Armen Kemanian
Professor of Production Systems and Modeling
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247 ASI
University Park, PA 16802 - kxa15@psu.edu
- 814-863-9852
Research Summary
Agricultural Systems, Agricultural and Natural Systems Modeling, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling, Bioenergy Systems, Coupled Hydrologic and Nutrient Modeling, and Plant Competition
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Most Recent Publications
Global critical soil moisture thresholds of plant water stress
Zheng Fu, Philippe Philippe Ciais, Jean-Pierre Wigneron, Pierre Gentine, Armen Kemanian, Nature Communications
Adapting agriculture to climate catastrophes: the nuclear winter case
Y Shi, F Di Gioia, F Montes, C Anderson, Deborah Khider, Varun Ratknar, Yolanda Gil, Armen Kemanian, 2025, Environmental Research Letters on p. 064006
Maladaptation in cereal crop landraces following a soot-producing climate catastrophe
Chloee McLaighlin, Y Shi, Vishnu Viswanathan, Lorne Leonard, R Sawers, Armen Kemanian, J Lasky, 2025, Nature Communications on p. 4289
Associations of environmental and community features with radiologic sinus inflammation in Pennsylvania, USA
Margaret Tomann, Annemarie Hirsch, Jonathan Pollak, Joseph Dewalle, Ashton Lehmann, Armen Kemanian, Karen Bandeen-Roche, Brian Schwartz, 2025, Environmental Epidemiology on p. p e387
Global critical soil moisture thresholds of plant water stress
Zheng Fu, Philippe Ciais, Jean Pierre Wigneron, Pierre Gentine, Andrew F. Feldman, David Makowski, Nicolas Viovy, Armen R. Kemanian, Daniel S. Goll, Paul C. Stoy, Iain Colin Prentice, Dan Yakir, Liyang Liu, Hongliang Ma, Xiaojun Li, Yuanyuan Huang, Kailiang Yu, Peng Zhu, Xing Li, Zaichun Zhu, Jinghui Lian, William K. Smith, 2024, Nature Communications
Modelacion del balance de carbono y nitrogeno en el suelo y gases de efecto invernadero en systemas agricolas y ganaderos
Maria Pravia, Lucia Salvo, Santiago Alvarez, Sebastian Mazzilli, Juan Quincke, Sara Riccetto, Veronica Ciganda, Oswaldo Ernst, Jose Terra, Armen Kemanian, 2024, Revista INIA 79
The cycles agroecosystem model: Fundamentals, testing, and applications
Armen R. Kemanian, Yuning Shi, Charles White, Felipe Montes, Claudio O. Stöckle, David R. Huggins, Maria Laura Cangiano, Maria Laura Cangiano, Giovani Stefani-Faé, Rachel K. Nydegger Rozum, R Rozum, 2024, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture on p. 109510
Soil application of high-lignin fermentation byproduct to increase the sustainability of liquid biofuel production from crop residues
Lee Lynd, Armen R. Kemanian, Jo Smith, Thomas Lehman Richard, Anela Arifi, Stefano Bozzetto, Claudio Fabbri, John Field, Caitlin Hicks Pries, Matt Kubis, Pete Smith, Michelle Wang, Madeline Hoey, 2024, Environmental Research Letters
Semitransparent organic and perovskite photovoltaics for agrivoltaic applications
Souk Y. Kim, N Doumon, Noura Rayes, Armen R. Kemanian, John Kim, Enrique Daniel Gomez, Nutifafa Y. Doumon, E Gomez, 2024, Energy Advances
Cycles-L: A Coupled, 3-D, Land Surface, Hydrologic, and Agroecosystem Landscape Model
Yuning Shi, Felipe Montes, Armen R. Kemanian, 2023, Water Resources Research on p. 22
Most-Cited Papers
Unique challenges and opportunities for northeastern US crop production in a changing climate
David W. Wolfe, Arthur T. DeGaetano, Gregory M. Peck, Mary Carey, Lewis H. Ziska, John Lea-Cox, Armen R. Kemanian, Michael P. Hoffmann, David Y. Hollinger, 2018, Climatic Change on p. 231-245
Greater humification of belowground than aboveground biomass carbon into particulate soil organic matter in no-till corn and soybean crops
Sebastián R. Mazzilli, Armen R. Kemanian, Oswaldo R. Ernst, Robert B. Jackson, Gervasio Piñeiro, 2015, Soil Biology and Biochemistry on p. 22-30
Analysis of climate signals in the crop yield record of sub-Saharan Africa
Alexis L. Hoffman, Armen R. Kemanian, Chris E. Forest, 2018, Global Change Biology on p. 143-157
The response of maize, sorghum, and soybean yield to growing-phase climate revealed with machine learning
A. L Hoffman, A. R Kemanian, C. E Forest, 2020, Environmental Research Letters
Making soil particle size analysis by laser diffraction compatible with standard soil texture determination methods
Giovani Stefani Fae, Giovani Faé, Felipe Montes, F Montes, Giovani Stefani Fae, Rodrigo Masip-Añó, Ekaterina Bazilevskaya, Ekaterina Bazilevskaya, Rdodrigo Masip Ano, Rodrigo Añó, Armen R. Kemanian, 2019, Soil Science Society of America Journal on p. 1244-1252
Cover crop effects on maize drought stress and yield
Mitchell C. Hunter, Armen R. Kemanian, David A. Mortensen, 2021, Agro-Ecosystems
Artificial Intelligence for Modeling Complex Systems: Taming the Complexity of Expert Models to Improve Decision Making
