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Education
Ph.D. Environmental Sciences, 1996, Justus von Liebig University
Giessen, Germany
M.Sc. Environmental Sciences, 1992 Justus von Liebig University
Giessen, Germany
Professional
Experience
Associate Professor, Soil and Water
Science Department, University of Florida,
July 2006 - present
Assistant Professor, Soil and Water
Science Department, University of Florida,
August 2001 - July 2006
Distance Education Coordinator,
Soil and Water Science (SWS) Department, University of Florida
Distance Education SWS
Nov. 2001 - present
Affiliate Faculty, Department of
Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida March 2005
- present
Affiliate Faculty, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida March 2003 - present
Research Scientist and GIS Manager, Water Quality Laboratory, Heidelberg College, OH March 2000 - July 2001 Post-Doc, Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI August 1997 - Febr. 2000 Professional Organizations ASA (American Society of Agronomy) SSSA (Soil Science Society of America) ASAE (American Society of Agricultural Engineers) FAESS (Florida Association of Environmental Soil Scientists) IUSS (International Union of Soil Sciences) IAHS (International Association of Hydrological Sciences) North American Association of Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) ExpertiseResearch:
- Soil-landscape modeling / pedometrics: The application of statistical and geostatistical methods for quantitative soil-landscape analysis, with the purpose of analyzing the spatial distribution, variability and behavior of soil properties
- Environmetrics: Development of quantitative spatially-explicit models to assess environmental quality
- Geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing applications to assess the impact of land use management and land use change on soil and water quality
- Land resource management
Teaching:
- GIS in Land Resource Management (on-campus and distance education sections) [UF]
- Soil-Landscape Modeling [UF]
- GIS in Soil and Water Science [UF]
- GIS Short Course [UF]
- Morphology, Classification and Mapping of Soils [UW-Madison]
- Junior Faculty Award of Merit - Gamma Sigma Delta 2007
- Nominated by IFAS for the USDA National Awards Program for Excellence in College and University Teaching in the Food and Agricultural Sciences - Teacher Award 2007
- Inclusion in the Empire's Who's Who Executive and Professional Registry
- Nominated by IFAS for the USDA National Awards Program for Excellence in College and University Teaching in the Food and Agricultural Sciences - New Teacher Award 2006
- PhD student Sanjay Lamsal ranked 2nd in the student award competition - Int. Pedometrics 2005 Meeting in Naples, Florida, Sept. 12-14, 2005
- PhD student Rosanna Rivero ranked 3nd in the student award competition - Int. Pedometrics 2005 Meeting in Naples, Florida, Sept. 12-14, 2005
- PhD student Sanjay Lamsal won poster award - Soil and Water Science Research Forum, Gainesville, FL, Sept. 2, 2005
- PhD student Rosanna Rivero won poster award - Soil and Water Science Research Forum, Gainesville, FL, Sept. 2, 2005
- Nominated by IFAS for the USDA National Awards Program for Excellence in College and University Teaching in the Food and Agricultural Sciences - New Teacher Award 2005
- Graduate student Sanjay Lamsal was awarded 2nd place in the Graduate Student Paper Presentation Contest for his thesis research - Soil and Crop Science Society of Florida, Tallahassee, FL, May 20-21, 2004
- Honored by the Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) for excellence in developing teaching materials (ID: DSLESE-000-000-002-435; 3D soil-landscape models) [12/2003]
- Inclusion in the Academic Who's Who in Agriculture Higher Education (WWAHE) [Oct. 2003]
- Research fellowship DAAD (German Academic Foreign Service - Deutscher Akademischer Auslandsdienst), 1996
- Ph.D. honors fellowship State Hessen, Germany [1992-1996]
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