Dr. Sindhuja Sankaran is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological System Engineering at Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA. She holds a B.S. in Zoology from the University of Madras, India (2000), an M.S. in Environmental Science from Anna University, India (2002), an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Iowa State University, USA (2006), and a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering from the North Dakota State University, USA (2009). After completing her Ph.D., she worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Citrus Research & Education Center, University of Florida from 2009 to 2013. She joined Washington State University as an Assistant Professor in June 2013. Dr. Sankaran’s research focuses on sensor technologies for crop phenotype monitoring to support plant breeding, crop plant research, and precision agriculture applications. Her work involves the development and integration of opto-electronic, biological, and chemical sensor technologies for non-invasive, rapid, continuous monitoring of plant responses to the environment, abiotic and biotic stressors, and other applications.