{"id":25,"date":"2013-02-26T20:39:52","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T20:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/template\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2023-02-28T17:35:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T17:35:30","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/pourreza\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Biography<\/h1>\n<p>Dr. Alireza Pourreza is an assistant professor in the biological and agricultural engineering department and the Digital Agriculture Lab director at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Pourreza leads research and extension education in digital agriculture, remote sensing, precision agriculture, and mechanization. Dr. Pourreza\u2019s research program focuses on solving immediate challenges in crop production systems identified by stockholders. His lab develops practical and data-driven decision-support tools that help farmers increase profit while decreasing waste and environmental footprint.<\/p>\n<h1>Formal Education<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Ph.D.<\/strong> in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Agricultural and Biological Engineering<\/span>,\u00a0<em>U<\/em><em>niversity of Florida, 2014<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Master of Science<\/strong> in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Agricultural and Biological Engineering<\/span>,\u00a0<em>University of Florida, 2014<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Master of Science<\/strong> in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Mechanics of Agricultural Machinery<\/span>,\u00a0<em>Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, 2011<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Bachelor of Science<\/strong> in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Farm Machinery Engineering<\/span>, <em>Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, 2004<\/em><\/p>\n<h1>Research Interest<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Digital Agriculture<\/li>\n<li>Precision horticulture<\/li>\n<li>Agricultural Mechanization<\/li>\n<li>Remote Sensing and GIS<\/li>\n<li>Machine Vision<\/li>\n<li>Big Data<\/li>\n<li>Hyperspectral\/Multispectral Imaging<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Major Awards<\/h1>\n<ol>\n<li>2023 ABE Outstanding Young Alumnus Award, University of Florida, Feb. 1st, 2023<\/li>\n<li>Full member of the club of Bolognia, Oct. 2021<\/li>\n<li>Sunkist Young Designer Award, ASABE, Feb. 2018<\/li>\n<li>Giuseppe Pellizzi Prize (1<sup>st<\/sup> Place), Club of Bologna, Italy, Oct. 2016<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography Dr. Alireza Pourreza is an assistant professor in the biological and agricultural engineering department and the Digital Agriculture Lab director at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Pourreza leads research and extension education in digital agriculture, remote sensing, precision agriculture, and mechanization. Dr. Pourreza\u2019s research program focuses on solving \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/pourreza\/biography\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/pourreza\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/pourreza\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/pourreza\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/pourreza\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/pourreza\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/pourreza\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/pourreza\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25\/revisions\/278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/pourreza\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}