Career profiles

What’s it like to choose a career in soil science? Find out directly from soil scientists themselves in our "SSSA Career Connections" video series. This month, we feature Travis Waiser, Soil Scientist and MLRA Soil Survey Leader for USDA-NRCS.

Our "Classroom to Career" series spotlights members who began as students and grew into thriving professionals. 

This installment features Dianna Bagnall, who shares how she got into her line of work, the challenges she’s faced, and how her network has been an integral part of her support system every step of the way.

What’s it like to choose a career in soil science? Find out directly from soil scientists themselves in our new "SSSA Career Connections" video series. This month, we feature Lily Kile, Licensed Soil Scientist and Founder of Tennessee Soil Science.

Our Classroom to Career series spotlights members who began as students and grew into thriving professionals. This installment features Wale Adewunmi, who used certification and Society resources to boost his career as a scientist working in a non-traditional field. 

Our Classroom to Career series spotlights members who began as students and grew into thriving professionals. This installment features member Gaurav Jha, who shares his experience creating lifelong colleagues through the Societies and gives graduate students tips on how to make the most out of their degree. 

This month, we launch a new series, Classroom to Career, which spotlights members who began as students and grew into thriving professionals. 

Our first installment features member Tina Sullivan, who shares the pivotal experiences and challenges that shaped her career and how being a member of ASA, CSSA, and SSSA helped her make key connections.

What can you do with a career in agronomy, crop, soil, and environmental science? In our series, “A Day in the Life,” we’ll introduce you to some ASA, CSSA, and SSSA members doing cool things with our sciences. This month, we’re talking with Lee Briese, a crop consultant with CENTROL in North Dakota and a Certified Crop Adviser (CCA). 

What can you do with a career in agronomy, crop, soil, and environmental science? In our series, “A Day in the Life,” we’ll introduce you to some ASA, CSSA, and SSSA members doing cool things with our sciences. Today we meet Debasish Saha, an Assistant Professor of Soil Science at the University of Tennessee–Knoxville. Saha’s lab studies sustainable management of soil nitrogen cycling in agricultural systems to enhance its efficient use and mitigate its environmental losses as pollutant such as greenhouse gas emissions. Says Saha: “When I was undergraduate student ... I did not have any idea what I was going to do in my life, but I was sure about two things: soils are beautiful, and they are so variable.”

What can you do with a career in agronomy, crop, soil, and environmental science? In our series “A Day in the Life,” we’ll introduce you to some ASA, CSSA, and SSSA members doing cool things with our sciences. Today we meet Angélica Vázquez-Ortega, an associate professor of geochemistry at Bowling Green State University. Vázquez-Ortega focuses on understanding nutrient and carbon distribution in agricultural soils under various best management practices. She also studies the impacts of dredged material on soil health, crop yield, contaminant bioaccumulation, and nutrient runoff into waterways in the western Lake Erie Basin. 

What can you do with a career in agronomy, crop, soil, and environmental science? In our new series “A Day in the Life,” we’ll introduce you to some ASA, CSSA, and SSSA members doing cool things with our sciences. This month, we meet Skye Brugler, a Ph.D. student and research associate studying soil science and greenhouse gas emission management practices in David Clay’s lab at South Dakota State University.