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Dr. Sahila Beegum
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Education

2014 - 2019

Ph.D. in Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India.

2011 - 2013

Master of Technology in Hydraulics Engineering, CET, Kerala, India

2007 - 2011

Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering, CUSAT, Kerala, India

 

Professional Experience

2023 - Present

Research Assistant Professor, Nebraska Water Center, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

2020 - 2023

Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

2019 - 2020

Senior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India

2018

Visiting Researcher, DAAD fellow, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Jülich, Germany

2016 - 2017

Fulbright Visiting Researcher, University of California Riverside, California, USA

 

Publications

  1. Wang, Z., Timlin, D., Liu, G., Fleisher, D., Sun, W., Beegum, S., ... & Horton, R. (2024). Coupled heat and water transfer in heterogeneous and deformable soils: Numerical model using mixed finite element method. Journal of Hydrology, 131068. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131068

 

  1. Beegum, S., Reddy, V., & Reddy, K. R. (2023). Development of a cotton fiber quality simulation module and its incorporation into cotton crop growth and development model: GOSSYM. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 212, 108080. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2023.108080

 

  1. Beegum, S., Sun, W., Timlin, D., Wang, Z., Fleisher, D., Reddy, V. R., & Ray, C. (2023). Incorporation of carbon dioxide production and transport module into a Soil-Plant-Atmosphere continuum model. Geoderma, 437, 116586. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116586

 

  1. Beegum, S., Timlin, D., Reddy, K. R., Reddy, V., Sun, W., Wang, Z., ... & Ray, C. (2023). Improving the cotton simulation model, GOSSYM, for soil, photosynthesis, and transpiration processes. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 7314 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-34378-3 .

 

  1. Beegum, S., Malakar, A., Ray, C., & Snow, D. D. (2023). Importance of snowmelt on soil nitrate leaching to groundwater–A model study. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 255, 104163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconhyd.2023.104163

   

  1. Beegum, S., Truong, V., Bheemanahalli, R., Brand, D., Reddy, V., & Reddy, K. R. (2023). Developing functional relationships between waterlogging and cotton growth and physiology towards waterlogging modeling. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1174682

 

  1. Sun, W., Fleisher, D., Timlin, D., Ray, C., Wang, Z., Beegum, S., & Reddy, V. (2023). Projected long-term climate trends reveal the critical role of vapor pressure deficit for soybean yields in the US Midwest. Science of The Total Environment, 878, 162960. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162960

 

  1. Beegum, S, Walne, C. H., Reddy, K. N., Reddy, V. R., Reddy, K. R. (2023). Examining the corn seedling emergence -temperature relationship for recent hybrids: Insights from experimental studies. Plants. 12, 3699. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12213699

 

  1. Timlin, D., Fleisher, D., Tokay, M., Paff, K., Sun, W., Beegum, S., Li, S., Wang, Z., & Reddy, V. (2023). CLASSIM: A Relational Database Driven Crop Model Interface. Smart Agricultural Technology, 100281, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atech.2023.100281

 

  1. Jahangeer, J., Yadav, B. K., & Beegum, S. (2024). Modeling of Nitrate Transport in the Vadose Zone by Considering the Mobile–Immobile Approach Using a Sand Tank Experiment. Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste, 28(1), 04023038.

 

  1. Wang, Z., Timlin, D., Liu, G., Fleisher, D., Sun, W., Beegum, S.,. (2023) Coupled heat and water transfer in heterogeneous and non-rigid soils: simulation using mixed finite element method, Water Resources Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131068

 

  1. Sun, W., Fleisher, D., Timlin, D., Ray, C., Wang, Z., Beegum, S, & Reddy, V. (2023). Does drought stress eliminate the benefit of elevated CO2 on soybean yield? Using an improved model to link crop and soil water relations. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 343, 109747. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109747

 

  1. Sun, W., Fleisher, D., Timlin, D., Li, S., Wang, Z., Beegum, S., & Reddy, V. (2022). Evaluation of models for simulating soybean growth and climate sensitivity in the US Mississippi Delta. European Journal of Agronomy, 140, 126610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2022.126610

 

