Arthur L. Allen, Ph.D. | Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences

Professor
Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences
Email: alallen@umes.edu
Phone: 410-651-2876

Education:

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana
M.S., Oklahoma State University
B.S., University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Research:

Natural resources and urban management: a joint degree option
Effect of best management practices on nutrient pathways in the Manokin River basin
Establishment of a Living Marine Resource Science Cooperative Center
Enhancement of the master’s degree program in fisheries
Fate of 2, 4, and 2, 6 Dinitrotoluene in soil and water ecosystems
Managing nutrient and sediment transport in ditch-drained ago-ecosystems
Development of a production, propagation and planting business for submerged aquatic vegetation seedlings
Geospatial information technology infrastructure enhancement
Geospatial information technology use in water quality management: internships for minority and other audiences
The direct incorporation of poultry litter into no-till soil to minimize nutrient runoff to the Chesapeake Bay
Controlling odor and nutrient losses to surface runoff, groundwater and air with new and conventional manure injection technologies on no-till soils
UMES reference collection of fish diversity
Removal of nutrients and other pollutants from agricultural drainage ditch water
Development of a subsurface application technology for dry poultry litter to water quality
Gypsum curtains: reducing soluble phosphorus losses from phosphorus-saturated soils on poultry operations
Watershed level examination of urea use as fertilizer and the production of the biotoxin domoic acid
Establishing an 1890 land-grant universities regional water center
Food safety risks for leafy greens and tomatoes from small farm environments exposed to manure dust, soil amendments, insects, and creek water
Reducing ammonia emissions and runoff from broiler litter
Establishing a GIS/GPS technology training center for minority and other student audiences – Phase II
2009 national water quality initiative program facilitation grant
An assessment of drinking water quality among underserved families in selected counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Delaware
2009 USDA-ARS nutrient management water quality grant
Water analysis and sample processing collaboration grant
Investigating the fate of phosphorus and nitrogen in coastal plain agro-ecosystems to minimize losses to drainage ditches
Summer internship academy for high school and undergraduates scholars: focus geospatial information technology use in water quality management
Selected trace elements levels in drainage ditches and field soils due to long term poultry litter and chemical applications
An assessment of drinking water quality among underserved families in selected counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Delaware
Establishment of a GIS training facility at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Development of a subsurface application technology for dry poultry litter technology
Dry poultry litter incorporation into no-till soils to minimize trace element and nutrient movement to the Chesapeake Bay
Joint water quality laboratory development
Determination of an optimal food formulation for Yellow Perch aquaculture
Establishment of a GIS training facility at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Research Technologies Designed to Reduce Water Pollution on Delmarva

Ditch Curtain Project – This research effort is in conjunction with collaborators at USM, USDA-ARS and Constellation Energy, Inc., and is being conducted at the UMES Agricultural Experiment Station, and on stakeholder farms. Flue gas desulfurization (FGD) gypsum, a byproduct of coal-fired power generation, is being used to precipitate soluble phosphorus (P) and thereby reduce P concentrations in groundwater before it enters drainage ditches. Research shows P contents in near surface groundwater was reduced by 50% to 75% using a new technology called “gypsum Curtains”. This research work is needed to help reduce TDML of nutrients to the waters of the Coastal Bays and other water bodies. Additionally, this technology will assist farmers in meeting state-imposed nutrient management plan regulations.
Subsurfer Project – Partners: USDA-ARS soil scientist Daniel Pote at the Dale Bumpers Small Farm Research Center in Booneville, Arkansas, USDA-ARS Soil Scientist Thomas Way at Auburn University, and USDA-ARS University Park’s Peter Kleinman and Ray Bryant. This technology (see right) places dry poultry litter 3-4 inches beneath the soil surface. Results indicate that this technique reduces P, N and arsenic movement to surface waters by, as much as, 80%, gases (e.g., ammonia and other) gases released to the air are reduced by 40%, and corn yields are increased by 20% to 30% depending on soil type and location.

Major Grants:

Select Teaching Grants

Natural Resources and Urban Management: A joint degree option. USDA Capacity Building Grant. 1997. Principal investigator. $192,000
Irrigation Studies with Soybeans in Southeast Arkansas (SEA/CR-USDA). 1984. Principal investigator. $156,000
Localization and Quantization of Foliar Applied Nutrients in Various Soybean Cultivars (SEA/CR). 1978. Principal investigator. $160,000
Internships for College Students in Agriculture, History and Political Science, University Year for Action Grant funded by NSF Action Program. Co-developer. $340,000
Persistence Towards’ Excellence, USDA Capacity Building Grant. Principal investigator. 1992. $375,000
Establishment of a GIS training facility at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore-Phase-I. Principal investigator. 2002. Title III. $181,000
Establishing a (GIS/GPS) Technology Training Center for Minority and other Student Audiences-Phase II, USDA Capacity Grant, 2003. Principal investigator. $198, 567
UMES Reference Collection of Fish Diversity, USDA Capacity Building Grant, 2006, Co-Investigator. $167,896
Geospatial Information Technology Use in Water Quality Management: Internships for Minority and other Audiences. 2006. USDA Capacity Building Grant. $199,960
Establishment of a Living Marine Resource Science Cooperative Center. NOAA. Co-developer. $5 million
Geospatial Information Technology Use in Water Quality Management: Internships for Minority and Other Audiences. 2006. Principal Investigator. USDA Capacity Building Grant. $165,587
Science and Technology-Based Literacy Training among Youth and Communities on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. 2012. Principal investigator. USDA Capacity Building Grant. $349,990
Geospatial Information Technology Infrastructure Enhancement. USDA Capacity Building Grant. Principal investigator. 2004, $195,078
Natural Resources and Urban Management: A joint degree option. USDA Capacity Building Grant. 1997. Principal investigator. $192,000
USDA Capacity Building Grant. Principal investigator. $299, 651; Science and Technology-Based literacy Training among Youth and Communities on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. USDA Capacity Grant. 2012. Principal investigator. $349,567
Geospatial Information Technology Infrastructure Enhancement, USDA Capacity Building Grant. 2004. Principal investigator. $195,078

