Contact

Dr. Maysoon M. Mikha
Research Soil Scientist

Akron, CO 80720-9471 UNITED STATES

Employment History

• USDA-ARS   (Nov 2024)
  
• USDA-ARS   (Feb 2012 - Nov 2024)
  
• USDA-ARS   (Feb 2012 - Feb 2012)
  
• USDA-ARS   (Sep 2009 - Feb 2012)
  

Membership

• Member
• American Society of Agronomy, 25 Years
• Crop Science Society of America, 18 Years
• Soil Science Society of America, 28 Years

Past Membership

Education History

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Kansas State University, 2003,
  

Communities

ASA Agronomic Production Systems Section
• ASA Sensor-Based Nutrient Management Community
  
• ASA Nutrient Management Professionals Community
  
• ASA Soil and Water Management Professionals Community
  
• ASA Organic Management Systems Community
  
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• ASA Precision Agriculture Systems Community
  
• ASA Bioenergy Systems Community
  
• ASA Semi-Arid Dryland Cropping Systems Community
  
ASA Biometry and Statistical Computing Section
• ASA Statistical Education/Training for Researchers Community
  
• ASA Bioinformatics in Crops and Soils Community
  
ASA Climatology and Modeling Section
• ASA Airborne and Satellite Remote Sensing Community
  
• ASA Global Climate Change Community
  
• ASA Evapotranspiration Measurement and Modeling Community
  
ASA Education and Extension Section
• 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 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 Soil Mineralogy Division
  
• SSSA Forest, Range & Wildland Soils Division
  
• SSSA Soils & Environmental Quality Division
  
• SSSA Urban and Anthropogenic Soils Division
  

Awards Received

• Soil Science Society of America Journal Associate Editor-Editor's Citation of Excellence Award, 2018
  
• ASA Fellow, 2024
  

Committee Service

• S - Soil Glossary Working Group, Member, 2013-05-10 - 2100-12-31
  
• S - Soil Science Society of America Journal Outstanding Paper Award Committee, Member, 2023-01-01 - 2025-12-31
  
• S - Soil and Water Conservation Scholarship, Member, 2024-01-01 - 2025-12-31
  
• ACS - Methods of Soil Analysis Subcommittee, Member, 2023-01-01 - 2025-12-31
  

• S - SSSA Journal Editorial Board, SSSAJ Technical Editor, Soil & Water Mgmt. & Conservation Division, 2023-01-01 - 2025-12-31
  
• S - Science Policy Committee, Member, 2022-01-01 - 2024-12-31
  
• S - Nutrient Management and Soil and Plant Analysis Division - Officers, Agricultural Soil and Food Systems Group SSSA Board Rep., 2022-01-01 - 2024-12-31
  
• S - SSSA Board of Directors, Agricultural Soil and Food Systems Group SSSA Board Rep., 2022-01-01 - 2024-12-31
  
• S - Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition Division - Officers, Agricultural Soil and Food Systems Group SSSA Board Rep., 2022-01-01 - 2024-12-31
  
• S - Soil and Water Management and Conservation Division - Officers, Agricultural Soil and Food Systems Group SSSA Board Rep., 2022-01-01 - 2024-12-31
  
• ACS - Golden Opportunity Scholars Institute Coordinating Committee, Co-Chair, 2023-01-01 - 2023-12-31
  
• ACS - Golden Opportunity Scholars Institute-Program Development at Annual Meeting, Chair, 2023-01-01 - 2023-12-31
  
• S - Soil and Water Conservation Scholarship, Member, 2021-01-01 - 2023-12-31
  
• S - Soil and Water Management and Conservation Division - Officers, Member, 2022-01-01 - 2022-12-31
  
• ACS - Golden Opportunity Scholars Institute-Program Development at Annual Meeting, Member-CSSA, 2021-01-01 - 2022-12-31
  
• ACS - Methods of Soil Analysis Subcommittee, Member, 2020-01-01 - 2022-12-31
  
• S - Soil and Water Management and Conservation Division - Officers, Member, 2021-01-01 - 2021-12-31
  
• A - Agronomy Journal Editorial Board, AJ Associate Editor-Crops, 2019-01-01 - 2021-12-31
  
• S - Soil and Water Management and Conservation Division - Officers, Past Chair, Soil & Water Management & Conservation Division, 2020-01-01 - 2020-12-31
  
• S - Nominations for President-Elect Committee, Chair, Soil & Water Management & Conservation Division, 2019-01-01 - 2019-12-31
  
• S - Program Planning Committee, Chair, Soil & Water Management & Conservation Division, 2019-01-01 - 2019-12-31
  
• S - Nominations Committee for Agricultural Soil and Food Systems Group Rep. to the Board, Member, 2019-01-01 - 2019-12-31
  
• S - Soil and Water Management and Conservation Division - Officers, Chair, Soil & Water Management & Conservation Division, 2019-01-01 - 2019-12-31
  
• ACS - Methods of Soil Analysis Subcommittee, Member, 2017-01-01 - 2019-12-31
  
• A - Soil and Water Management Professionals Community Leaders, Presiding Leader, 2018-01-01 - 2018-12-31
  
• S - Soil and Water Management and Conservation Division - Officers, Chair Elect, Soil & Water Management & Conservation Division, 2018-01-01 - 2018-12-31
  
• S - SSSA Journal Editorial Board, SSSAJ Associate Editor, Soil & Water Management & Conservation Division, 2016-01-01 - 2018-12-31
  
• A - Agronomy Journal Editorial Board, AJ Associate Editor-Crops, 2016-01-01 - 2018-12-31
  
• A - Soil and Water Management Professionals Community Leaders, Vice Leader, 2017-10-01 - 2017-12-31
  
• S - Soil Science Outstanding Dissertation Award Committee, Chair, 2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31
  
• A - Soil Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Community Leaders, Presiding Leader, 2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31
  
• ACS - Golden Opportunity Scholars Institute Coordinating Committee, Member, 2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31
  
• ACS - Methods of Soil Analysis Subcommittee, Member, 2014-06-01 - 2016-12-31
  
• S - Soil Science Outstanding Dissertation Award Committee, Member, 2015-01-01 - 2015-12-31
  
• ACS - Women in Science Committee, Past Chair, 2015-01-01 - 2015-12-31
  
• A - Soil Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Community Leaders, Vice Leader, 2015-01-01 - 2015-12-31
  
• S - SSSA Journal Editorial Board, SSSAJ Associate Editor, Soil & Water Management & Conservation Division, 2013-01-01 - 2015-12-31
  
• ACS - Women in Science Committee, Chair, 2014-01-01 - 2014-12-31
  
• ACS - Women in Science Committee, Chair-Elect, 2013-01-01 - 2013-12-31
  
• ACS - Women in Science Committee, Member-ASA, 2011-01-01 - 2012-12-31
  

Scientific Expertise

• Dryland Cropping Systems
  
• Organic Farming
  
• Carbon Sequestration
  
• Land Remediation/Reclamation/Restoration
  

• Soil Quality