Date:10/27/2008

iversity, M.S. degree from University of Missouri, and Ph.D. degree from Colorado State University. His program focuses on applying new technologies for collecting high-resolution soil and crop information, thereby enabling improved management decisions. He has been active in organizing tri-society meeting symposia, has served as an associate editor for Agronomy Journal (soils division), and is current Board Representative for the Integrated Agricultural Systems Division.

• David A. Laird, USDA-ARS National Soil Tilth Laboratory. David A. Laird is a soil scientist with the USDA-ARS National Soil Tilth Laboratory in Ames, IA, and a collaborative professor in the Department of Agronomy at Iowa State University. He received a B.S. from the University of Kansas, M.S. from Oregon State University, and Ph.D. from Iowa State University. His program focuses on biochar, soil clay mineralogy and environmental soil chemistry. Dr. Laird has served as associate editor for Soil Science Society of America Journal and Clays and Clay Minerals and he is active in both the Soil Science Society of America and the Clay Minerals Society.

• R. Richard Lowrance, USDA-ARS Southeast Watershed Research Laboratory. R. Richard Lowrance is a Research Ecologist and Lead Scientist at the Southeast Watershed Research Laboratory, USDA-Agricultural Research Service in Tifton, GA. Dr. Lowrance received a B.S. degree in Biology from the University of South Alabama and his Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of Georgia. His program focuses mainly on nutrient cycling and water quality in agricultural watersheds. Lowrance served as Chair for Division S-10 Wetland Soils of SSSA and served as an associate editor for Journal of Environmental Quality and on the Publications Board for the Soil and Water Conservation Society.

• Liwang Ma, USDA-ARS Fort Collins, CO. Liwang Ma is a soil scientist with USDA-ARS, Agricultural Systems Research Unit in F
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Contact: Sara Uttech suttech@soils.org 608-268-4948 Soil Science Society of America Source:Eurekalert

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