Group

Touyee Thao

Experience

  • Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
    • Affiliate Researcher
      2017 - 2018
  • Center for Irrigation Technology, Fresno State
    • Research Technician
      2017 - 2018
  • Center for Irrigation Technology, Fresno State
    • Research Technician
      2017 - 2018
    • Graduate Research Assistant
      2014 - 2017
    • Undergraduate Research Assistant
      2011 - 2014

Education

  • University of California, Merced
    PhD Student, Environmental Systems
    2018 - present
  • Fresno State University
    MS, Plant Science/Soil-Water Management (_with Distinction_)
    2017
  • Fresno State University
    BS, Plant Science/Crop Production Management (_Magna Cum Laude_),
    2014

Awards and Honors

Academic Honors

  • 2017 University Graduate Medalist,
    Fresno State University
  • 2017 Outstanding Thesis Award
    Jordan College of Agricultural Science and Technology, Fresno State University
  • 2017 Certificate of Academic Achievement
    Education Opportunity Program, Fresno State University
  • 2017 All-University Graduate Student Leadership Award
    Fresno State University
  • 2017 Dean Medalist
    Jordan College School of Agricultural Science and Technology
  • 2016 Research and Creative Activities Support Award
    Fresno State Univetrsity
  • 2014 Dean’s Medalist Nominee
    Department of Plant Science, Fresno State University
  • 2014 Undergraduate Student Achievement Award
    Department of Plant Science, Fresno State University
  • 2014 Standard Bearer
    Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Fresno State University

Professional Society Awards

  • 2017 2nd Place Graduate Student Poster Competition
    CA Chapter of American Society of Agronomy
  • 2016 Gerald O. Mott Meritorious Graduate Student Award
    American Society of Agronomy-Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America (ASA-CSSA-SSSA)
  • 2016 1st Place Graduate Student Poster Competition,
    CA Chapter of American Society of Agronomy
  • 2015 National Award Winner
    Evapotranspiration Measurement and Modeling Community, American Society of Agronomy, 2015

  • 2014 National Student Recognition Award
    ASA-CSSA-SSSA,

  • Irrigation E3 Learner, Irrigation Association, 2014
  • Assemblyman Jim Patterson’s Agriculture Science Students of the Year Award, 2014
  • Certificate of Recognition, Fresno County Farm Bureau, 2014
  • Certificate of Appreciation, United States Department of Agriculture, 2014
  • Golden Opportunity Scholar, ASA-CSSA-SSSA, 2013
  • EOP Summer Bridge - Counselor & Peer Mentor, Guardian of the Legacy Award, 2009
  • EOP Summer Bridge - Peer Mentor, Hard Working Award, 2009

Scholarships and Grants

  • Ag One-25th Anniversary Ed Rose Scholarship, 2016
  • Ag One-Fraysher Scholarship, 2016
  • Ag One-Lowell A Jordan & Jorda Scholarship, 2016
  • Ag One-Jack Woolf Scholarship, 2015 & 2016
  • Student Scholarship, California Irrigation Institute, 2016
  • Graduate Net Initiative Research Fellowship, CSU Fresno, 2015
  • Jensen Scholarship, 2013 & 2015
  • Valley Grower Local Sunweet Grant, 2013
  • Ag One-Dr Marinus Van Elswyk Grant, 2013
  • Ag One-Dick Markarian Grant, 2012
  • CA Cotton Alliance Scholarship, 2012
  • Ronald McNair Research Grant, 2012
  • Undergraduate Research Grant, 2011
  • General Dillingham Scholarship, 2011
  • CAST Scholarship, 2011

Publications

Peer-reviewed Articles

  • Wang, T., Melton, F. S., Pôças, I., Johnson, L. F., Thao, T., Post, K., & Cassel-Sharma, F. (2021). Evaluation of crop coefficient and evapotranspiration data for sugar beets from landsat surface reflectances using micrometeorological measurements and weighing lysimetry. Agricultural Water Management, 244, 106533.
  • Thao, T., F. Cassel S., D. Goorahoo, and J. Ayars (In prep). Crop Water Requirement of Irrigated Sugarbeet Grown in the Central Valley. Paper to be submitted to the Journal of Agricultural Water Management.

Theses

MS Thesis: Developing Crop Coefficient (Kc) for Sugar Beet (Beta Vulgaris) under Drip Irrigation System Using Weighing Lysimeter.