Research Grants

Effect of Best Management Practices on Nutrient Pathways in the Manokin River Basin. 2001. USDA Capacity Building Grant. Principal Investigator. $369,567
Establishing a Water Quality Research Laboratory at UMES. Title III. Co-developer. $500,000
Establishment of a Living Marine Resource Science Cooperative Center. NOAA. Co-developer. $5 million
Managing Nutrient and Sediment Transport in Ditch-Drained Agro-ecosystems. 2003. National Water Quality Initiative Program/IFAFS, USDA. Principal investigator. 2003. $498,960
Development of a Production, Propagation and Planting Business for Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Seedlings. 2003. Principal investigator. N0AA. $299,995
Development of a Subsurface Application Technology for Dry Poultry Litter to Water Quality. 2010. USDA Capacity Building Grant. Investigator. $599,880
Gypsum Curtains: Reducing soluble phosphorus losses from phosphorus-saturated soils on poultry operations. Principal Investigator. 2010. USDA-NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant (includes a $1-million dollar match from Constellation Energy, Inc., Baltimore, MD, (First $Million dollar NRCS Innovative grant awarded to an 1890 Institution). $1,999,987
Watershed level examination of urea use as fertilizer and the production of the biotoxin domoic acid. 2010. USDA Capacity Building Grant. Co-investigator. $499,968
1890 Land Grant Universities Regional Water Center,2010, USDA Capacity Building Grant. Co-investigator. $566,566
Food Safety Risks for Leafy Greens and Tomatoes from Small Farm Environments Exposed to Manure Dust, Soil Amendments, Insects, and Creek Water. 2010. USDA Capacity Building Grants program. Co-investigator. $499,000
UMES-USDA-ARS (MOU-CA).1999-2012. Principal Investigator. $300,890
Peter Klienman, Josh McGrath, Doug Beegle, Ray Bryant, and Arthur L. Allen. USDA Conservation Innovation Grant. 2012. Refining and Harmonizing Phosphorus Indices in the Chesapeake Bay Region to Improve Critical Source Area Identification, and Address Nutrient Management Priorities, Co-Investigator. $941,499
Irrigation Studies with Soybeans in Southeast Arkansas (SEA/CR-USDA) – (co-developer). 1984. $156,000
Title XII Program Support Grant, USAID. 1984. $274,000
Localization and Quantization of Foliar Applied Nutrients in Various Soybean Cultivars (SEA/CR). 1978. $160,000
Natural Resources and Urban Management: A joint degree option (USDA Capacity Building Grant) $192,000 – 1997 – Principal investigator
Effect of Best Management Practices on Nutrient Pathways in the Manokin River Basin (USDA Capacity Building Grant) – $299, 651 – 1998 – Principal investigator. 2001
Enhancement of the Masters’ Degree Program in Fisheries (USDA Capacity Building Grant) – $165,587-1998 – Co-principal Investigator. 2002
Establishment of a GIS training facility at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Title III Program- – Principal investigator. 2002. $181,000
Establishment of a GIS training facility at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Title III Program- Phase II– $91,000 – Principal investigator
Fate of 2, 4, 2, 6 Dinitrotoluene in soil and Water ecosystems. Arthur L. Allen and Fawzy Hashem. November, 2003. U.S. Army – $19,000
Managing Nutrient and Sediment Transport in Ditch-Drained Agro-ecosystems. Brian Needleman, Arthur Allen and Peter Kleinman. National Water Quality Initiative Program/IFAFS. USDA April, 2003. $598,960 – September 2003
Establishing a (GIS/GPS) Technology Training Center for Minority and Other Student Audiences-Phase II. USDA Capacity Grants Program, Arthur L. Allen, (PI) Eric May and Fawzy Hashem. 2003. $198,567
Development of a Production, Propagation and Planting Business for Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Seedlings. A.L. Allen, Eric May & Anthony Mazzaccaro. N0AA, 2003. $299,995
Assessing the Drinking Water Quality of Underserved Farms and Families in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Arthur L. Allen & Henry Brooks, USDA-NRI. USDA-NRI- Part II, $89,000. 2002-2004
Geo-spatial Information Technology Infrastructure Enhancement. USDA Capacity Building Grants Program. 2004- 2006 – $195,078
Geospatial Information Technology Use in Water Quality Management: Internships for Minority and Other Audiences. September, 2006. Arthur L. Allen, Eric May, Fawzy Hashem and Tracie Earl.. 2006. USDA Capacity Building Grants. $199, 960
Summer Internship Academy for High School and Undergraduates Scholars: Focus Geospatial Information Technology Use in Water Quality Management. Arthur L. Allen, Fawzy Hashem, Tracie Earl, and Robert Johnson, Jr. February 2007. NSF ACTION Program. $17,000
Selected Trace Elements Levels in Drainage Ditches and Field Soils due to Long term Poultry Litter and Chemical Applications. Arthur L. Allen, Fawzy Hashem, and Tracie Earl November, 2006. NSF ACTION Program. Principal Investigator. $10,500
Selected Trace Elements Levels in Soil Profiles and Adjacent Drainage Ditches after Long Term Poultry Litter and Chemical Applications. Arthur L. Allen. CSREES-USDA National Facilitation Project for Water Resources. NWQI–Section 406. Mini-Grant-$8,500. 2007-2008
Determination of an Optimal Food Formulation for Yellow Perch Aquaculture. Eric May, and Arthur L. Allen. NSF ACTION Program. 2007 – 2008. $10,500
The Direct Incorporation of Poultry Litter Into No Till Soil to Minimize Nutrient Run-off to the Chesapeake Bay. Peter Kleinman, Arthur L. Allen, and Thomas Way. February, 2006 To January, 2008. CICEET. $22, 000 To UMES
Controlling odor and nutrient losses to surface runoff, groundwater and air with new and conventional manure injection technologies on no-till soils. 2005-2008. Peter Kleinman, Arthur L. Allen, Curtis Dell, John Schmidt, Andrew Sharpley, Alan Rotz and Ray Bryant. CIG-USDA. $196,291
UMES Reference Collection of Fish Diversity. Joseph Love, Arthur L. Allen, and Eric May. USDA Capacity Building Grants Program. January 2006. $167, 896
An assessment of Drinking Water Quality Among Under-Served Families in Selected Counties on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Delaware. Arthur L. Allen, `Corrie Cotton, and Henry Brooks. USDA National Water Quality Initiative Program. $25,000. 2007-2008. USDA-NWQI Section 406
Dry Poultry Litter Incorporation into No-Till Soils to Minimize Trace Element and Nutrient movement to the Chesapeake Bay. Arthur L. Allen, Peter Kleinman, Fawzy Hashem and Leonard Kibet. USDA Evans Allen. CSREES. 2007. $12,500
Water analysis and sample processing collaboration grant. USDA/ARS. University Park, PA., Penn State University, September, 2007. $10,000
Removal of nutrients and other pollutants from agricultural drainage ditch water. Joshua M. McGrath, Frank Coale, Thomas Simpson, Brian Needelman, Arthur L. Allen, Ray Bryant, Gary Feyereisen, and Chad Penn. USDA Conservation Innovation grant. 2008. $30,000
Water analysis and sample processing collaboration grant. USDA/ARS. University Park, PA., Penn State University, September, 2008. $12,000
PSU Water Center Grant, 2013. The Environmental Protection Agency. $144,000. Arthur L. Allen
VSU Urea Wetlands Grants. Arthur L. Allen, Fawzy Hashem and Eric May. & 25,000
VT-UMES Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Innovation Grant. 2013. 383,809
Natural Resources Soil Conservation Innovation Grant (SAM). 2013. 60,000
Science and Technology Based Literacy Training Among Youth and Communities on Maryland`s Eastern Shore. USDA Capacity Building Grant Program. 2011. Principal Investigator. 349,879

