6 AGRONOMY NEWS
Dwayne Westfall
Dwayne Westfall is a Professor in the Department of Soil
and Crop Sciences. His research areas include soil fertility management,
dryland cropping systems management and precision agriculture. He also teaches
"Soil Fertility Management" and a course for graduate students
"Presentation of Scientific Information". Dwayne grew up on a
potato and small grain farm in Idaho. He received his B.S. degree from the
University of Idaho and Ph.D. from Washington State University.
He has held positions at Texas A&M University, Great
Western Sugar Company and worked for two years in Pakistan on CSU's On-Farm
Water Management Project. His favorite pastime is spoiling his 10 grandchildren
and then turning them over to their parents!
Kathy Corwin Doesken
Katy Corwin Doesken is the new research associate for Jessica Davis. Kathy
started October 15th, just in time to help with fall field work. She is
a graduate of Colorado State University, Department of Soil and Crop Sciences,
and is pleased to return to work in the department, where some folks remember
her. She is interested in soil fertility and nutrient resource management.
Kathy has experience teaching and is looking forward to bringing together
her interests in education and agriculture as Davis' research assistant.
She is married to Nolan, who is also employed by CSU in the Department of Atmospheric Science. Kathy, Nolan, and their two teen-aged children, Gail and Joel, live northwest of town on an old farm. Kathy has been involved in small-scale farming, raising horses, and making lots of compost.
Kathy fills the position vacated by Kirk Iversen, who left CSU in August to take a position at Auburn University.