David Mulla, Professor W.E. Larson Chair for Soil & Water Resources, Interim Director Precision Ag Center, Fellow Institute on Environment

Ph.D., Agronomy (Soil Physics), Purdue University, 1983.

M.S., Agronomy (Soil Chemistry), Purdue University, 1981.

B.S., Earth Science (Geophysics), University of California, Riverside, 1979.

Featured Water Quality Research Project, USDA-CSREES, Washington, DC. Aug. 2005.

Visiting Distinguished Faculty Award, Univ. Kentucky, 2002.

Best Research Paper in 2001, J. Soil & Water Conservation.

Minnesota Governor's Commendation for Lake Pepin Phosphorus study, 2000.

Junior Faculty Research Award, W.S.U., College of Agriculture, 1991.

Fellow, Soil Science Society of America, 1997.

Fellow, Agronomy Society of America, 1999.

Finalist for Emil Truog Research Award, 1984.

Sigma Xi Student Research Award. April, 1982.

Scarseth Research Award. September, 1981.

Alumni Award of the University of California, June, 1979.

Myron Wilson Scholarship in Agriculture, November 1978.

Dana King Undergraduate Research Scholarship, May, 1978.

Regents Scholarship of the University of California, September, 1974.

Member of Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Gamma Sigma Delta.

Member, Institute on the Environment Task Force, Univ. Minnesota. Summer, 2006.

Team Leader, Comprehensive Review, Dept. Soil Science, North Carolina State Univ. April, 2004.
Team Leader, USDA-ARS Water Management Unit Review, Ft. Collins, CO. March, 2005.

Member, Scientific Advisory Panel for Lake Pepin TMDL Process, St. Paul, MN. (2005-present)

Organized 7th and 8th International Conferences on Precision Agriculture (450 and 350 attendees from 33 countries), Minneapolis, MN (2004, 2006).

Member, Executive Committee Water Resource Science Program (2002-present).

Team Leader Environ. Quality Board GEIS Animal Agriculture Water Quality Impacts (1999-2001)

Board of Directors Div. S-1 Rep. SSSA (1997-1998);
SSSA Fellows Committee Member (1999-2001).

Associate Editor Precision Agriculture (1998-present).

Member, Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Task Force for White House Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, (1998);
Member, Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force Modeling Workgroup (1999-2002).

Associate Editor (1992-96) Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Journal, Division S-1 (Soil Physics);
Program Chair (1996) Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Journal, Division S-1 (Soil Physics);
Technical Editor (1997-1999) Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Journal, Division S-1.

Panel Manager 1994: USDA-CSRS-NRI Program Competitive Grants in Water Resource Assessment/Protection.

1995-present, Professor and W.E. Larson Chair for Soil and Water Resources; Dept. Soil, Water and Climate; University of Minnesota

1983-1995, Asst., Assoc. and Full Professor in Soil Physics; Dept. Crop and Soil Sciences; Washington State University

1980-1983, NSF Pre-doctoral Fellow; Dept. Agronomy; Purdue University