Yolanda Gil, Daniel Garijo, Deborah Khider, Craig Knoblock, Varun Ratnakar, Maximiliano Osorio, Hernan Vargas, Minh Pham, Jay Pujara, Basel Shbita, Binh Vu, Yao-Yi Chiang, Dan Feldman, Yijun Lin, Hayley Song, Vipin Kumar, Ankush Khandelwal, Michael Steinbach, Kshitij Tayal, Shaoming Xu, Suzanne Pierce, Lissa Pearson, Daniel Hardesty-Lewis, Ewa Deelman, Da Silva, Rafael Ferreira, Rafael Ferreira Da Silva, Rajiv Mayani, Armen R. Kemanian, Yuning Shi, Lorne Leonard, Scott Peckham, Maria Stoica, Kelly Cobourn, Zeya Zhang, C Duffy, Lele Shu, 2021, ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems
Can Crop Models Identify Critical Gaps in Genetics, Environment, and Management Interactions?
Claudio O. Stöckle, Armen R. Kemanian, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
Six crop models differ in their simulation of water uptake
G. G.T. Camargo, A. R. Kemanian, 2016, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology on p. 116-129
A model–data fusion approach for predicting cover crop nitrogen supply to corn
Charles M. White, Denise M. Finney, Armen R. Kemanian, Jason P. Kaye, 2016, Journal of Production Agriculture on p. 2527-2540
News Articles Featuring Armen Kemanian
Apr 01, 2025
Researchers working to address agricultural greenhouse gas emissions
On the latest episode of “Growing Impact,” a team of Penn State researchers discusses how their seed grant project aims to address nitrous oxide emissions from the agricultural sector by developing a system for real-time emissions monitoring and reduction.
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Sep 12, 2024
Nine researchers named Institute of Energy and the Environment Fellows
Nine Penn State researchers have been named fellows of the Institute of Energy and the Environment (IEE) for 2024. The program recognizes and assists the exceptional achievements and unparalleled research impacts of highly successful researchers in the areas of energy and the environment. Nominees for the fellowship were submitted by the University community.
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Dec 07, 2023
Novel tool informs land use and nutrient control in troubled waters
Penn State researchers develop 3D agro-hydrologic model to simulate water, nutrient transport through entire watersheds.
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Oct 16, 2023
Grants awarded to Penn State faculty for tropical ecosystems research in Belize
Three projects have been awarded seed grants as part of the Penn State-Belize Foundation for Research and Environmental Education Research and Education Initiative to develop agroforestry systems .
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Aug 21, 2023
Cover crops project provides fertile ground for USDA graduate fellows
Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences graduate students received more predoctoral fellowships from the U.S. Department of Agriculture than any other institution over the last five years.
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Jul 26, 2023
New study aims to help Pennsylvania dairy farmers develop 'climate smart' practices
A team of researchers at Penn State received a $25 million grant to investigate how Pennsylvania dairy farmers can reduce their emissions through "climate-smart" practices.
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Jul 19, 2023
Penn State study aims to help Pa. dairy farmers cut methane — and show carbon offsets are real
A team at Penn State received a $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to study reduction in dairy farm methane emissions by using what the agency calls “climate-smart” practices.
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Nov 12, 2022
Climate change prompts Pa. farmers to adapt crops and businesses
Hugh McPherson’s father planted the first apple orchards on the family farm in southern York County about 30 years ago, choosing varieties such as Red Chief, Smoothee Gold, and McIntosh.
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Sep 19, 2022
Penn State awarded grant to help dairy farmers develop climate-smart commodities
Funding of up to $25 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will support a new Penn State-led collaboration with dairy industry associations and producers to develop and implement climate-smart practices on Pennsylvania dairy farms.
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Jun 08, 2020
Research team to study food resilience in the face of catastrophic global events
An interdisciplinary team of Penn State professors has received $3 million from Open Philanthropy to study food resilience in the face of potentially catastrophic global events.
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