Contact

Dr. Michael L. Thompson
Professor

Ames, IA 50011-0001 UNITED STATES

Employment History

• Iowa State University
  
• Iowa State University
  
• Iowa State University
  

Membership

• Member
• American Society of Agronomy, 42 Years
• Soil Science Society of America, 50 Years

Past Membership

Education History

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ohio State University, 1980,
  
• Bachelor of Science (BS), University of Illinois, 1974,
  

Communities

ASA Environmental Quality Section
• ASA Soil Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Community
  
• ASA Nutrients and Environmental Quality Community
  

Divisions of Interest

• 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
  

Awards Received

• Soil Science Society of America Journal Reviewer-Editor's Citation of Excellence Award, 2021
  
• SSSA Fellow, 2008
  
• ASA Fellow, 2008
  

Committee Service

• S - Fellows Committee, Chair, 2025-01-01 - 2025-12-31
  
• S - Organization, Policy, & Bylaws Committee, Chair, 2025-01-01 - 2025-12-31
  
• S - Science Policy Committee, Chair, 2025-01-01 - 2025-12-31
  
• S - Soil Science Distinguished Service Award Committee, Chair, 2025-01-01 - 2025-12-31
  

• S - SSSA Board of Directors, SSSA Past President, 2025-01-01 - 2025-12-31
  
• S - SSSA Executive Committee, SSSA Past President, 2025-01-01 - 2025-12-31
  
• ACS - Golden Opportunity Scholars Institute Coordinating Committee, Member, 2025-01-01 - 2025-12-31
  
• S - Special Awards Committee, Chair, 2025-01-01 - 2025-12-31
  
• S - SSSA Past President, SSSA Past President, 2025-01-01 - 2025-12-31
  
• ACSESS - ACSESS Board of Directors, Member, 2023-01-01 - 2025-12-31
  
• S - Honorary Member and Presidential Awards Committee, Member, 2025-01-01 - 2025-12-31
  
• ACSESS - ACSESS Operations and Policy Committee, Member, 2024-01-01 - 2025-12-31
  
• ACSESS - ACSESS Treasurer, Treasurer, 2024-01-01 - 2025-12-31
  
• S - Nyle C. Brady Frontiers of Soil Science Lectureship, Member, 2024-01-01 - 2025-12-31
  
• ACSESS - ACSESS Budget, Finance & Audit Committee, Chair, 2023-01-01 - 2025-12-31
  
• S - Science Policy Committee, Member, Ex Officio, 2023-01-01 - 2024-12-31
  
• S - Soil Science Distinguished Service Award Committee, Member, 2023-01-01 - 2024-12-31
  
• S - SSSA 2024 Program Planning Task Force, Member, 2022-01-01 - 2024-12-31
  
• S - Nominations for President-Elect Committee, Chair, 2024-01-01 - 2024-12-31
  
• S - Honorary Member and Presidential Awards Committee, Chair, 2024-01-01 - 2024-12-31
  
• S - SSSA Board of Directors, SSSA President, 2024-01-01 - 2024-12-31
  
• S - SSSA Executive Committee, SSSA President, 2024-01-01 - 2024-12-31
  
• S - SSSA President, SSSA President, 2024-01-01 - 2024-12-31
  
• S - Budget & Finance Committee, Member, Ex Officio, 2023-01-01 - 2024-12-31
  
• S - Nyle C. Brady Frontiers of Soil Science Lectureship, Chair, 2023-01-01 - 2023-12-31
  
• S - Program Planning Committee, Chair, 2023-01-01 - 2023-12-31
  
• S - SSSA Board of Directors, SSSA President-Elect, 2023-01-01 - 2023-12-31
  
• S - SSSA President-Elect, SSSA President-Elect, 2023-01-01 - 2023-12-31
  
• ACS - Annual Meetings Planning Committee, Member, 2023-01-01 - 2023-12-31
  
• S - SSSA Executive Committee, SSSA President-Elect, 2023-01-01 - 2023-12-31
  
• ACSESS - ACSESS Budget, Finance & Audit Committee, Member, 2023-01-01 - 2023-12-31
  
• ACS - Annual Meetings Planning Committee, Member, Ex Officio, 2022-01-01 - 2022-12-31
  
• S - SSSA-Soil Science Society of China Committee, Chair, 2021-01-01 - 2022-12-31
  
• S - Organization, Policy, & Bylaws Committee, Member, 2019-01-01 - 2021-12-31
  
• S - Pedology Division - Officers, Fundamental Soil Science Group SSSA Board Rep., 2019-01-01 - 2021-12-31
  
• S - Soil Physics and Hydrology Division - Officers, Fundamental Soil Science Group SSSA Board Rep., 2019-01-01 - 2021-12-31
  
• S - Soil Chemistry Division - Officers, Fundamental Soil Science Group SSSA Board Rep., 2019-01-01 - 2021-12-31
  
• S - SSSA Board of Directors, Fundamental Soil Science Group SSSA Board Rep., 2019-01-01 - 2021-12-31
  
• S - Soil Mineralogy Division - Officers, Fundamental Soil Science Group SSSA Board Rep., 2019-01-01 - 2021-12-31
  
• S - Soil Biology and Biochemistry Division - Officers, Fundamental Soil Science Group SSSA Board Rep., 2019-01-01 - 2021-12-13
  
• ACS - Journal of Environmental Quality Editorial Board, JEQ Associate Editor, 2006-01-01 - 2008-12-31
  
• ACS - Journal of Environmental Quality Editorial Board, JEQ Associate Editor, 2003-01-01 - 2005-12-31