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May 15, 2025

A New Chapter: Ciampitti Lab Moves to Purdue & Launches a Fresh Website

A New Chapter: Ciampitti Lab Moves to Purdue & Launches a Fresh Website

Hello, Purdue! 👋

1. The Move — Coming Home to the Midwest 🏛️

After many productive years at Kansas State, Ciampitti Lab is relocating to Purdue University’s Department of Agronomy. Purdue offers stronger field-research infrastructure, easier collaboration with Midwestern partners, and a good fit for our work in crop modeling and digital agriculture. We thank our K-State colleagues for their support and look forward to:
  • 🔬 Expanding high-throughput phenotyping and remote-sensing studies
  • 🤝 Working with Purdue’s Digital Agriculture and IDAAS teams
  • 🎓 Mentoring students focused on practical agronomy questions
Stay tuned for job postings, field days, and collaborative projects.

2. The Website — A Practical Hub for Data-Driven Agriculture 🌐

We rebuilt the site using Next.js and TailwindCSS:
Homepage preview
Homepage preview

What’s different?

  1. Faster loading ⚡
    • Static pages are served from a CDN, so they open quickly even on slow rural connections.
  2. Consistent design 🎨
    • Purdue gold-and-black palette, accessible contrast, and layouts that work from phones to desktop monitors.
  3. Markdown content ✍️
    • Blog posts live as plain .md files in /blog/, making edits simple and version-controlled.
  4. Open-source workflow 🔓
    • Code and documentation are public under OSI-approved licenses.

Run it locally or contribute 🚀

Bash
git clone https://github.com/Ciampitti-Lab/ciampitti-lab.github.io
cd ciampitti-lab.github.io
npm install
npm run dev
Thanks for reading. We’re excited for the next phase at Purdue and to share our work through the new site. ✨