Early Career Members Committee

The Early Career Members Committee consists of six members (two from each society) who serve three-year terms. Terms are staggered so that one-third of the committee is replaced each year and committee members are appointed by society presidents.

 

The Early Career Member Committee serves three functions:

The Early Career Members Committee consists of six members (two from each society) who serve three-year terms. Terms are staggered so that one-third of the committee is replaced each year and committee members are appointed by society presidents.

 

The Early Career Member Committee serves three functions:

1.) Develop programming for early career members at the annual meetings

2.) Serve as the selection committee for the Early Career Professional Award

3.) Obtain input and develop recommendations on ways to better serve early career scientists beyond the activities at the annual meetings (including monthly articles in CSA News).

 

Early Career Member Activities at the 2010 Annual Meetings in Long Beach, CA

Visit our Annual Meetings webpage for complete details.

 

Early Career Professional Award Winners (award started in 2006)

          2009 - Todd Campbell, USDA-ARS Coastal Plains Soil, Water, and Plant Research Center

          2008 - Palle Pederson, Iowa State University

          2007 - Jeff Edwards, Oklahoma State University

          2006 - Joel Pederson, University of Wisconsin - Madison

 

The members of the 2009-2010 Early Career Member Committee are:

 

Jeff Edwards – Chair
Associate Professor, Small Grains Extension
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Oklahoma State University
368 Ag Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078
(405) 744-9617
 
Rob Michitsch – Vice Chair
Assistant Professor, Soil and Waste Resources
College of Natural Resources
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
rmichits@uwsp.edu
(715) 346-4190
 
 
Joshua M. McGrath
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Environmental Science and Technology
1109 H.J. Patterson, Building #073
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
(301) 405-1351
 

Justin Quetone Moss
Assistant Professor, Turfgrass Research and Extension
Oklahoma State University
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
358 Ag Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078
(405) 744-5729
 
 
 
Nadine J. Kabengi
Assistant Research Professor
University of Kentucky
Plant and Soil Sciences Department
N212-K Ag Science Ctr North
Lexington, KY 40546
(859) 257-3214
 
 
Aaron J. Patton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor/ Turfgrass Extension Specialist
University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service
PTSC 316
1 University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701-1201
ajpatton@uark.edu
(479) 575-2612
 

Fabián G. Fernández
Assistant Professor of Soil Fertility Extension
Department of Crop Sciences
N-315 Turner Hall, MC-046
1102 South Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 333-4426