Awards and Honors:

1890 Association of Research Director’s & Association of Extension Administrators Outstanding Program Integrated Award, New Orleans, LA, 2007
USDA National Research Initiative Program’s Project of Excellence Award. Title of work: Microbial Studies of soils Amended with Different Manures, 2010
Journal of Soil & Water Conservation’s Best Research Paper Award for Impact and Quality. Title: “Dynamics of Phosphorus Transfers from Heavily-Manured Coastal Plain Soils to Drainage”, one of the journals’ most read and cited articles to date. Partners were ARS-USDA scientists at Penn State University and others, 2011. 2011 Mid-Atlantic Regional Educational Institution and Federal Laboratory Partnership Award. This was a new award, and we were the first group to be recognized. The award was open to all federal laboratories that conduct research, including NOAA, NASA, USGS, etc.
University of Maryland System Board of Reagent’s Award for Outstanding Faculty Service in Research, 2011.This is the highest award given to faculty among all campuses within The University System of Maryland.
Outstanding Research Award-UMES Graduate College, spring 2011.
Joseph Okoh Distinguished Service Award-2013-UMES graduate College
UMES Graduate School Outstanding Researcher Award-2012

Publications:

Refereed

Robert E. Vaughan, Brian A. Needelman, Peter J. A. Kleinman, and Arthur L. Allen. 2007. Spatial Variation of Soil Phosphorus within a Drainage Ditch Network. Journal of Environmental Quality 36: 1096-1104.
Needelman, B., P. J. A. Kleinman, J. S. Strock, and A. L. Allen. 2007. Improved Management of Agricultural Drainage Ditches for Water Quality Protection. (An Overview). Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 62 (4): 171-178.
Kleinman, P., A. L. Allen, B. Needelman, A. Sharpley, P. Vadas, L. Saporito, G. Folmar, and R. Bryant. 2007. Dynamics of Phosphorus Transfers from Heavily- Manured Coastal Plain Soils to Drainage Ditches. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 62 (4): 225-235.
Schmidt, J., C. J. Dell, P. A. Vadas, and A. L. Allen. 2007. Nitrogen Export from Coastal Plain Field Ditches. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 62 (4): 235-244.
P. A. Vadas, M. S. Srinivasan, P. J. A. Kleinman, J. P. Schmidt, and A. L. Allen. 2007. Hydrology and groundwater nutrient concentrations in a ditch-drained agro-ecosystem. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 62 (4):178-188
Chad J. Penn, Ray B. Bryant, Peter J. A. Kleinman, and Arthur L. Allen. 2007. Removing dissolved phosphorus from drainage ditch water with phosphorus sorbing materials Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 62 (4):269-276.
John P. Schmidt, Curtis J. Dell, Peter A. Vadas, and Arthur L. Allen. 2007. Nitrogen export from Coastal Plain field ditches. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 62 (4):235-243.
Atalay A., S. Pao1, M. James, B. Whitehead and A. Allen. Drinking water assessment at underserved farms in Virginia’s coastal plain. 2008. Journal of Environmental Monitoring & Restoration 4:54-65, JEMREST 4:54-65, 2008. 54.
Shigaki, F., P.J.A. Kleinman, J.P. Schmidt, A. N. Sharpley and A. L. Allen. 2008. Impact of dredging on phosphorus transport in agricultural drainage ditches of the Atlantic Coastal Plain. J. Amer. Water Res. Assoc.
Sharpley, Andrew N., Peter J.A. Kleinman, Philip Jordan, Lars Bergström, and Arthur L. Allen. 2009. Evaluating the Success of Phosphorus Management from Field to Watershed. 2009. J. Environ. Qual. 38:1981–1988.
Shigaki, Francirose John P. Schmidt and Peter J. A. Kleinman, Andrew N. Sharpley, and Arthur L. Allen. Nitrogen Fate in Drainage Ditches of the Coastal Plain after Dredging. 2009. J. Environ. Qual. 38:2449–2457.
Kibet, Leonard C., Arthur L. Allen, Peter J.A. Kleinman, Gary W. Feyereisen, Clinton Church, Lou S. Saporito, and Thomas R. Way. 2010. Phosphorus runoff losses from subsurface-applied poultry litter on Coastal Plain soils. Journal of Environmental Quality. 40: 412-420.
Feyereisen, Gary W. Peter J. Kleinman, Gordon J. Folmar, Lou S. Saporito, Clinton D Church, Thomas R. Way, and Arthur L. Allen. Effect of direct incorporation of poultry litter on phosphorus leaching from Coastal Plain soils. Journal Soil and Water Quality. July/August 2010-Vol. 65:243-251.
Church Clinton D., Peter J. A. Kleinman, Ray B. Bryant, Lou S. Saporito and Arthur L. Allen. 2010. Occurrence of arsenic and phosphorus in ditch flow from litter-amended soils and barn areas. Journal of Environmental Quality.39: 2080-2088.
Bryant, Ray, Arthur L. Allen, Peter Kleinman, Eric May, Clinton Church, and Tony Buda. “There’s More Than one way to save the Bay”. In USDA’s. Agricultural Research Magazine. August Issue, 2010. Pp 4-8.
Bryant, Ray, Allen, Arthur L. and Peter Kleinman. Helping save the Chesapeake Bay. U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service Periodical. Vol. 58. No.7 ISSN0002-161X. August, 2010.
