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Dr. Kirsten Paff
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Education

2010-2014 B.S. in Agricultural Engineering Purdue University
2014-2015 M.S. in Agricultural Engineering University of Florida
2014-2018 PhD in Agricultural Engineering University of Florida

 

Professional Experience

2021-Present Research Agricultural Engineer USDA-ARS, Adaptive Cropping Systems Laboratory, Beltsville, MD
 2019-2020  Postdoctoral Research Associate with French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment (INRAE), SYSTEM, Montpellier, France.
 2015-2016  Teaching Assistant University of Florida, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Gainesville, FL
2014 Research Assistant Purdue University, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, West Lafayette, IN.
2013 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow Purdue University, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, West Lafayette, IN.
 2012 CenUSA Bioenergy Research Project Intern USDA-ARS, Lincoln, NE.


Publications
Refereed
  1. Paff, K. and Asseng, S. (2019) "A crop simulation model for tef (Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter)", Agronomy, Vol. 9 (12), 817-836. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy9120817
  1. Paff, K. and Asseng, S. (2019) "Comparing the effects of growing conditions on Ethiopian tef and wheat yields", Agricultural and Forest Meteorology: Vol. 266-267, 208-220. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2018.12.010.
  1. Paff, K., Asseng, S., Araya, A., Davison, J., Asfaw Abebe Getu, & Okubay Giday (2019) "Experimental field data for modeling the growth response of tef to nitrogen fertilizer and water stress", Open Data Journal for Agricultural Research, Vol. 6, 8-13. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18174/odjar.v5i0.16228
  1. Paff, K. and Asseng, S. (2018) " A review of tef physiology for developing a tef crop model", European Journal of Agronomy: 94,54-66.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2018.01.008
  1. Hoffmann, M.P., Haakana, M., Asseng, S., Höhn, J.G., Palosuo, T., Ruiz-Ramos, M., Fronzek, S., Ewert, F., Gaiser, T., Kassie, B.T., Paff, K., Rezaei. E.E., Rodríguez, A., Semenov, M., Srivastava, A.K., Stratonovitch, P., Tao, F., Chen, Y., & Rötter, R. (2018) " How does inter-annual variability of attainable yield affect the magnitude of yield gaps for wheat and maize? An analysis at ten sites", Agricultural Systems: 159, 199-208. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2017.03.012

 

Other

  1. Paff, K., & Asseng, S. “A new crop simulation model in DSSAT for Tef”. (February 3rd-5th 2020). iCROPM 2020, Montpellier, France. Presentation.
  1. Paff, K., Munz, S., Vezy, R., Gaudio, N., Bedoussac, L., & Justes, E. “Calibration and Evaluation of the STICS Intercrop Model for Two Cereal-Legumes Mixtures”. (February 6th-7th 2020). STICS Workshop 2020, Montpellier, France. Presentation.
  1. Paff, K., Munz, S., Vezy, R., Gaudio, N., Bedoussac, L., & Justes, E. “Calibration and Evaluation of the STICS Intercrop Model for Two Cereal-Legumes Mixtures”. (February 3rd-5th 2020). iCROPM 2020, Montpellier, France. Poster.
  1. Paff, K. “Developing a crop model for Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter”. (March 21st 2018). University of Florida Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering Poster Symposium, Gainesville, FL. Poster.
  1. Paff, K. E. (2014) "Estimation of Two-Stage Ditch Excavation Volume Using LiDAR Data", The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research: Vol. 4, Article 28.DOI: 10.5703/1288284315448
  1. Paff, K. E., Frankenburger, J., & Celik, N., "Estimation of Two-Stage Ditch Excavation Volume Using LiDAR Data" (Nov. 2013). GIS Day Poster Competition, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. Poster. URL: http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/gisday/29. Poster won second place at the GIS Day Poster Competition.
  1. Paff, K. E., Frankenberger, J., & Celik, N., "Estimation of Two-Stage Ditch Excavation Volume Using LiDAR Data Full Paper" (October 18, 2013). The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Symposium. Paper http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/surf/2013/presentations/4
  2. Paff, K. E., Jin, V., and Schmer, M. “Landscape variation in soil properties and potential impacts on biofuel cropping systems”. (Aug. 2012). Iowa State University Undergraduate Research Symposium, Ames, IA. Poster. Selected to be shown at the annual National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) meeting in 2012.