Meet Raj Khosla

Dr. Khosla is an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in the Department of Soil & Crop Sciences at Colorado State University. He is responsible for Research, Extension and Teaching Program in the area of Precision Farming and Irrigated Cropping Systems. He teaches an undergraduate course “GIS in Agriculture” every fall semester in the department of Soil & Crop Sciences and Bio-Ag Resources and Chemical Engineering.

Dr. Khosla’s current area of research and extension is focused on evaluating various techniques of delineating “in-field production level management zones”. He uses GPS and GIS technologies to manage spatial variability of soils by precise crop input management in an environmentally sensible manner. His work also includes evaluating remote sensing techniques to quantify crop stress conditions for nitrogen in irrigated corn, ground truthing with tissue samples and chlorophyll meter measurement, and making site-specific N-recommendations.

The overall goal of Dr. Khosla’s research and technology transfer efforts are to enhance farm profitability while enhancing environmental protection by developing precision agriculture strategies that are compatible with farming practices in irrigated western Great Plains region.

Dr. Khosla has traveled extensively around the world including, Asia, Europe, North and Central America. In his spare time he likes reading, playing tennis, and traveling.