Ankita Raturi

Department:

Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Research:

At the Agricultural Informatics Lab, we conduct design research and technology development to improve resilience in food and agricultural systems. We build a range of products, from farmer-facing decision support tools and community-oriented local food system toolkits, to developer-facing APIs that serve a range of agricultural data. We conduct human-centered design research, translate our findings into usable and useful software prototypes, think critically about the role of technology in local and global food systems, and build real tools for real users.

Each of our projects includes: a partnership with domain experts and communities (e.g., agronomy researchers, farmers, food hub coordinators), a mix of undergraduate students, graduate students, senior personnel, and interdisciplinary faculty. All our work is grounded in community needs and desires and results in open source projects.

Current Projects:

Our current work includes: the development of modular, open source, decision support tools (e.g., for horticulture, cover crops); data stewardship and information modeling of agricultural data and ontologies (e.g., for crop management, soil health); and design research for improved food and farming systems (e.g., for soil health, community food resilience).

Contact:

Email: ankita@purdue.edu
Link: Website/profile of Ankita Raturi