Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Her Lab
Led by Young Gu Her · Agricultural and Biological Engineering
What we study
The Her Lab studies how conservation practices and climate change affect water quality and hydrology in South Florida, using computer models and watershed monitoring.
What working here is like
- Fieldwork
- Computational
- Coding helps
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Developing a simulation tool for climate change and sea level rise impacts on South Florida’s agriculture and water resources
Creating a model to predict how rising sea levels and climate change will affect water and farming in Florida.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Salinity affects physiology, growth, and nutrient uptake of papaya in a calcareous soil
2026 · Scientia Horticulturae
Tests how saltwater affects papaya growth in Florida’s limestone soil.
- Interpretable deep-learning DRASTIC for statewide nitrate-vulnerability mapping in Florida's surficial aquifer system
2026 · Progress in Disaster Science
Creates a tool to map nitrate risks in Florida’s groundwater using deep learning.
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- Evaluating drainage operation performance in low-lying rice paddy fields based on rainfall-driven inundation probability in the Cheongmicheon watershed, South Korea
2026 · Agricultural Water Management
Develops a tool to assess drainage performance in South Korean rice fields during storms.
- El Niño Southern Oscillation and Chill Accumulation Variability in the Southeastern United States
2026 · International Journal of Climatology
Looks at how El Niño affects winter chill in the southeastern U.S. to help farming.
- The impact of irrigation scheduling on aflatoxin risk for peanuts using the CSM-CROPGRO-Peanut model
2026 · Agricultural Water Management
Uses a model to test how irrigation timing affects aflatoxin risk in Georgia peanuts.
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How to reach out
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