Pote, Daniel H., Thomas R. Way, Peter J. A. Kleinman, Philip A. Moore, John J. Meisinger, Karamat R. Sistani, Louis S. Saporito, Arthur L. Allen, and Gary W. Feyereisen. 2011. Subsurface Application of Poultry Litter in Pasture and No-Till Soils. Journal of Environmental Quality 40: 2: 402-411
Johnson, Keisha N., Arthur L. Allen, Peter J. A. Kleinman, Fawzy M. Hashem, Andrew N. Sharpley and William L. Stout. (Deceased). 2011. Use of coal combustion by-products to minimize phosphorus in runoff from a coastal plain soil. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 42:7,778-779.
Peter J. A. Kleinman, Andrew N. Sharpley, Anthony R. Buda, Richard W. McDowell, and Arthur L. Allen. 2011. Soil controls of phosphorus in runoff: Management barriers and opportunities. Canadian Journal of Soil Science. 91: 1-10.
Allen, A. L., R. Bryant, et al. 2006. ARS’s Quest to Improve the Chesapeake Bay. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research. Magazine. November/December. 54 (11-12):14-15.
Bryant, Ray, Allen, Arthur L. Peter Kleinman, Eric May, Clinton Church, and Tony Buda. “There’s More Than one way to save the Bay”. In USDA’s. Agricultural Research Magazine. August Issue, 2010. Pp 4-8.
Allen, A. L., R. Bryant, et al. 2006. ARS’s Quest to Improve the Chesapeake Bay. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research. Magazine. November/December. 54 (11-12):14-15.
Peter J. A. Kleinman, Andrew N. Sharpley, Anthony R. Buda, Richard W. McDowell, and Arthur L. Allen. 2011. Soil controls of phosphorus in runoff: Management barriers and opportunities. Canadian Journal of Soil Science. 91: 1-10.
Ray B. Bryant, Anthony R. Buda, Peter J.A. Kleinman, Clinton D. Church, Louis S. Saporito, Gordon J. Folmar, Salil Bose, and Arthur L. Allen. Using Flue Gas Desulfurization Gypsum to Remove Dissolved Phosphorus from Agricultural Drainage Waters 2012. J Environ Qual.; 40 (2):412-20 21520748.
Church, C., Kleinman, P.J.A., Bryant, R.B., Saporito, L.S., Allen, A.L. 2010. Occurrence of arsenic and phosphorus in ditch flow from litter-amended soils and barn areas. Journal of Environmental Quality. Available: https://www.soils.org/files/publications/jeq/abstracts/39-6/q09-0210-abstract.pdf.
Javaid, I., J. M. Joshi, R. B. Dadson, F. M. Hashem, and A. L. Allen. 2005. The potential of Bt Corn as a Trap Crop for the Control of Corn Earworm, Helicoverpa zea Boddie, in soybean. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture. 26 (1): 115-121.
Javaid, I., J. M. Joshi, R. B. Dadson, F. M. Hashem, and A. L. Allen. 2005. Antibiosis to Corn Earworm Helicoverpa zea Boddie by Cowpea Genotypes. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture. 26 (3):125-132.
32. Smith, B.D., F.M. Hashem, P. Millner, A.L. Allen, P. Kleinman, R. Bryant, L.E. Marsh, and C.P. Cotton. 2012. Microbial transport in runoff from soils amended with different manures. (Accepted for publication in J. Environ. Qual.).
Dadson, R., F. M. Hashem, I. Javaid, J. M. Joshi, A. L. Allen, and T. Devine. 2004. Effect of Water Stress on the Yield of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp.) Genotypes in the Delmarva Region of the United States. J. Agronomy Crop Science. 191:210-217.
Dadson, R., F. M. Hashem, I. Javaid, J. M. Joshi, and A. L. Allen. 2005. Effect of Insecticide Spray Applications, Sowing Dates and Cultivar Resistance on Insect Pest. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture. 26 (3): 57-68.
Vaughan, R.E., B.A. Needelman, P.J.A. Kleinman, and A.L. Allen. 2007. Vertical distribution of phosphorus in agricultural drainage ditch soils. J Environ Qual 36: 18951903.
Allen, A.L., F. J. Stevenson, and T. Kurtz. Chemical Distribution of Residual Soil Fertilizer Derived Nitrogen. 1973. Journal of Environ. Quality, 2 (2):120-124.
Price, M., and A. L. Allen. Characterization of Rice (Oryza Sativa L.). 1989. Roots versus Root Pulling Resistance as Selection Indices for Drought Tolerance. Proceedings, Arkansas Academy of Science. 43, pp. 63-65.
Leonard C. Kibet, Lou Saporito, Arthur L. Allen, Eric B. May, Peter J. Kleinman, Anthony Buda, Fawzy M. Hashem, and Ray B. Bryant. A Protocol for Conducting Rainfall Simulation Runoff Experiments. Journal of visualized experiments (Jove). (In press). Part-I Narrative.
Leonard C. Kibet, Lou Saporito, Arthur L. Allen, Eric B. May, Peter J. Kleinman, Anthony Buda, Fawzy M. Hashem, and Ray B. Bryant. A Protocol for Conducting Rainfall Simulation Runoff Experiments. Journal of visualized experiments (Jove). (In press). Part-II Video.
L.C. Kibet, A.L. Allen, C. Church, P.J.A. Kleinman, G.W. Feyereisen, L.S. Saporito, F. Hashem, E.B. May, and T.R. Way. 2013. Transport of dissolved trace elements in surface runoff and leachate from a Coastal Plain soil after poultry litter application, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 68(3):212-220.

