News Release

MADISON, WI, October 1, 2009  – The Soil Science Society of America(SSSA) will recognize the following individuals as the 2009 SSSA Fellows at a special Awards Ceremony during their Annual Meeting on Nov. 1-5 in Pittsburgh, PA, www.acsmeetings.org.

• Mary Beth Adams – USDA Forest Service, Parsons, WV.Mary Beth Adams is research soil scientist and project leader with the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, Parsons, WV. She received degrees at Purdue University and North Carolina State University. Dr. Adams’ research has examined effects of air pollution on forest ecosystems, nutrient cycling in forests, and sustainable productivity of forest soils. She has served as associate editor for Journal of Environmental Quality, Forest Science and Tree Physiology. She is also an active member of the forest soils research community.

• Sally Brown – University of Washington.Sally Brown is a research associate professor in the School of Forest Resources, College of the Environment at University of Washington. She received a B.A. from Williams College and M.S. and Ph.D. from University of Maryland. Her program specializes in benefits and risks associated with land application of residuals. Dr. Brown is a member of the National Academy of Science (NAS) Standing Committee on Soil Science and was a member of the NAS Committee on the Bioavailability of Contaminants in Soils and Sediments.

• Scott Fendorf – Stanford University. Scott Fendorf is professor of soil biogeochemistry and chair of the Earth System Science Department at Stanford University. His research and teaching are directed at soil processes broadly related to water quality and nutrient cycling. Dr. Fendorf’s program specializes in the chemical and biological processes that control the fate and movement of elements. A large focus of his research has been on deciphering the processes responsible for arsenic levels and migration in groundwater of South and Southeast Asia, where more than one-hundred million people are drinking hazardous levels of this toxin.

• William R. Horwath – University of California-Davis.William R. Horwath is a professor of soil biogeochemistry in the Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources at University of California-Davis. He serves as vice chair and the J.G. Boswell endowed chair in soil science. Dr. Horwath received a B.S. from South Illinois University and Ph.D. from Michigan State University. His program focuses on sustainable nutrient and soil organic matter management. He served as associate editor for Soil Science Society of America Journal and is active in state and national efforts to promote sustainable agriculture.

• Eugene F. Kelly – Colorado State University. Eugene F. (Gene) Kelly is a professor of pedology in the Department of Soil and Crop Sciences and associate director for research in the School of Global Environmental Sustainability at Colorado State University. Dr. Kelly received a B.S. and M.S. from Colorado State University and a Ph.D. from University of California-Berkeley. His program focuses mainly on pedology and biogeochemistry. He serves as an associate editor for Geoderma, and is active in the Ecological and Geological Societies of America.

• David L. Lindbo – North Carolina State University. David L. Lindbo is a professor and extension specialist in the Soil Science Department at North Carolina State University. He received a B.S. and M.S. from University of New Hampshire and M.S. and Ph.D. from University of Massachusetts. His program focuses on decentralized wastewater management, pedology, and wetland soils. Dr. Lindbo served as associate editor for Soil Science Society of America Journal and Division S-10 representative on the SSSA board of directors. He is a certified professional soil scientist and a North Carolina licensed soil scientist.

• William A. Payne – Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture.William A. Payne received a B.A. in chemistry at Wabash College, IN, and M.S. and Ph.D. in soil science at Texas A&M University. He serves as the assistant director for research at the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture and liaison scientist of the McKnight Foundation. He also holds a faculty appointment in the Department of Soil and Crop Science at Texas A&M University. Dr. Payne has published widely and held leadership roles in soil science, agronomy, and crop physiology, including serving as technical editor of Agronomy Journal and representative to the ASA board of directors.

• Joseph J. Pignatello – Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station.Joseph J. (Joe) Pignatello is a senior agricultural scientist in the Department of Soil and Water at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station and adjunct professor of chemical and environmental engineering at Yale University. He received a B.A. in chemistry from University of Minnesota and Ph.D. from University of California-Berkeley. His research focuses on the fate and bioavailability of organic compounds in soil and remediation of soil and water. Dr. Pignatello served as chair of Division S-11 Soils and Environment.

• Louis A. Schipper – University of Waikato, New Zealand. Louis A. Schipper is an associate professor at University of Waikato, New Zealand, specializing in soil biogeochemistry. His research focuses on long-term dynamics of carbon and nitrogen in pasture systems and approaches for maximizing denitrification to decrease nitrate pollution of receiving waters. Schipper served as associate editor for Soil Science Society of America Journal and advisor to the editorial board of the Australian Journal of Soil Research. He also served on the New Zealand Soil Science Society Council, New Zealand Land Treatment Collective.

• Clifford S. Snyder – International Plant Nutrition Institute.Clifford S. (Cliff) Snyder is the nitrogen program director at the International Plant Nutrition Institute and adjunct professor in the Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences Department at University of Arkansas. He received a B.S. and M.S. at University of Arkansas and Ph.D. at North Carolina State University. Dr. Snyder’s program focuses on efficient and effective fertilizer nitrogen use in crop production, both in North America and globally. He has been division chair in ASA and SSSA.

• H. Allen Torbert – USDA-ARS, Auburn, AL. H. Allen Torbert is the research leader and soil scientist at the USDA-ARS National Soil Dynamics Laboratory, Auburn, AL. Dr. Torbert received a B.S. and M.S. from Auburn University and a Ph.D. from University of Illinois. His program focuses mainly on soil fertilizer practices, crop residues, tillage requirements, and animal waste treatment for crop management systems. He served as associate editor for Soil Science Society of America Journal and several ASA-CSSA-SSSA committees. He is also active in the International Soil Tillage Research Organization.

• Teferi Tsegaye – Alabama A&M University.Teferi Tsegaye is professor and chair of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences and Director of the Center of Excellence for Watershed Management at Alabama A&M University. Dr. Tsegaye received a B.S. and M.S. from Oklahoma State University and Ph.D. from University of Maryland at College Park.

• Ole Wendroth – University of Kentucky.Ole Wendroth is associate professor in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at University of Kentucky. He received a Ph.D. from University of Goettingen and a Habilitation degree from Technical University of Berlin, Germany. He works in soil landscape research with respect to water and solute transport and biomass development. Dr. Wendroth served as associate editor for Journal of Environmental Quality and Agronomy Journal and technical editor for Agronomy Journal. He currently serves as associate editor for Soil Science Society of America Journal and Vadose Zone Journal.

• Hailin Zhang – Oklahoma State University. Hailin Zhang is a professor in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences at Oklahoma State University and holds the Santelmann/Warth Distinguished Professorship title. Dr. Zhang is the director of the Soil, Water, and Forage Analytical Laboratory and extension specialist of nutrient management. He received a B.S. from Nanjing Agricultural University, China, M.S. from Iowa State University, and Ph.D. from University of Minnesota. His program focuses on plant nutrient management and environmental quality protection. Dr. Zhang served as associate editor for Agronomy Journal and Soil Science Society of America Journal and has been active in ASA and SSSA.