Contact

Dr. Nithya Rajan
Professor

College Station, TX 77843-0001 UNITED STATES

Employment History

• Texas A&M University
  
• Texas A&M University
  
• Texas Agrilife Research-Vernon
  
• Texas Agrilife Research-Vernon
  

• USDA-ARS
  
• USDA-ARS   (Aug 2008)
  

Membership

• Member
• American Society of Agronomy, 19 Years
• Crop Science Society of America, 18 Years
• Soil Science Society of America, 18 Years

Past Membership

Education History

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Texas Tech University, 2007, Agronomy
  

Communities

ASA Agronomic Production Systems Section
• ASA Sensor-Based Nutrient Management Community
  
• ASA Crop Irrigation Strategies and Management Community
  
• ASA Nutrient Management Professionals Community
  
• ASA Soil and Water Management Professionals Community
  
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• ASA Cotton, Hemp, Flax, and Other Fiber Crops Community
  
• ASA Organic Management Systems Community
  
• ASA Precision Agriculture Systems Community
  
• ASA Applied Soybean Research Community
  
• ASA Bioenergy Systems Community
  
• ASA Semi-Arid Dryland Cropping Systems Community
  
• ASA Weedy and Invasive Plant Species Community
  
ASA Biometry and Statistical Computing Section
• ASA Statistical Education/Training for Researchers Community
  
• ASA Bioinformatics in Crops and Soils Community
  
• ASA Spatial Statistics and On-Farm Research Community
  
ASA Climatology and Modeling Section
• ASA Biophysical Measurements and Sensors Community
  
• ASA Airborne and Satellite Remote Sensing Community
  
• ASA Global Climate Change Community
  
• ASA Agroclimatology and Agronomic Modeling Community
  
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• ASA Model Applications in Field Research Community
  
• ASA Evapotranspiration Measurement and Modeling Community
  
ASA Education and Extension Section
• ASA K-16 Education and Outreach Community
  
• ASA Extension Education Community
  
• ASA Advancing Agronomy via Public-Private Collaboration Community
  
ASA Environmental Quality Section
• ASA Soil Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Community
  
• ASA Biochar: Agronomic and Environmental Uses Community
  
• ASA Nutrients and Environmental Quality Community
  
• ASA Animal Agriculture and the Environment Community
  
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• ASA Beneficial Reuse By-Products in Agriculture
  
• ASA Managing Denitrification in Agronomic Systems Community
  
• ASA Sustainable Intensification Community
  
ASA Global Agronomy Section
• ASA Agronomic Solutions for Smallholders
  
• ASA U.S.-Sino Agricultural Research Forum Community
  
• ASA Perennial Grain Development Community
  
• ASA Wheat Initiative Agronomists
  
ASA Land Management and Conservation Section
• ASA Long-Term Agricultural Research Community
  
• ASA Cover Crop Management Community
  
• ASA Soil Health Community
  

Divisions of Interest

• CSSA Crop Physiology & Metabolism Division (C-2)
  
• CSSA Crop Ecology, Management & Quality Division (C-3)
  
• CSSA Seed Physiology, Production & Technology Division (C-4)
  
• CSSA Forage & Grazinglands Division (C-6)
  

• CSSA Crops for Nutrition and Health (C-9)
  
• SSSA Soil Fertility & Plant Nutrition Division
  
• SSSA Soil & Water Management & Conservation Division
  
• SSSA Nutrient Management & Soil & Plant Analysis Division
  
• SSSA Practicing Professional Soil Scientists Division
  
• SSSA Soil Education and Outreach Division
  
• SSSA Soil Physics and Hydrology Division
  
• SSSA Soil Chemistry Division
  
• SSSA Soil Biology & Biochemistry Division
  
• SSSA Pedology Division
  
• SSSA Soil Mineralogy Division
  
• SSSA Forest, Range & Wildland Soils Division
  
• SSSA Wetland Soils Division
  
• SSSA Soils & Environmental Quality Division
  
• SSSA Urban and Anthropogenic Soils Division
  

Committee Service

• ACS - Annual Meetings Planning Committee, Chair, 2026-01-01 - 2026-12-31
  
• C - Program Planning Committee, Program Planning Officer, 2024-01-01 - 2026-12-31
  
