Biography
Married to Carrie Hopkins. Five sons and one daughter. Started at BYU in 2007. Faculty at Univ. of Idaho 2000-2006. Lab Director and Education Director at Servi-Tech, Inc. 1995-2000. Ph.D. from Kansas State Univ. M.S. and B.S. from BYU. A.A.S. Ricks College
Research Interests
Soil, Plant Nutrient, and Water ScienceTeaching Interests
Environmental Chemistry and Physics; Soil Science; Turfgrass ScienceEducation
- Ph.D., Soil Chemistry & Plant Nutrition / Agronomy , Kansas State University (1995)
Licenses and Certifications
- Soil Science Society of America, Certified Professional Soil Scientist (1992 - Present)
Honors and Awards
- Fellow, Soil Science Society of America (2021 - 2021)
- Skaggs BYU Fellowship Award for Excellence in Mentoring, Brigham Young University College of Life Sciences (2020 - 2021)
- Western Crop Science Society Research Presentation Award, Crop Science Society of America (2020 - 2020)
- Fellow, American Society of Agronomy (2019 - 2019)
- ASA Cross Cultural Experience Program Scholarship Mentoring, American Society of Agronomy (2016 - 2016)
- Widstoe Fellowship, Brigham Young University (2010 - 2011)
- Certificate of Industry Accomplishment for role in developement of fertilizer to replace AN (explosive used in OK City Bombing), Honeywell (2008 - 2008)
- Mentored Undergraduate Research Recognition (Travis Beckett), BYU Presidents Leadership Council (2008 - 2008)
- Highlighted Project: 2006 SARE Program, Sustainable Ag Research & Education: USDA (2006 - 2006)
- Model Proposal and Final Report, USDA Western Risk Management Education Program (2006 - 2006)
- 1st Place Graduate Student Poster Presentation (Tom Bowen), Western Society of Soil Science (2004 - 2004)
- Outstanding Educator (Awarded to instructor receiving highest ranking from continuing education participants), Servi-Tech, Inc. (2000 - 2000)
- J. Fielding Reed Potash and Phosphate Institute Fellowship, International Potash and Phosphate Institute (1994 - 1994)
Memberships
- Golf Course Superintendents of Association of America (GCSAA) (2021 - Present)
- Western Education/Extension and Research Activities - Western Regional Turfgrass Working Group (WERA-011; USDA-CSREES) (2018 - Present)
- Turfgrass Producers International (2017 - Present)
- Intermountain Sports Turf Managers Association (2008 - Present)
- National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP-formerly PLANET - Plant and Landscape Network (2007 - Present)
- Sports Turf Managers Association (2007 - Present)
- Idaho Academy of Science (2001 - Present)
- Western Education/Extension and Research Activities - Western Regional Nutrient Management Working Group (WERA-103; USDA-CSREES) (2000 - Present)
- Crop Science Society of America (1999 - Present)
- American Society of Agronomy (1989 - Present)
- Soil Science Society of America (1989 - Present)
- Potato Association of America (2000 - 2014)
Professional Citizenship
- Committee/Council Member, Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) (2021 - Present)
- Officer, Soil Science Society of America--North American Proficiency Testing (2019 - Present)
- Committee/Council Member, Sports Turf Managers Association: BMP Task Force Committee (2019 - Present)
- Officer (specify in Other), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (2017 - Present)
- Committee/Council Member, Sports Turf Manager's Association Conference Education Committee (2013 - Present)
- Committee/Council Member, Western Regional Turfgrass Research Working Group WERA011; USDA-CSREES) (2008 - Present)
- Committee/Council Member, Western Education/Extension and Research Activities Committee (WERA-103; USDA-CSREES) (2000 - Present)
- Publications-outreach, Sports Turf Managers Association (2019 - 2022)
- Editor, Associate Editor, Agronomy: Special Edition on Phosphorus and Micronutrient Interactions (2020 - 2021)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Agriculture Journal (2020 - 2020)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Plant and Soil Journal (2020 - 2020)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry (2020 - 2020)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Soil Science Society of America Journal (2020 - 2020)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Crop Science Journal (2020 - 2020)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Plants Journal (2020 - 2020)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Agriculture journal (2020 - 2020)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science Journal (2020 - 2020)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Soil Science Society of America Journal (2020 - 2020)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Potato Research (2020 - 2020)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Book of Mormon Ecology (2019 - 2019)
- Editor, Associate Editor, Journal of Environmental Quality (2019 - 2019)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Soil Science Journal (2019 - 2019)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Potato Research (2019 - 2019)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Catena Journal (2019 - 2019)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Soil Research Journal (2019 - 2019)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Potato Research (2019 - 2019)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, HortScience Journal (2019 - 2019)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, HortScience Journal (2019 - 2019)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of American Society for Horticultural Science (2019 - 2019)
- Guest Speaker, Brigham Young University Womens' Conference (2019 - 2019)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Soil Science Society of America Journal (2019 - 2019)
- Conference-Related Role, WERA-103 Western Nutrient Management Conference (2018 - 2019)
- Committee/Council Member, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Landscape Committee (2012 - 2019)
- Committee/Council Member, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Water Conservation Committee (2012 - 2019)
- Guest Speaker, Karl G Maeser Preparatory Academy (2018 - 2018)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science (2018 - 2018)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis (2017 - 2017)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences (2017 - 2017)
- Committee/Council Member, Provo City Agricultural Commission (2016 - 2017)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Pearson Publishing (2017 - 2017)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Animal and Plant Science (2017 - 2017)
- Committee/Council Member, North American Proficiency Testing Program: SSSA (2002 - 2016)
- Committee/Council Member, North American Proficiency Testing Program (NAPT) (2011 - 2013)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Potato Research (2013 - 2013)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Potato Research (2013 - 2013)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Potato Research (2013 - 2013)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Potato Research (2013 - 2013)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Potato Research (2013 - 2013)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (2010 - 2012)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Plant and Soil Journal (2010 - 2012)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Plant Biology (2010 - 2012)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science (2010 - 2012)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (2010 - 2012)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Journal of Potato Research (2010 - 2012)
- Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Environmental Quality (2010 - 2012)
- Committee/Council Chair, Official Methods of Analysis S-889: Soil Science Society of America (2002 - 2012)
- Conference-Related Role, Environmental Science Division of ASA (2010 - 2011)
- Officer, Production Section/Potato Association of America (2008 - 2010)