Book Chapters

Dadson, R., J. M. Joshi, F. M. Hashem, A. L. Allen, C. Bolek, S. M. Muliokela, and A.Chalebesa 2005. In R. Lal, Stewart, B.A., Uphoff, N. and David O. Hansen, Eds. “Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration in Zambia”. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. pp 605 – 638.
Peter, J. Kleinman, Arthur Allen, and Brian Needelman. 2010. The role of drainage ditches in nutrient transfers from heavily-manured fields of the Delmarva Peninsula. In: Moore, M. T., Kröger R., editors. Agricultural Drainage Ditches: Mitigation Wetlands for the 21st Century. Kerala, India: Research Signpost. pp. 107-124.
Clinton D. Church, Jane E. Hill, and Arthur L. Allen. Fate and transport of arsenic from organoarsenicals fed to poultry. 2011. Environmental Chemistry of Animal Manure, Zhongqi He, editor. Nova Science Publishers. Chapter17. ISBN: 978-1-61209-222-5.
Arthur L. Allen. “The Carpenter Family: Farming Vegetables and Small Fruits Keeps Their Dream Alive,” Part II, Chapter 12, 1990 Yearbook of Agriculture, USDA.

Select Non-Refereed Publications: Posters/Oral Presentations/Abstracts

Ray Bryant, Anthony Buda, Peter Kleinman, Clint Church, Arthur Allen, Joshua McGrath, and Gary Felton. Oral Presentation. Reducing soluble phosphorus losses in drainage ditches using synthetic gypsum. 2010 USDA-ARS Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Senorpe Asem-Hiablie, Clinton D. Church, Isoken T. Aighewi, Arthur L. Allen, Paul Spock, and Eric B. May. SPE-LC/ESI/MS: A simple and reproducible method for detection and quantification of 17ß-estradiol in aqueous samples. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 2010. Oral Presentation. ASABE Annual International Meeting.
Feyereisen, G.W., P. J. A. Kleinman, G.J. Folmar, L.S. Saporito, and A. L. Allen. 2010. A phosphorus transport study: Influence of poultry litter application method on leaching. ASABE Paper No. 1009193. St. Joseph, Mich.: ASABE Oral Presentation.
Brett Smith, Fawzy Hashem, Patricia Millner, Arthur Allen, Peter Kleinman, Ray Bryant, Lurline Marsh and Corrie Cotton. Microbial Transport in Surface Runoff from Manure-Amended Soils. Poster Presentation. 2010 Annual Meeting of the SSSA, Long Beach, CA.
Daniel Pote, Thomas Way, Peter Kleinman, Philip Moore Jr., Karamat Sistani, and Arthur Allen. Effects of Subsurface Applying Poultry Litter in Pasture and No-till Systems. Oral Presentation. 2010 Annual Meeting of the SSSA, Long Beach, CA.
Ray B. Bryant, Arthur L. Allen, Anthony Buda, Peter Kleinman, Clinton Church, Joshua McGrath, Karen Grubb and Salil Bose. Using FGD Gypsum to Remove Soluble Phosphorus from Agricultural Drainage Waters. Poster Presentation. 2010 Annual Meeting of the SSSA, Long Beach, CA.
Brett Smith, Fawzy Hashem, Patricia Millner, Arthur Allen, Peter Kleinman, Ray Bryant, Lurline Marsh and Corrie Cotton. Occurrence and Quantities of Salmonella and E. coli in Runoff Water from Soil Amended with Various Manure Types. Poster Presentation. 2010 Biennial ARD Research Symposium. Atlanta, Georgia.
L. C. Kibet, A. L. Allen, F. Hashem, C. Church, P. J. Kleinman, L. S. Saporito, G. W. Feyereisen, and Tom Way. Trace Element Losses in Runoff after Subsurface Applied Poultry Litter. Poster Presentation. 2011 ARD Biennial Research Symposium. Atlanta Georgia.
Arthur L. Allen, Ray Bryant, Anthony Buda, Gary Felton, and Salil Bose. Use of Gypsum Curtains to reduce soluble phosphorus losses from P-saturated soils on poultry Operations. 2011 Poster Showcase Session. 66th Annual Conference. Washington, D.C., P-14. July17-20.
Leonard Kibet, Eric May, Arthur Allen, Sarah Gustafson, Han Kun, Ray Bryant, Anthony Buda, and Peter Kleinman. Measuring urea persistence, distribution and transport on coastal plain soil types. 2012 SSSA International Meetings. Cincinnati, Ohio.
Kun Han, Peter Kleinman, Ray Bryant, Mark S. Reiter, Joshua McGrath, Clinton Church, and Arthur Allen. Effect of Tillage on Phosphorus Leaching Through Coastal Plain Soils. SSSA International Meetings, 2012. Cincinnati, Ohio.
Kibet, L., Gustafson, S., Allen, A., Hashem, F., Kleinman, P.J., Buda, A.R., Bryant, R.B., May, E. 2011. Watershed level examination of urea fate, transport, and the production of the biotoxin domoic acid [abstract]. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting Abstracts. Paper No. 77. San Antonio, TX.
A. L. Allen, F.M. Hashem, R.B. Dadson, A. I. Mohamed, S.A. Mohmoud. Screening Faba Bean Genotypes for Drought Tolerance. Agronomy Abstracts: 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Salt Lake City Utah, page-207.
S. A. Mohmoud, A.L. Allen, M.A. Omar, M.M. AL-Handy, M.S. Said, M.M. Attia, R.B. Dadson, F.M. Hashem. Selection of Drought Tolerant Faba Bean Genotypes. Agronomy Abstracts: 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Salt Lake City Utah, P. 319.
A. L. Allen, R. Dadson, F.M. Hashem, A. Mohamed & J. Joshi. Screening Faba Bean Genotypes for Drought Tolerance in Egypt. Agronomy Abstracts. 1999 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Salt Lake City, Utah, p 98.
A. L. Allen, K. J. Johnson, & F. M. Hashem & W. L. Stout. Use of Selected Coal Combustion By-products to Minimize Soluble Phosphorus in Soils with Elevated Phosphorus Levels. 2002 Biennial Symposium, Association of Research Directors, Atlanta, Georgia.
A. L. Allen, F. M. Soliman. F. M. Hashem, K. A. Ahou-Zeid. & W.L. Stout. Alternatives to Alum for Reducing Ammonia Volatilization from Poultry Litter. 2002 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Indianapolis Indiana, p 358.
S. Barnes, A. L. Allen, R.O. Maguire. Effect of Nitrogen vs. Phosphorus Nutrient Management Plans on Subsurface Movement of Phosphorus on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. 2001 Southeast Fish and Wildlife Association National Meeting – Louisville, KY, p 203, November.
A. L. Allen, P. J. Kleinman, K. J. Johnson, and F.M. Hashem. Coal Combustion by-products: Controlling Phosphorus Movement in Runoff. 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Denver, CO. p 174.
E.M. Soliman, F.M. Hashem, A.L. Allen, R.B. Dadson and K.A. Abou-Zeid. Effect of Soil Conditioners and Soil Moisture Regimes on Nodulation and Growth of Three Legumes. 2003Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Denver, CO.
R. Dadson, F.M. Hashem, I. Javaid, J. Joshi, and A. L. Allen. Response of Diverse Cowpea Genotypes to Drought. 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Denver, CO., p 306.