Proceedings and Abstracts

  • Goorahoo, D., J. Samano-Monroy, F. Cassel S., T. Thao, G. Seepersad. 2017. Nitrate leaching index for surface drip- irrigated cauliflower fertilized with organic soybean meal. HortScience 52(9): S414-415. Supplement—2017 ASHS Annual Conference.
  • Cassel S., F., T. Thao, and D. Goorahoo. 2017. Influence of growing degree days on the crop water use of processing tomato. HortScience 52(9): S447. Supplement—2017 ASHS Annual Conference
  • Thao, T., F. Cassel S., A. Mele, D. Goorahoo, and J. Ayars. (2017). Influence of Growing Degree Days on Sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris) Evapotranspiration and Crop Coefficient. Poster presentation at the California Chapter of the American Society of Agronomy, Fresno, CA. 2nd Place Graduate Student Poster Winner
  • Goorahoo, D., A.Unc, C. McCall, J. Samano-Monroy, F.Cassel S, T. Thao, and G. Seepersad. (2016) AirJection Irrigation Mitigates Denitrification and Leaching. Oral presentation at the Irrigation Show & Education Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
  • Touyee Thao, Florence Cassel S, Dave Goorahoo, David Zoldoske, and Anthony Mele. Nitrogen and Water Use Efficiencies in Drip-Irrigated Sugarbeet. 2016 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
  • Eric R. Kent, Richard L. Snyder, Janae Clay, Cayle Little, Touyee Thao, Florence Cassel Sharma, Blake Sanden, Daniele Zaccaria. Measurement-based Actual Evapotranspiration in Pistachio Orchards Under Varying Soil Salinity. Climate Change, Water, and Society IGERT 2016 State of the Science & Policy Workshop, Davis, CA.
  • Touyee Thao, Florence Cassel S, Dave Goorahoo, Jim Ayars, and Shawn Ashkan. Evaluating Crop Water Requirements for Sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris) under Drip Irrigation. 2016 California Plant and Soil Conference, Visalia, CA. 1st Place Graduate Student Poster Winner
  • Florence Cassel S., Touyee Thao, Dave Goorahoo, Josue Samano and David Zoldoske. An Integrated Approach to Energy Beet Production in California. 2015 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Touyee Thao, Florence Cassel S. Dave Goorahoo, and Shawn Ashkan. Lysimetric Measurements of Evapotranspiration for Drip-Irrigated Crops. 2015 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Conference, Minneapolis, MN. National award winner for student oral presentation
  • Josue Samano, Dave Goorahoo, Florence Cassel S., and Touyee Thao. “Nitrogen Leaching Potential for Cauliflower (Brassica oleraceae var. botrytis) Grown with UAN32 and an Organic Fertilizer.” 2015 ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Conference, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Dave Goorahoo, Florence Cassel S., Touyee Thao, Forrest Melton & Lee Johnson. An Integrated Lysimeter and Satellite Imagery Approach for Estimating Crop Evapotranspiration. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
  • Cassel S. Florence, Thao Touyee, and Goorahoo Dave. Updated Evapotranspiration Estimates and Crop Coefficients to improve Irrigation Scheduling in Sub-Surface Drip Irrigated Vegetable Systems. 2014 Irrigation Association Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
  • Touyee Thao, Florence Cassel Sharma, Dave Goorahoo, and Charles Cochran. New Evapotranspiration Estimates and Crop Coefficients for Optimizing Sub-Surface Drip Irrigation Scheduling. 2014 ASA-CSSA-SSSA Conference, Long Beach, CA. 2014 CSU, Agricultural Research Institute, Pomona, CA.
  • Dehghanmanshadi, B., F. Cassel Sharma, and D. Goorahoo, and T. Thao. 2013. Optimizing Water Use Efficiency of Tomato Under Subsurface Irrigation with ET model. Soil and Water Conservation Society, Reno, NV. CSU-Water Resources and Policy Initiative, Long Beach, CA and San Francisco, CA. 2014 Water Technology Conference, Clovis, CA.
  • Meiyue Wang, Touyee Thao, Dave Goorahoo, and Dennis Bacon. 2012. Effect of Organic and UAN-32 Fertilization on Bok Choy and Soil Properties. California Chapter-American Society of Agronomy – Plant and Soil Conference, Visalia, CA.
  • Touyee Thao and Dave Goorahoo. 2012. Effect of Organic and UAN-32 Fertilization on Bok Choy Yield and Soil Properties. 33rd Annual Central California Research Symposium, Fresno CA and 4th Annual Water Resources and Policy Initiatives, Sacramento, CA