Education:
B. A., Chemistry, Wabash College, IN
M. Sc., Soil Sci., Texas A&M University
PhD, Soil Sci., Texas A&M University

Experience:
Principal Crop Physiologist, 1991-1996, International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT)

Assistant Professor, Dryland Systems Agronomy. 1996-2000, Assistant Professor, Dryland Systems Agronomy.

Associate Professor, Crop Stress Physiology 2000-2003, Texas A&M University System, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Amarillo, TX

Professor, Crop Stress Physiology 2003-present, Texas A&M University System, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Amarillo, TX

Professional Memberships

Crop Science Society of America
American Society of Agronomy
Soil Science Society of America
International Soil Science Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Sigma Xi (honorary international research society)

Recognitions

Elected to Sigma Xi, Honorary Research Society
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Fellow, American Society of Agronomy (2006)
Elected to National Scientific & Technical committee of ISRA
(Senegal's national agronomic research institute) 2006
Who's Who in America
Board of Directors, American Society of Agronomy (2002-2005)
Elected to Molecular and Environmental Plant Science
(MEPS) Faculty at Texas A&M (2000)
Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering

Professional Activities

• Chair, Committee for award of Agronomy Journal’s Excellent Paper award (2003).
• Member, Agronomy Society of America’s “Rapid Response Team” on concerns of both national and international scope as of 2003.
• Technical Editor, Agronomy Journal, as of January 2002
• Member, Molecular and Environmental Plant Sciences (MEPS) Faculty at Texas A&M
• Member (since 1999), CAB International Crop Science Advisory Board.
• Ad-hoc Technical Editor (1998) for Proceedings of Symposium on Crop Water Relations of Crops with Sparse Canopies
• Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering (5 th edition, 2000-2001).
• Member, 1999 ASA Program Planning Committee (ACS711).
• Chair, Nomination Committee for Div. A-6, International Agronomy, 1998
• Member, Committee on Nominations for ASA President-Elect, 1998
• Member, Agronomy Journal Editorial Board (A302), since 1998
• Lead ASA organizer for joint ASA/World Bank 1998 symposium “Sustainability of agricultural systems in transition.”
• Editor of Proceedings of joint ASA/World Bank 1998 symposium “Sustainability of agricultural systems in transition.” .
• Associate Editor, Agronomy Journal, Division A-3, “Agroclimatology and Modeling,” May, 1998 to Dec., 2001.
• Crop Science Teaching Award Committee, Crop Science Society of America, Jan. 1997.
• Chairman of Division A-6 (International Agronomy) of American Society of Agronomy. Chair-elect, 1997, Chair, 1998, and past-Chair, 1999.
• Maintain A-6 Webpage and moderate A-6 Discussion Group
• Consultant to Famine Early Warning System (FEWS) of USAID for Africa