Resume

• Education
• Professional Experience & Appointments
• Expertise & Interests
• Editorial and Scholarly Activities
• Honors
• Professional Organizations
• Engagement in the Profession

Education

Professional Experience & Appointments

Professor, Soil and Water Science Department, University of Florida, U.S., July 2010 - present

Associate Professor, Soil and Water Science Department, University of Florida, U.S., July 2006 - July 2010

Assistant Professor, Soil and Water Science Department, University of Florida, U.S.,
August 2001 - July 2006

Director of Distance Education Programs, Soil and Water Science Department, University of Florida, U.S., Sept. 2009 - May 2011

Coordinator of Distance Education Programs, Soil and Water Science Department, University of Florida, U.S., Nov. 2001 - Sept. 2009

Affiliate Faculty, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida, U.S.,
March 2005 - present

Affiliate Faculty, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Florida, U.S.,
March 2003 - present

Research Scientist and GIS Manager, Water Quality Laboratory, Heidelberg College, OH, U.S.,
March 2000 - July 2001

Post-Doc, Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, U.S.,
August 1997 - Febr. 2000

Expertise & Interests

Research:

• Soil-landscape modeling / pedometrics / digital soil mapping: Apply statistical and geostatistical methods for quantitative soil-landscape analysis, with the purpose of analyzing the spatial distribution, variability and behavior of soil properties
• Environmetrics: Develop quantitative spatially-explicit models to assess environmental quality
• Geographic information systems (GIS), soil and remote sensing applications

Specific Research Interests:

• Assess the impact of land use and climate change on carbon sequestration and soil & water quality
• Elucidate on the impact of environmental stressors on soil and terrestrial carbon
• Develop multi-scale predictive models of soil and environmental properties across various spatial and temporal scales
• Investigate biophysical feedbacks (soil-vegetation-water-atmosphere interactions) and carbon dynamics
• Assess phosphorus and nitrogen patterns and dynamics across aquatic and terrestrial landscapes

Teaching:

• SWS 6722 Soil-Landscape Modeling [UF]
• SWS 5721C GIS in Land Resource Management (on-campus and distance education sections) [UF]
• SWS 4720C GIS in Soil and Water Science [UF]
• ALS 5027 Reusable Learning Objects [UF]
• GIS Short Courses [UF and at ICRISAT, India]
• Morphology, Classification and Mapping of Soils [UW-Madison]

Editorial and Scholarly Activities

• Associate Editor – Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. (1/2008 – 1/2014)
• Editorial Board – Geoderma (3/2007 – present)
• Editor – EcoLearnIT Reusable Learning Object System & Journal (6/2006 – present)

Honors

Honors Grunwald:

• Nominated for the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Teaching and Advising Award, University of Florida (2011)
• North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Teacher Fellow award (2010)
• University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRP) Professorship (2010 - 2012)
• Honored as “one of the most valued Referees for 2009”, Geoderma Journal
• Nominated for the National Soil Science Society of America Education Award (2009, 2010)
• International Travel Awards - IFAS/UF International Programs (summer 2006, 2009)
• Junior Faculty Award of Merit - Gamma Sigma Delta 2007
• Nominated by IFAS for the USDA National Awards Program for Excellence in College and University Teaching in the Food and Agricultural Sciences - Teacher Award 2007, New Teacher Award 2006 & 2005
• Best Paper Award in the Internet-Based Teaching/Distance Learning session at the 3rd International Conference on Education and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications, Orlando, FL (7/2005)
• Honored by the Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) for excellence in developing teaching materials (ID: DSLESE-000-000-002-435; 3D soil-landscape models) (12/2003)
• Inclusion in the Academic Who's Who in Agriculture Higher Education (WWAHE) (10/2003)
• Nomination for Best Paper Award (Pedometrics Working Group – International Union of Soil Sciences): Grunwald S., P. Barak, K. McSweeney and B. Lowery. 2000. Soil landscape models at different scales portrayed in Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML). Soil Science 165(8): 598-615.
• Research fellowship DAAD (German Academic Foreign Service - Deutscher Akademischer Auslandsdienst) (1996)
• Ph.D. honors fellowship State Hessen, Germany (1992-1996)
  

Honorary Activities - Grunwald:

• President, Gamma Sigma Delta Honors Society (2009 – 2010)
• Secretary & Vice President, Gamma Sigma Delta Honors Society (2008 – 2009)

