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Odemari Stephen Mbuya

119 Perry Paige Building
Center for Water and Air Quality
College of Engineering Sciences, Technology and Agriculture
Florida A&M University
Tallahassee, FL 32307-4100
Phone: (850) 599-3428 (Office)
Email: odemari.mbuya@famu.edu; mbuya@comcast.net

ACADEMIC RANK:
Professor

EDUCATION:
Ph.D. (Agronomy/Soils), 1996. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
M. S. (Agronomy), 1990. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
B.S. (Agric.- Crop Science), 1984. Sokoine University of Agriculture (Tanzania).
Diploma in Crop Production, 1980. Ukiriguru, Mwanza (Tanzania).
Certificate in Basic Radiation Safety, 1992. University of Florida.

CURRENT MAJOR ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITY:
Research/Teaching (50/50).

RESEARCH INTEREST:
Water Resources (Water Quality, Watershed, Irrigation), Nutrient Management, Organic Agriculture, Phytoremediation, and Computer Simulation Modeling.

TAUGHT/TEACHING THE FOLLOWING COURSES

  1. AGG 5825 – Fundamentals of Research Design
  2. SWS 3022 – Nature and Properties of Soils
  3. SWS 4131C – Soil Fertility and Fertilizers
  4. SWS 4732C – Soil Survey
  5. SWS 3211C - Soil and Water Conservation
  6. AGR 5445C – Advanced Plant Sciences
  7. AGG 5900 – Directed Individual Study

MEMBER OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

  1. American Society of Agronomy
  2. Soil Science Society of America
  3. Crop Science Society of America.
  4. Florida Academy of Science
  5. Southeastern Region Soil Physics Group