AM.png 1682w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"style_4\" style=\"font-weight: bold;color: #000000\">Soil erosion in changing landscapes<\/span><span class=\"style_7\" style=\"font-weight: bold;color: #000000\">:<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0Effects of hydro-climatic variables (<\/span><span class=\"style_9\" style=\"font-style: italic;color: #000000\">e.g<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">. air humidity, soil moisture), vegetation shifts, salinization, and management practices (<\/span><span class=\"style_9\" style=\"font-style: italic;color: #000000\">e.g.<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"> fire, grazing, tillage, biochar amendment) on wind erosion and dust emissions, using a combination of wind tunnel experiments, field monitoring and modeling. This investigation will provide important information for the estimation and modeling of soil erosion from agricultural areas.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-10.22.31-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1558\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/research\/screen-shot-2022-12-29-at-10-22-31-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-10.22.31-AM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1678,408\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2022-12-29 at 10.22.31 AM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-10.22.31-AM-300x73.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-10.22.31-AM-1024x249.png\" class=\"wp-image-1558 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-10.22.31-AM-300x73.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"502\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-10.22.31-AM-300x73.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-10.22.31-AM-1024x249.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-10.22.31-AM-768x187.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-10.22.31-AM-1536x373.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-10.22.31-AM.png 1678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_1\" style=\"text-align: justify\"><span class=\"style_4\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">Hydrological and aeolian controls on vegetation patterns:<\/span><span class=\"style_7\" style=\"font-weight: bold\">\u00a0<\/span>I am interested in understanding the hydrological and aeolian controls on vegetation patterns and how vegetation patterns, in turn, affect these processes.<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-1.00.11-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1562\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/research\/screen-shot-2022-12-29-at-1-00-11-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-1.00.11-PM.png\" data-orig-size=\"1690,410\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2022-12-29 at 1.00.11 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-1.00.11-PM-300x73.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-1.00.11-PM-1024x248.png\" class=\"wp-image-1562 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-1.00.11-PM-300x73.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"489\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-1.00.11-PM-300x73.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-1.00.11-PM-1024x248.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-1.00.11-PM-768x186.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-1.00.11-PM-1536x373.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/files\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-29-at-1.00.11-PM.png 1690w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Interests \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Ecohydrology\u2022 Soil erosion\u00a0 \u2022 Land Degradation \u00a0\u00a0\u2022 Water &#8211; Energy &#8211; Food Nexus \u2022 Agrivoltaics I am a broadly trained environmental scientist interested in understanding surface &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/research\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Research<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4685,"featured_media":1568,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4685"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2205,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/2205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/ravi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}