Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth CAAST,Rahuri

David J. Brown

BS, MS, PhD

Profile Details

Department of Crop and Soil Sciences			(509) 335-1859
Washington State University			Fax: (509) 335-8675
201 Johnson Hall, P.O. Box 646420			dave.brown@wsu.edu
Pullman, WA 99164-6420
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2010	–	Associate Professor of Soil Science
		Dept. of Crop & Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2007	– 2010	Assistant Professor of Soil Science
		Dept. of Crop & Soil Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2002	– 2006	Assistant Professor of Landscape Pedology
		Dept. Land Resources & Environ. Sci., Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT
2001	– 2002	Graduate Research Assistant
		Dept. of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

2001 (summer) Lecturer, Field Experience in Soil Inventory Methods

College of Natural Res., University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI

2000 (fall) Lecturer, Pedology

Dept. of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 1999 – 2000 Fulbright Scholar, Uganda

1996 – 1999 NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Penn State and UW-Madison

1995 – 1996 Penn State Graduate School Fellow

1992 – 1995 Energy Conservation Technical Specialist, Utilities Dept., Palo Alto, CA

1988 – 1991 High School Science Teacher, U.S. Peace Corps, Fiji

EDUCATION
2002	Soil Science	Ph.D.	University of Wisconsin–Madison
2002	Biometry	M.S.	University of Wisconsin–Madison
1997	Geography	M.S.	The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
1988	Electrical Eng.	B.S.	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1988	Rhetoric	B.A.	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

ACADEMIC AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS

Soil Science Society of America Journal Outstanding Reviewer Award (2004)

NSF International Research Fellowship, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Nairobi (2003)

Fulbright Student Award, Uganda (1999-2000)

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (1996-1999)

Graduate School Fellowship, The Pennsylvania State University (1995-1996)

Champ Tanner Scholarship, UW-Madison, Soil Science (2001)

William T. Dibble Scholarship, UW-Madison, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (1999)

RESEARCH

Research Interests

Soil Geography. My research is focused on measuring, modeling and explaining the spatial variability of soil properties and processes at hillslope to regional scales. Currently that research is focused on short- and long-term greenhouse gas flux dynamics (CO2, CH4 and N2O) for agricultural landscapes. In pursuing this research, I make extensive use of digital terrain modeling, optical remote sensing, spatial statistics, and proximal soil sensing techniques.

Grants and Contracts (^ALead investigator, ^BPortion of funding within larger grant, ^Cshared)

Years			Funds ($) Description
2012-2014			80,000^C			Field Phenomics Platform Development. WSU-ARC, Emerging
						Research Issues for Washington Agriculture, Internal Competitive
						Grant Program. (PI: M. Pumphrey. Co-PIs: A. Carter, K. Garland-
						Campbell, S. Hulbert, R. Knowles, C. Steber, Q. Zhang)
2011-2016		4,640,000^A				Site-specific climate friendly farming. USDA-NIFA-AFRI climate
						change program. (co-PIs: E. Brooks, J.U.H. Eitel, D.R. Huggins, K.
						Painter, K. Reardon, J.L. Smith, C.O. Stöckle, L. Vierling). USDA-
						NIFA Award No. 2011-67003-30341.
2010-2013			150,000^A			Soil Organic Carbon measurement and modeling in the vicinity of
						Mount Rainier National Park. USDA-NRCS.
2011-2013			458,174^B			Big Sky Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership, Phase III. Lee
						Spangler, PI (DOE-NETL $67 million, DE-FC26-05NT42587).
2008-2010			87,924^A			Mapping soil-water dynamics on the Palouse with proximal soil
						sensing. WSU-ARC, Emerging Research Issues for Washington
						Agriculture, Internal Competitive Grant Program. (Co-PI’s: David
						Huggins, Colin Campbell, and Doug Cobos)
2006-2011			176,108^A			Modeling and measuring the spatio-temporal variability of methane
						emissions from tropical dambo wetlands. NSF Geog. & Reg. Sci.
						Grant No. 0620142. (Collaborator Philip Dennison, Univ. of Utah
						received $84,892 on NSF Geog. & Reg. Sci. Grant No. 0620206.)
2005-2009			284,000^B			Big Sky Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership, Phase II. Susan
						Capalbo, PI. (DOE DE-FC26-05NT42587, $14.3 million).
						*Terrestrial group leader, group budget $2.2 million
2005-2007			50,000^A			Soil-Landscape Modeling to Estimate the Potential Impact of Coal-
						Bed Methane (CBM) Development, Ashland District, Custer National
						Forest. (USDA-Forest Service cooperative agreement)
2004-2005			25,000^A			Landscape analysis for soil and ecological mapping in the Custer
						National Forest. (USDA-Forest Service cooperative agreement)
2003-2005			42,706^B			The Northern Rockies and Great Plains Regional Carbon Sequestration
						Partnership. Susan Capalbo, PI (DOE Award No. DE-FC26-
						03NT41995, $2.0 million).
2003-2006				75,000^A	Soil carbon monitoring in the laboratory and field with quantitative
					diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. (USDA-CSREES-NRI Award No.
					2003-35107-13774)
2003				22,874^A	Spectral and Geographic Analysis of Soil Carbon in East Africa.
Research Publications					(NSF- Intl Res Fellows Program, Award No. 0202582)
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Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles							(^*senior author or principal investigator)
	Citations (10/23/15):				813 total, h-index = 13