R.E. Vaughan, B.A. Needleman, A. L. Allen, and P. J. A. Kleinman. Nutrient Transport in Soils of Coastal Plain Agricultural Drainage Ditches. 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Denver, CO., p -149.
F.M. Hashem, R.B. Dadson, B, M. Green, A. L. Allen, and J. Joshi. Interaction Between bradyrhizobium japonicum, Forage and Roundup Ready Soybean Cultivars. 2002 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Indianapolis Indiana, p. 248.
Johnson, K. J., A. L. Allen, and W. L. Stout. Use of Coal Combustion By-Products in Reducing Phosphorus Loss from Cropland. Abstract, 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Charlotte, N.C., P. 381.
R. O. Maguire, A. L. Allen, J. T. Sims, W. L. Stout, W. J. Gbureck and A. N. Sharpley. Effect of Nitrogen vs. Phosphorus Nutrient Management Plans on Subsurface Movement of Phosphorus. Abstract. 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Charlotte, N.C., p – 381.
Fawzy M. Hashem, Arthur L. Allen, Nadia Abou-Zeid, and Khaled Abou-Zeid. Fate of 2-4 and 2-6 Dinitrotoluene in Soil Ecosystems. Abstract. 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Seattle, Washington. P-339.
Michael Bonsteel, Arthur Allen, Anthony Mazzaccaro, Eric May, and Scott Jones. The Application of Production Agriculture Technology to Large-Scale SAV Restoration in the Chesapeake Bay. Abstract/poster presentation. NOAA 2004 Annual Symposium. CUNY, New York.
Arthur Allen, P. J. Kleinman, L. Saporito, and William Stout (deceased). Changing from N-to-P Based Manure Management can decrease soil and runoff P. Abstract/poster presentation. 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Seattle, Washington, P-369.
R. Dadson, F.M. Hashem, A. L. Allen, and J. Joshi. Leaf Resistance to Corn Earworm by Cowpea Cultivars. Abstract/poster presentation. 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Seattle, Washington, P-306.
R. E. Vaughn, B.A. Needleman, P. J. Kleinman, and Arthur Allen. Drainage Ditch Morphology Properties: Implications for Nutrient Transport. Abstract/poster presentation, 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Seattle, Washington. P378.
R. Dadson, F.M. Hashem, I. Javaid, J. Joshi, and A. L. Allen. Cowpea as an Alternative Crop for Sustainable Crop Production in the Delmarva Region. Abstract/poster presentation. 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Agronomy, Seattle, Washington, P 188.
Franci Shigaki, Arthur Allen, Peter J. Kleinman, Andrew Sharpley, Rory Maguire, J. T. Sims and Bill Stout. Manure Nutrient Management of Phosphorus and Nitrogen on a Coastal Plain Soil. 2007. 2006 International Annual Meeting of the SSSA, Indianapolis, IN, Nov. 12-16.
C. J. Penn, R.B. Bryant: A. N. Sharpley and A. Allen. Land Application of Gypsum: Agronomic and Environmental Implications. 2006 International Annual Meeting of the SSSA, Indianapolis, IN, Nov. 12-16.
David Ruppert, Brian Needelman, Peter Kleinman, and Arthur Allen. Horizonation, Fe Mineralogy and P Content in Surface Soils in two Drainage Ditches on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. 2006 International Annual Meeting of the SSSA, Indianapolis, IN, Nov. 12-16.
Allen A. L., P. Kleinman, A. Sharpley, R. Maguire, J. T. Sims, and B. Stout. Manure Nutrient Management of Phosphorous and Nitrogen on Coastal Plain Soil. 2006 CD-Ram of the International Annual Meeting of the SSSA, Indianapolis, IN, Nov. 12-16.
Ruppert, D., B. A. Needelman, P. Kleinman and A. L. Allen. Seasonal Dynamics of Phosphorous Sorption and Transport in two Ditch Soils. 2006 International Annual Meeting of the SSSA, Indianapolis, IN, Nov. 12-16.
Wills. S., B. Needelman, P. Kleinman and A. L. Allen. Phosphorous Transport in a Ditch-drained Agro-ecosystem During Two Large Storm flow Events. 2006 International Annual Meeting of the SSSA, Indianapolis, IN, Nov. 12-16.
Clinton D. Church, Arthur Allen, Ray Bryant, Gary Feyeriesen, and Peter Kleinman. Poster Presentation. Correlations between Poultry Litter Derived Phosphorus and Arsenic. 2008 SERA-17 Meeting. Kent Narrows, MD.
Arthur Allen and Peter Kleinman. Partnering over Agriculture and Water Quality in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed… Oral Paper & Poster Presentation. 2008 USDA- CSRES Project Directors Conference. Beltsville, MD.
Arthur L. Allen, Peter Kleinman, Tracie Earl, and Fawzy Hashem. Exposing high school scholars to geospatial information technologies and water quality management. Oral Paper & Poster Presentation. 2008USDA – CSRES Project Directors Conference. Beltsville, MD.
David Ruppert, Brian Needelman, Peter Kleinman, Martin Rabenhorst, Bahram Momen, and Arthur Allen. P Flux in Ditch Soil Mesocosms: Poster Presentation. The Effects of Pedologic and Hydraulic Treatments. 2008 International Annual Meeting of the SSSA, Houston, TX.
Leonard Kibet, Arthur Allen, Peter Kleinman, Daniel Pote, Gary Feyereisen and T. Way. Effect of Sub-Surface Incorporation of Dry Poultry Litter on Nutrient Runoff from No-Till Soils. International. Poster Presentation. October 5-9. 2008 Annual Meeting of the SSSA, Houston, TX.
Arthur Allen and Peter Kleinman. Partnering over Agriculture and Water Quality in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. 2008 USDA-CSRES Project Directors Conference. Oral & Poster presentation. Beltsville, MD.
David Ruppert, Brian Needelman, Peter Kleinman, Martin Rabenhorst, Bahram Momen and Arthur Allen. P Flux in Ditch Soil Mesocosms: The Effects of Pedologic and Hydraulic Treatments. Poster Presentation. 2008 International Annual Meeting of the SSSA, Houston, TX.
Clinton D. Church, Peter J. A. Kleinman, Ray B. Bryant, and Arthur L. Allen. 2009 Invited Presentation to Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville: “Arsenic, Chickens, and Cancer: Is there a connection?” Oral Paper & Poster Presentation. Louisville, KY.
Clinton D. Church, Peter J. A. Kleinman, Ray B. Bryant, and Arthur L. Allen. 2009 Invited Oral Paper & Poster Presentation to Associate Director, US-EPA Office of Water: “Occurrence of arsenic and phosphorus in ditch flow from litter amended soils and barn areas. Baltimore, MD.
Clinton D. Church, Peter J. A. Kleinman, Ray B. Bryant, and Arthur L. Allen. Poster Presentation. Soil Occurrence of arsenic and phosphorus in ditch flow from litter amended soils and barn areas”. 2009. Soil Science Society of America Fall Meeting. Dearborn, MI.
Clinton D. Church, Peter J. A. Kleinman, Ray B. Bryant, and Arthur L. Allen. Poster Presentation. Emerging Contaminants and Metals: The new water quality frontier? USDA-ARS National Program Staff, Beltsville, MD. 2009.
