About

Kumar Vaibhav is a graduate student (Master’s) at the University of Georgia working in precision agriculture and turfgrass management. His current research focuses on site-specific irrigation management in Bermudagrass using UAV-acquired imagery. He integrates sensor data with soil moisture measurements and plant physiological responses to identify optimal vegetation indices for estimating plant water status. He is experienced with hyperspectral, multispectral, thermal, and RGB imagery, field sensor deployment, and data analysis using ArcGIS Pro, Pix4D, and R. Kumar holds a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from Banaras Hindu University (BHU), India.