Leadership

Director

George Vellidis

University Professor George Vellidis was named the first permanent director of the Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture (IIPA) for a three-year term beginning November, 2024.  Dr. Vellidis holds joint appointments in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences and the School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural, and Mechanical Engineering.

Associate Director

Liang Dong

Dr. Dong is the Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Precision Agriculture. He holds joint appointments in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences

Steering Committee

The members of the Steering Committee collectively provide guidance in how the IIPA is managed. Members of the committee represent the broad spectrum of IIPA members’ disciplines and have extensive experience with integrative precision agriculture. 

Lilong Chai
Department of Poultry Science

Mehmet Kurum
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Rama Ramasamy
School of Chemical, Materials, and Biomedical Engineering and former IIPA co-interim Director

Harald Scherm
Department of Plant Pathology and former IIPA co-interim Director