Oklahoma State University
Plant and Soil Sciences Department
Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

Micah Todd Humphreys

047 N. Ag Hall
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078
(405) 744-7904
e-mail:  humphrm@okstate.edu

Birthplace and Date:  Tulsa, OK, September, 1977
Marital Status: Married to Emily Christine Ball, January 6, 2001

EDUCATION

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

May 2001 - Present: Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Agronomy, Oklahoma State University. Responsibilities: Reasearch plot work including planting; cultivation; harvesting; applying fertilizer conventionally and using precision variable rate technology; sensor-based collection of data; soil and plant sample processing and analysis; data management; equipment maintenance; plot plan design.

August 2001: OSU Precision Sensing Team sent to CIMMYT for calibration and side-by-side testing of OSU-developed wheat sensor for variable rate fertilizer application.

May-August 2000: Cotton Crop Consultant, Joyner Crop Consulting, Inc., Gibson, Tennessee. Responsibilities: Surveying cotton fields for diseases, pests, and growth stage; recommending applications of pesticides and growth regulators.

May-August 1999: Corn Crop Consultant, Seaman Crop Consulting, Inc., Hugoton, Kansas. Responsibilities: Surveying irrigated corn fields for disease, pests, soil moisture, and growth stage; recommending pesticide applications and irrigation scheduling.

February-May 1998: Student Agricultural Assistant, Government of Malta Agricultural farm, Marsa, Malta. Responsibilities: General care of several greenhouses; cultivation; sowing greenhouse plants; harvesting of flowers and vegetables; irrigation timing.

August-December 1997: Soil Lab Assistant, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK. Responsibilities: Set-up and take-down of items needed for soil science lab sections; organization of lab equipment; lab maintenance; grading lab assignments and tests.

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

Veris 3100 soil EC measurement and mapping system; Software experience with Microsoft Word, Frontpage, Powerpoint, Excel, Publisher; SAS; Adobe Pagemaker; SSToolbox precision GIS farming program; Surfer surface mapping.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

University of Malta, Msida, Malta.  Several agronomic classes taken; Student agricultural assistant on Government of Malta farm; Exposure to foreign agricultural economic situation.

CIMMYT, El Batan, Mexico.  Deliver hand-held reflectance sensor; Conduct experiments to ensure precision, accuracy, and correlation with older sensors.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructed introductory soil science lab spring and fall of 2002.

AWARDS

1998 Brian Vanleeuwen Memorial Scholarship
KEY Club Scholarship

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Humphreys, M.T., K.W. Freeman, R.W. Mullen, D.A. Keahey, and W.R.Raun. 2002. Improving fertilizer nitrogen use efficiency using alternative legume interseeding in continuous corn. J. Plant. Nutr. (in press).

Davis, R.L., J.J. Patton, R.K. Teal, Y. Tang, M.T. Humphreys, J. Mosali, K. Girma, J.W. Lawles, S.M. Moges, A. Malapati, J.Si, H. Zhang, S. Deng, G.V. Johnson, R.W. Mullen, and W.R. Raun. 2002. Nitrogen balance in the Magruder Plots following 109 years in continuous winter wheat.  J. Plant Nutr. (in press).

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

Soil Science Society of America

The Society for Ancient Agricultural Knowledge
 

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