Graduate Student and Post-Doc Honors:

• Jongsung Kim received the Quantitative Environmental Soil Science / Pedometrics Award, Soil and Water Science Department, UF (2012)
• Xiong Xiong received the Sam Polston Fellowship, Soil and Water Science Department, UF (2012)
• Xiong et al. paper was nominated for the Best Paper Award at the Global Workshop Digital Soil Mapping, Sydney, Australia (April 10-13, 2012)
• Xiong Xiong received the Quantitative Environmental Soil Science / Pedometrics Award, Soil and Water Science Department, UF (2011)
• Pasicha Chaikaew earned the 3rd place poster award in Division S5-Pedology, Int. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Meeting, San Antonio, TX (Oct. 16-19, 2011)
• D. Brenton Myers received the Quantitative Environmental Soil Science / Pedometrics Award, Soil and Water Science Department, UF (2010)
• Jongsung Kim was awarded 1st place poster award. GISDay Meeting, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Nov. 17, 2010)
• Xiong Xiong earned the 3rd place poster award in Division S5-Pedology, Int. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Meeting, Long Beach, CA (Nov. 1-4, 2010).
• Nominated for Best Paper Award among 120+ papers presented at international meeting: Vasques G.M., S. Grunwald and D.B. Myers. 2010. Search for a multiscale soil organic carbon spatial model in Florida: Influence of extent, resolution, and geographic region. International Workshop on Digital Soil Mapping, Rome, Italy (May 24-26, 2010)
• Cao Biajing was awarded Ph.D. scholarship by the Chinese Scholarship Council (2010 – 2014)
• Julius Adewopo was awarded Alumni assistantship (2010 – 2014)
• Pasicha Chaikaew was awarded fellowship by the Royal Thai Government (2009 – 2012)
• Jongsung Kim was awarded matching assistantship (2008 – 2011) and Grinter fellowship (2008 – 2009)
• D. Brenton Myers earned student award, 9th Int. Conference on Precision Agriculture, Denver, CO (July 20-23, 2008)
• Gustavo M. Vasques received Robertson Award, Soil and Water Science Department, UF (2007)
• Gustavo M. Vasques was awarded Alumni assistantship (2007 – 2011)
• D. Brenton Myers ranked 1st in the student award competition Int. Pedometrics Meeting in Naples, Florida (Sept. 12-14, 2005)
• Sanjay Lamsal ranked 2nd in the student award competition Int. Pedometrics Meeting in Naples, Florida (Sept. 12-14, 2005)
• Rosanna G. Rivero ranked 3nd in the student award competition Int. Pedometrics Meeting in Naples, Florida (Sept. 12-14, 2005)
• Sanjay Lamsal won poster award – Soil and Water Science Research Forum, Gainesville, FL (9/2005)
• Rosanna G. Rivero won poster award – Soil and Water Science Research Forum, Gainesville, FL (9/2005)
• Sanjay Lamsal was awarded 2nd place in the Graduate Student Paper Presentation Contest for his thesis research, Soil and Crop Science Society of Florida, Tallahassee, FL (May 20-21, 2004)
• Christine Bliss received Best Paper Award ASA-CSSA-SSSA Meeting, Seattle, WA (Oct. 31-Nov. 4, 2004)
• Isabel Lopez-Zamora received Best Paper Award ASA-CSSA-SSSA Meeting, Seattle, WA (Oct. 31-Nov. 4, 2004)

Professional Organizations

• ASA (American Society of Agronomy)
• SSSA (Soil Science Society of America)
• ASAE (American Society of Agricultural Engineers)
• FAESS (Florida Association of Environmental Soil Scientists)
• IUSS (International Union of Soil Sciences)
• IAHS (International Association of Hydrological Sciences)
• NACTA (North American Association of Teachers of Agriculture)

Engagement in the Profession

International Committees:

• Member of the “Global Soil Partnership (GSP) for Food Security and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation” (spearheaded by FAO; partners: European Commission, international agencies with global soil mandate, regional and national soil science associations and networks, and national soil science associations and universities) (6/2011 – present)
• Member of the international Pedometrics Advisory Group (8/2011 – present)
• Member of the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (2010 – present)
• Member of the International Agricultural Learning Repositories Task Force (AgLR-TF), which provides guidance, standards, technologies, tools and recommendations for development of digital repositories of e-learning materials (2008 – present)
• Member of Open Agricultural Curriculum and Learning Initiative (AgroCuri) (2008 – present)
• Member of the Global Spectral Working Group – IUSS Commission Pedometrics (2008 – present)
• Advisory Committee, Commission 1.5 Pedometrics of Div.1 of the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) (2006 – present)
• Member of the Global Working Group Digital Soil Mapping – IUSS Commission Pedometrics (2004 – present)
• Vice Chair, Commission 1.5 Pedometrics of Division 1 of the IUSS (2004 – 2006)
• Secretary, International Working Group on Pedometrics – Provisional Commission of IUSS  (2002 – 2004)

National Committees:

• Chair of American Society of Agronomy (ASA) Community “Global Digital Soil Map” (1/2012 – present)
• Ambassador of American Society of Agronomy (ASA) – Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) – Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) / University of Florida representative (9/2011 – present)
• Member of the Workgroup “Soil Change”, Soil Science Society of America (10/2010 – present)
• Member of U.S. Global Soil Map Node Working Group (5/2009 – present)
• Chair of Digital Soil Mapping Working Group, Div. S-5 Pedology, Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) (11/2008 – present)
• Co-Chair of the New Technology Committee – Southern Soil Survey Cooperators / Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) (2008 – present)
• Member of the National New Technology Committee – NRCS (2007 – present)
• Vice-Chair of the Steering Committee – Southern Cooperative Soil Survey Conference (National Cooperative Soil Survey Program – NRCS) (2007 – 2008)
• Member of the NRCS Committee for New Technology (2005 – present)
• Member of the SSSA Ad-hoc Committee on Professional Development and Mentoring (2004 – 2005)

University Committees:

• Member of the International Programs Advisory Team (IPAT) (2009 – 2012)
• Chair of College of Agriculture and Life Science (CALS) Carbon Working Group (10/2008 – 10/2010)
• Member of the UF Distance Learning Council (2006 – 2010)
• Chair CALS Distance Education Advisory Committee (2007 – 2009)
• Chair CALS Teaching Technology Committee (2005 – 2006)
• Member of the UF Online Collaborative Software Committee (2005 – 2006)
• Member of the IFAS International Distance Education Committee (2005 – 2006)
• Member of the CALS Teaching Technology Committee (2003 – 2005)
• Member of the UF Interdisciplinary Water Working Group (2006 – 2008)
• Member of the UF Water Institute (2003 – present)
• Representative of the Soil and Water Science Department – UF Interdisciplinary Concentration in Geographic Information Systems (2001 – present)
• Florida Agricultural Experiment Station Representative to the Florida Cooperative Soil Survey Program of the USDA – NRCS (2001 – present)

Department Committees (Soil and Water Science – SWS):

• Chair of the Search Committee for new faculty position in Landscape Biogeochemistry / Multi-scale Biogeochemical Modeling (Soil and Water Science Department) (2009 – 2010)
• Chair of Teaching Committee, Soil and Water Science Department (2009 – 2011)
• Chair of Distance Education, Certificate and Short Courses Committee (2009 – 2011)
• Chair ad-hoc Committee Research Map (pedology/soil landscape analysis) (2008)
• Ad-hoc Committee Faculty Salary Incentive Program (2008)
• Mentoring Committee Tenure-track Faculty Gurpal Toor (2007 – present)
• Chair of the Certificate Programs Committee (2006 – 2008)
• Chair of the Short Courses Committee (2007 – 2008)
• Chair of the DE Committee (2002 – 2008)
• Member of Research Committee, Soil and Water Science Department (2009 – 2012)
• Member of the Graduate Award Committee (M.S. and Ph.D. category) (2005 – 2007)
• Chair Search Committee – Academic Supp. SVCS, CRD position (SWS DE Assistant) (4/2005)
• Member Search Committee – faculty position Biogeochemistry in Wetlands (6/2004)
• Member Search Committee – faculty position in Water Resources and Ecological Modeling, UF (7/2004)
• Member of the Short Courses Committee (2005 – 2007)
• Member of the Publicity and Web Site Committee (2005 – 2009)
• Chair of the Virtual Computer Laboratory Committee (2003 – 2006)
• Member of the Research Forum Committee (2003 –  present)
• Member of the DE Committee (2001 –  2002)
• Member of the Computer Committee (2001 – 2007)
• Member of the Core Research Committee (2001 – 2007)