Shaneka S. Lawson

Shaneka S. Lawson's research centers on trees and crop plants, especially walnuts, pistachios, and other orchard and forest species, looking at root and seedling development, soil microbial communities, and how environmental stresses like salinity and frost affect plant growth. A recurring theme across recent work is combining traditional plant and soil science with computational tools such as machine learning and 3D imaging to model and predict crop yield, fruit quality, and plant traits. This kind of work would suit students interested in applied plant biology, forestry, and agricultural data modeling.

Publication output has fluctuated over the past decade with a peak around 2022, and has continued at a moderate, fairly steady pace of under four papers per year on average over the last five years.

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