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Education :
Ph.D., Dec. 2000, Iowa State University Soil Science
(Soil Fertility)
M.S., March 1997, Auburn University (Soil
Fertility/Chemistry)
B.S., Dec. 1994, Auburn
University (Agronomy and Soils)
Professional Experience:
2003-present: Affiliate Assistant Professor,
Auburn University
2003-present: Research Agronomist USDA-ARS, National Soil Dynamics Laboratory
2001-2003: Research Agronomist USDA-ARS, National Peanut Research
Laboratory
Professional Activities:
Research program and goals are to develop technologies and strategies
for managing soils to increase adoption of conservation production systems that
reduce economic risks; improve farm profitability; improve soil quality and productivity;
reduce economic risk from short-term droughts; and enhance carbon storage. These
goals are accomplished by planning and conducting basic and applied research
that focuses on complex interactions between crop and soil management systems
with emphasis on cropping intensity/diversity, high residue conservation systems,
cover crops, soil fertility and fertilizer practices, and soil compaction management.
In addition, collaboration and cooperation with ARS research scientists at other
locations in the Southeastern USA, the Natural Resources Conservation Service
(NRCS), the Cooperative Extension Service, and with researchers and technology
transfer specialists at Auburn University, Alabama A&M University, and other
Land Grant institutions is essential to the success of these goals.
| Honors and Awards: |
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Alabama Seedman's Association Scholarship, College of Agriculture,
Auburn University
- 1994 James Philip Golson Scholarship Award, Alpha
Gamma Rho Fraternity
- 1994 Charles Chapman Memorial Scholarship, College of Agriculture,
Auburn University
1996 A. L. Smith, Outstanding Graduate Student, Department of
Agronomy and Soils, $250
- 1996 Graduate Student Paper Competition (3 rd place; American
Peanut Research and Education Society)
- 1998 J. Fielding Reed PPI Fellowship, Phosphate and Potash
Institute, $2,000
- 2003 U.S. Department of Agriculture, $1,500, for outstanding job
performance
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| Professional Societies Membership: |
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American Peanut Research and Education Society
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American Society
of Agronomy
- Soil Science Society of America
- Southern Branch, American Society of Agronomy
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