Ignacio Ciampitti is a Professor in Farming Systems and Digital Agriculture in the Department of Agronomy at Kansas State University, and he is a director of the consortium for Digital Agriculture associated with the USAID Sustainable Intensification Innovation Lab (SIIL) and a new director for research at the newly inaugurated Institute for Digital Agriculture and Advanced Analytics. His research program is focused on exploring the effect of genotype by management by environment (GxExM) interactions on complex farming systems, utilizing advanced data science and data analytics, review and synthesis analysis procedures, and integrating crop growth modeling and remote sensing approaches. Ignacio is a prolific speaker and author at international, national, state, and local levels, with numerous conference presentations, more than 250 refereed papers, book chapters, and the Agronomy Society of America (ASA) Sorghum Monograph Book. Ignacio provides leadership for several organizations and is part of the editorial board of many journals, such as Crop Science, European Journal of Agronomy, and Remote Sensing Journal.

Key words: Farming system; Crop physiology; Digital ag; Crop Modeling