Dr. Shiv Kumar Lohan is an accomplished Associate Professor at the Department of Farm Machinery & Power Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, working under the ICAR–AICRP on Ergonomics and Safety in Agriculture. His research focuses on ergonomics and artificial intelligence applications in agricultural mechanization, including the development of immersive virtual reality environments, AI-based ergonomic systems, and remotely controlled farm machinery. With over 50 research publications in leading international journals, three books, and multiple patents, he has made significant contributions to enhancing agricultural efficiency and safety. His work has received extensive academic recognition, reflected in 31 Scopus-indexed documents, 910 citations across 799 citing papers, and an h-index of 11, highlighting his impactful and sustained scholarly contributions to the field.
Sharma, D. N., Jain, M., & Lohan, S. K. (2024). Farm machinery design: Principles and problems (5th ed.). Jain Brothers. ISBN 978-81-8360-142-9
Prakash, C., Singh, L. P., Gupta, A., & Lohan, S. K. (2023). Advancements in smart farming: A comprehensive review of IoT, wireless communication, sensors, and hardware for agricultural automation. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 362, 114605.
Jat, H. S., Jat, R. D., Nanwal, R. K., Lohan, S. K., Yadav, A. K., Poonia, T., Sharma, P. C., … (2020). Energy use efficiency of crop residue management for sustainable energy and agriculture conservation in NW India. Renewable Energy, 155, 1372–1382.
Lohan, S. K., Dixit, J., Kumar, R., Pandey, Y., Khan, J., Ishaq, M., Modasir, S., … (2015). Biogas: A boon for sustainable energy development in India’s cold climate. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 43, 95–101.
Lohan, S. K., Narang, M. K., Manes, G. S., & Grover, N. (2015). Farm power availability for sustainable agriculture development in Punjab state of India. Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal, 17(3).
Dr. Hongyan Meng | Fujian Institute of Subtropical Botany | China
Hongyan Meng, Ph.D., is an Associate Researcher at the Fujian Institute of Subtropical Botany, Xiamen, China. Her research focuses on plant molecular biology, metabolic biology, folate metabolism, nitrogen assimilation, and plant stress physiology. Dr. Meng earned her Ph.D. in Plant Molecular Biology from the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing. She has made significant contributions to understanding the interplay between folate metabolism and nitrogen assimilation in plants, particularly under stress and nitrate-limited conditions. Her recent publications include studies on folate disorders triggering compensatory nitrogen starvation responses (Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications), metabolic network changes during skotomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana, and the critical role of plastidial folylpolyglutamate synthetase in seed reserve accumulation and nitrogen metabolism (Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications; Dr. Meng’s work has been cited over 197 times across 178 documents, reflecting her impact in the field, and she holds an h-index of 8.
Featured Publications
Meng, H., Huang, B., Li, X., Wang, W., Zheng, M., & He, E. (2025). Folate disorder in the atdfb mutant triggers a compensatory nitrogen starvation response by altering nitrate transport and assimilation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. https://doi.org/