Clinton D. Church, Peter J. A. Kleinman, Ray B. Bryant, and Arthur L. Allen. Oral Presentation. Occurrence of arsenic and phosphorus in ditch flow from litter amended soils and barn areas”. 2009 Maryland Water Resources Research Center, College Park, MD.
Leonard Kibet, Arthur Allen, Peter Kleinman, Clinton Church, Lou Saporito, Gary Feyereisen, Tom Way, and Dan Pote. Poster Presentation. Effects of Subsurface Band Incorporation of Dry Poultry Litter to No-till Soil on Delmarva. 2009 Annual Meeting of the SSSA, Pittsburg, PA.
Leonard Kibet, Arthur Allen, Peter Kleinman, Gary Feyereisen, Clinton Church, Lou Saporito and Tom Way. Subsurface Application of Poultry Litter to Minimize Phosphorus Runoff. Poster Presentation. 2009 Association of Research Directors Symposium. Atlanta, GA.
Clinton D Church, Peter J. A. Kleinman, Ray B. Bryant, and Arthur L. Allen. 2010. Emerging Contaminants and Metals: The new water quality frontier? ARS National Program Staff. Oral Presentation. USEPA Workshop. Princess Anne, MD.
Ray Bryant, Anthony Buda, Peter Kleinman, Clint Church, Arthur Allen, Joshua McGrath, and Gary Felton. Oral Presentation. Reducing soluble phosphorus losses in drainage ditches using synthetic gypsum. 2010 USDA-ARS Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Senorpe Asem-Hiablie, Clinton D. Church, Isoken T. Aighewi, Arthur L. Allen, Paul Spock, and Eric B. May. SPE-LC/ESI/MS: A simple and reproducible method for detection and quantification of 17ß-estradiol in aqueous samples. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 2010. Oral Presentation. ASABE Annual International Meeting.
Feyereisen, G.W., P. J. A. Kleinman, G.J. Folmar, L.S. Saporito, and A. L. Allen. 2010. A phosphorus transport study: Influence of poultry litter application method on leaching. ASABE Paper No. 1009193. St. Joseph, Mich.: ASABE Oral Presentation.
Clinton Church, Peter Kleinman, Ray Bryant, and Arthur Allen. Transport of Arsenic and Phosphorus in Ditch Flow from Litter-Amended Soils and Barn Areas. Poster Presentation. 2010 Annual Meeting of the SSSA, Long Beach, CA.
Leonard Kibet, Arthur Allen, Peter Kleinman, Clinton Church, Gary Feyereisen, Thomas Way and Fawzy Hashem. Trace Element Losses in Runoff Due to Subsurface – Applied Poultry Litter On a Coastal Plain Soil. Poster Presentation. 2010 Annual Meeting of the SSSA, Long Beach, CA.
Brett Smith, Fawzy Hashem, Patricia Millner, Arthur Allen, Peter Kleinman, Ray Bryant, Lurline Marsh and Corrie Cotton. Microbial Transport in Surface Runoff from Manure-Amended Soils. Poster Presentation. 2010 Annual Meeting of the SSSA, Long Beach, CA.
Daniel Pote, Thomas Way, Peter Kleinman, Philip Moore Jr., Karamat Sistani, and Arthur Allen. Effects of Subsurface Applying Poultry Litter in Pasture and No-till Systems. Oral Presentation. 2010 Annual Meeting of the SSSA, Long Beach, CA.
Ray B. Bryant, Arthur L. Allen, Anthony Buda, Peter Kleinman, Clinton Church, Joshua McGrath, Karen Grubb and Salil Bose. Using FGD Gypsum to Remove Soluble Phosphorus from Agricultural Drainage Waters. Poster Presentation. 2010 Annual Meeting of the SSSA, Long Beach, CA.
Brett Smith, Fawzy Hashem, Patricia Millner, Arthur Allen, Peter Kleinman, Ray Bryant, Lurline Marsh and Corrie Cotton. Occurrence and Quantities of Salmonella and E. coli in Runoff Water from Soil Amended with Various Manure Types. Poster Presentation. 2010 Biennial ARD Research Symposium. Atlanta, Georgia.
L. C. Kibet, A. L. Allen, F. Hashem, C. Church, P. J. Kleinman, L. S. Saporito, G. W. Feyereisen, and Tom Way. Trace Element Losses in Runoff after Subsurface Applied Poultry Litter. Poster Presentation. At the 2011 ARD Biennial Research Symposium. Atlanta Georgia.
Arthur L. Allen, Ray Bryant, Anthony Buda, Gary Felton, and Salil Bose. Use of Gypsum Curtains to reduce soluble phosphorus losses from P-saturated soils on poultry Operations. 2011Poster Showcase Session. 66th Annual Conference. Washington, D.C., July17-20.
Arthur L. Allen. Integrated Collaborative Approaches to Nutrient Management Research. “A Dedication to William Bill Stout”. National Conference on Water Quality Tour, Ocean City Maryland, MD. October, 2005.
Needelman, Brian. Arthur L. Allen and Peter Kleinman. 2008. Managing Delmarva Agricultural Drainage Ditch for Water Quality Protection. The University of Maryland, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources. University Press.
Allen, A. L., R. Bryant, et al. 2006. Arc’s Quest to Improve the Chesapeake Bay. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research. Magazine. November/December. 54 (11-12):14-15.
Allen, Arthur L., Peter Kleinman, and Tracie Earl. 2005, 2006, & 2007. Geospatial Information Technologies and Water quality Management. “Fact Sheets”. Summer Internship Program. University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Vol. 1, 2, & 3.
Allen, Arthur L. Departmental Newsletters. Department of Agriculture. A nice place to grow. University of Maryland Eastern Shore. 1998-1999
Michael Bonsteel, Arthur Allen, Anthony Mazzaccaro, Eric May, and Scott Jones. The Application of Production Agriculture Technology to Large-Scale SAV Restoration in the Chesapeake Bay. Abstract/poster presentation. NOAA Annual Symposium. CUNY, New York. 2004.
Rupert D., B. A. Needelman, P. Kleinman and A. L. Allen. 2006. Seasonal Dynamics of Phosphorous Sorption and Transport in two Ditch Soils. CD-Ram of the International Annual Meeting of the SSSA, Indianapolis, IN, Nov. 12-16.
Wills S., B. Needelman, P. Kleinman and A. L. Allen. Phosphorous Transport in a Ditch-drained Agro-ecosystem During Two Large Storm flow Events. 2006. International Annual Meeting of the SSSA, Indianapolis, IN, Nov. 12-16.
L. E. Marsh, F. M. Hashem, C. P. Cotton, and A. L. Allen. Undergraduate Research Experiences in Sustainable Agriculture: Students and Mentors Perceptions of Interns’ Skills. Annual NACTA Meeting, Virginia Tech University. 2013.
L. C. Kibet, A. L. Allen, E.B May, F. Hashem, P. J. Kleinman, L. S. Saporito, A. Buda and R. Bryant. Measuring urea transport in a coastal plain soil using rainfall simulation. Poster Presentation. At the 2013 ARD Biennial Research Symposium. Jacksonville, Florida.
Karen Grubb, Joshua McGrath, Chad Penn, Ray Bryant, Peter J. A. Kleinman, and Arthur Allen. In-Situ Treatment of Non-Point Source Pollution Part 2: Field Results from Two Different Treatment Structures. 18th World Congress of Soil Science, July 9-15, 2009. Abstract ID# 35696.