• C - CSSA Specialized Conferences Committee, Member, 2024-01-01 - 2026-12-31
  
• A - Climatology and Modeling Section - Officers, Presiding Chair, Climatology and Modeling Section, 2025-01-01 - 2025-12-31
  

• A - Nominations Committee, Presiding Chair, Climatology and Modeling Section, 2025-01-01 - 2025-12-31
  
• A - Program Planning Committee, Member, 2025-01-01 - 2025-12-31
  
• ACS - Annual Meetings Planning Committee, Program Planning Officer, 2024-01-01 - 2025-12-31
  
• A - Climatology and Modeling Section - Officers, Vice Chair, Climatology and Modeling Section, 2024-01-01 - 2024-12-31
  
• ACS - Annual Meetings Planning Committee, Chair, 2023-01-01 - 2023-12-31
  
• C - CSSA Specialized Conferences Committee, Chair, 2022-01-01 - 2023-12-31
  
• AC - Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment Editorial Board, AGE Associate Editor, 2021-01-01 - 2023-12-31
  
• ACS - Annual Meetings Planning Committee, Program Planning Officer, 2022-08-01 - 2022-12-31
  
• A - Carl Sprengel Agronomic Research Award Committee, Chair, 2022-01-01 - 2022-12-31
  
• A - Global Climate Change Community Leaders, Presiding Leader, 2022-01-01 - 2022-12-31
  
• A - Southern Regional Branch Officers, Past President, 2021-02-01 - 2022-01-31
  
• A - Global Climate Change Community Leaders, Vice Leader, 2021-01-01 - 2021-12-31
  
• S - L.R. Ahuja Ag Systems Modeling Award Committee, Member, 2020-01-01 - 2021-12-31
  
• A - Carl Sprengel Agronomic Research Award Committee, Member, 2020-01-01 - 2021-12-31
  
• A - Southern Regional Branch Officers, President, 2020-02-01 - 2021-01-31
  
• AC - Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment Editorial Board, AGE Associate Editor, 2018-01-01 - 2020-12-31
  
• A - Southern Regional Branch Officers, Vice President, 2019-02-01 - 2020-01-31
  
• ACS - Early Career Members Committee, Member, Ex Officio, 2019-01-01 - 2019-12-31
  
• A - Southern Regional Branch Officers, Secretary/Treasurer, 2018-02-01 - 2019-01-31
  
• A - Evapotranspiration Measurement and Modeling Community Leaders, Presiding Leader, 2018-01-01 - 2018-12-31
  
• ACS - Early Career Members Committee, Chair, 2018-01-01 - 2018-12-31
  
• A - ASA Early Career Award Committee, Chair, 2018-01-01 - 2018-12-31
  
• A - Evapotranspiration Measurement and Modeling Community Leaders, Vice Leader, 2017-01-01 - 2017-12-31
  
• ACS - Early Career Members Committee, Member-ASA, 2015-01-01 - 2017-12-31
  
• A - ASA Early Career Award Committee, Member, 2015-01-01 - 2017-12-31
  
• A - Agronomy Journal Editorial Board, AJ Associate Editor-Soil and Nutrient Management, 2013-01-01 - 2015-12-31
  
• ACS - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Committee, Member-ASA, 2012-01-01 - 2014-12-31
  
• A - Airborne and Satellite Remote Sensing Community Leaders, Presiding Leader, 2012-01-01 - 2012-12-31
  
• A - Airborne and Satellite Remote Sensing Community Leaders, Vice Leader, 2010-11-04 - 2012-12-31
  
• A - Agronomy Journal Editorial Board, AJ Associate Editor-Soil and Nutrient Management, 2009-07-16 - 2012-12-31
  
• A - Evapotranspiration Measurement and Modeling Community Leaders, Vice Leader, 2011-02-02 - 2011-12-31