Bijoychandra Singh Takhellambam is a Senior Faculty Specialist at the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station (MAES), College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Maryland, College Park. He completed his Ph.D. in Biosystem Engineering (Statistics Minor) from Auburn University, where his dissertation examined Climate Change Implications on Rainfall Erosivity and Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) Curves over the Southeast United States. He holds a Master’s in Hydrology (First Class with Distinction) from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, India, and a Bachelor’s in Agricultural Engineering from Central Agricultural University (CAEPHT), India.
His research focuses on Agro-hydro climatology, spanning soil erosion, hydroclimatic extremes, sub-surface drainage integration, irrigation, and remote sensing. He develops tools and models to address water and nutrient management challenges, including the PrecipTDS R-package for generating projected high-temporal-resolution rainfall data.
Prior to joining UMD, he served as a Postdoctoral Research Assistant at Purdue University (2023–2026), where he led integration of subsurface tile drainage to the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) hydrological model, crop water stress assessment using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAS) imagery, and irrigation management strategies for corn and soybean. Earlier research includes developing Best Management Practices (BMPs) in hilly watersheds to soil erosion using the WEPP soil erosion model, cost-effective river bank protection using T-head groynes, and 1-D hydraulic modeling with HEC-RAS for flood discharge estimation.
He has served as a Co-Instructor for Environmental Field Skills and Senior Capstone courses at Purdue University, and holds teaching certifications in college pedagogy. He is an active reviewer for journals including Science of the Total Environment, Journal of Hydrology, Scientific Data, and others.
His Google Scholar page may be found here. You may reach him at bijoytbl@umd.edu or by phone at +1 (301) 405-9497.
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