Select Refereed Publications Reviewed

Nutrient Transport in Runoff from Feedlot Surfaces as Affected by Unconsolidated surface Materials. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. Manuscript Number: JSWC-D-10-00142.2012
Phosphorus fractions and release potential of ditch sediments from different land uses in a small catchment of the Upper Yangtze River. Journal of Soils and Sediments. Manuscript Number: JSSS-D-11-00029. 2010
Impact of Vegetative Filter Strips on Phosphorus, Nitrogen, and Sediment Concentrations in Storm water leaving the Production Area of Poultry Farms. MAES Competitive Grant Competition. 2011
Title: Transport of dissolved trace elements in surface runoff and leachate from a Coastal Plain soil after poultry litter application. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 09/30/2011
Phosphorus sorption-desorption characteristics of top calcareous soils under arid and semi-arid conditions. Journal of Soils and Sediments. Manuscript Number: JSSS-D-13-00061. 2013
“Effects of inundation duration on phosphorus fractions of ditch sediments in the Lower Mississippi River Alluvial Valley”. Journal of Environmental Quality. Manuscript ID JEQ-2014-02-0051-TR. 2013

Professional Experience:

Professor/1890 Associate Research Director/Director of Geospatial Information Technology Program, Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Associate Professor/1890 Associate Research Director/Director of Geospatial Information Technology Program
Associate Professor/1890 Associate Research Director/Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource SciencesChair, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, 1996-2000

Public Service:

2013 Vice Community Leader, ASA/CSSA/SSSA Tri Societies. By-Product use in Agriculture.
Community Leader, ASA/CSSA/SSSA Tri Societies. By-Product use in Agriculture 2014
By Product Gypsum: Beneficial uses in Agriculture-I &II ASA, CSSA and SSSA Annual Meetings (Cincinnati, OH- Oct. 21 – Oct. 24, 2012)
Trace Elements and Emerging Contaminants in the Environment-2009 Annual Meeting (November 1-5, 2009)
Hosted the 2008 and 2010 Maryland’s GIS Day Regional activities
Hosted the Governor of Maryland during April 2007 Earth Week Activities. Conducted tours and introduced water quality technologies we are developing to help save the Chesapeake Bay, (e.g., “Gypsum Curtain and “The Subsurfer”).
Hosted a SERI -17 Phosphorus (P) tour for the top international scientists on P water quality issues (about 50)
Served as Secretary of the 1890 Association of Research Directors, 2002-2003.
Developed the Main Program 1890 Association of Research Directors Centennial Celebration.1990.
Served as the Coordinator of the ARD Research Symposium in 1985. Atlanta, GA
National Challenge Grant Panel, USDA Office of Higher Education, Washington, DC, 1992.
USDA Proposal Review Panel for the 1994 Capacity Building Grants Program, 2005.
Appointed by the Honorable Doug Wilder, Governor Commonwealth of Virginia to the State Farmers’ Market Board, 1990-1994.
Served on Board of Directors for the Northeast Region Rural Development Center, 1996 – 1999
Served on Board of Directors, Southern Regional Aquaculture Center, 1986-1989.
Served on the USDA National Water Quality Research Initiative Panel 2008 & 2009.
Served on the 1994 Hispanic and Native American USDA Research Panel. 2006.