Dr. Ram L. Ray is an associate professor in the department of Agriculture, Nutrition and Human Ecology at Prairie View A&M University. Ray is also a research scientist at the Cooperative Agricultural Research Center. His research interests include water resources, ecohydrology, hyrdoclimatology and agriculture. Currently, he is working to quantify carbon sequestration potential of sorghum cultivars through field experiments and modeling and developing real-time, site-specific irrigation scheduling tools for crops and urban landscaping in Texas using a mobile web app.