  1. Wang, Z., Timlin, D., Fleisher, D., Sun, W., Beegum, S., Li, S., Chen, Y., Reddy, V. R., Tully, K., & Horton, R. (2022). Modeling vapor transfer in soil water and heat simulations: A modularized, partially-coupled approach. Journal of Hydrology, 608, 127541. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127541

 

  1. Jahangeer, J., Yadav, B. K., Beegum, S., (2023) Modeling of nitrate transport in the vadose zone by considering the mobile-immobile approach using sand tank experiment, Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste https://doi.org/10.1061/JHTRBP.HZENG-12

 

  1. Mwabumba, M., Jahangeer, J., Beegum, S., Yadav, B. K., & Rwiza, M. J. (2022). Assessment of Groundwater Quality under Changing Climate in Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 148(10), 04022032. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0001702

 

  1. Beegum, S., Jainet, P. J., Emil, D., Sudheer, K. P., & Das, S. (2022). Integrated Simulation Modeling Approach for Investigating Pore Water Pressure Induced Landslides. Preprint (Version 1) available at Research Square https://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1186263/v1

 

  1. Beegum, S., & Das, S. (2022). 17—Nanosensors in agriculture. In S. Ghosh, S. Thongmee, & A. Kumar, (Eds.), Agricultural Nanobiotechnology (pp. 465–478). Woodhead Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91908-1.00012-2

 

  1. Das, S., & Beegum, S. (2022). 13—Nanofertilizers for sustainable agriculture. In S. Ghosh, S. Thongmee, &A. Kumar (Eds.), Agricultural Nanobiotechnology (pp. 355–370). Woodhead Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91908-1.00005-5

 

  1. Jeyalakshmi, S., & Beegum, S. (2022). Climate change impacts on agriculture-dominated Canadian watersheds. Sustainability, Agri, Food and Environmental Research, 10. https://doi.org/10.7770/safer-V10N1-art2568

 

  1. Sudheer, K. P., Thomas, J., Jainet, P.J., Nizar, S., Beegum, S., Emil, D., Jesna., Pai, D. S. (2022) From science to policy- towards an approach linking extreme rainfall events to climate resilience and policy development, accepted for publication in the Elsevier book series: Modeling and Mitigation Measures for Managing Extreme Hydrometeorological Events Under a Warming Climate https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-18640-0.00015-8

 

  1. Jeyalakshmi, S., & Beegum, S. (2022). Scenario analysis of fluoride contamination in the groundwater in Kerala. Sustainability, Agri, Food and Environmental Research, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.7770/safer-V10N1-art2475

 

  1. Wang, Z., Thapa, R., Timlin, D., Li, S., Sun, W., Beegum, S., Fleisher, D., Mirsky, S., Cabrera, M., & Sauer, T. (2021). Simulations of Water and Thermal Dynamics for Soil Surfaces With Residue Mulch and Surface Runoff. Water Resources Research, 57(11), e2021WR030431. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR030431

 

  1. Beegum, S., Vanderborght, J., Šimůnek, J., Herbst, M., Sudheer, K. P., & Nambi, I. M. (2020). Investigating atrazine concentrations in the Zwischenscholle aquifer using MODFLOW with the HYDRUS-1D package and MT3DMS. Water, 12(4), 1019. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12041019

 

  1. Beegum, S., Šimůnek, J., Szymkiewicz, A., Sudheer, K. P., & Nambi, I. M. (2019). Implementation of Solute Transport in the Vadose Zone into the "HYDRUS Package for MODFLOW." Groundwater, 57(3), 392–408. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwat.12815

 

  1. Beegum, S., Šimůnek, J., Szymkiewicz, A., Sudheer, K. P., & Nambi, I. M. (2018). Updating the Coupling Algorithm between HYDRUS and MODFLOW in the HYDRUS Package for MODFLOW. Vadose Zone Journal, 17(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2018.02.0034

 

  1. Szymkiewicz, A., Gumuła-Kawęcka, A., Šimůnek, J., Leterme, B., Beegum, S., Jaworska-Szulc, B., Pruszkowska-Caceres, M., Gorczewska-Langner, W., Angulo-Jaramillo, R., & Jacques, D. (2018). Simulations of freshwater lens recharge and salt/freshwater interfaces using the HYDRUS and SWI2 packages for MODFLOW. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, 66(2), 246–256. https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2018-0005