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William Raun
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Regents Professor: July 2004-present
Melvin D. and Mary E. Jones Distinguished Professorship: July
2006-present
Professor: July 1999-June 2004
Associate Professor: July 1996 - June 1999
Assistant Professor: December 1991 - June 1996
Oklahoma State
University. Responsibilities: Planning, budgeting, design and implementation of
applied and basic field and laboratory research in soil fertility and plant nutrition.
Development of sensor-based technology for variable rate application of N and P
fertilizers for crop production. Continuation of 14 long-term N-P-K experiments,
development of networking systems for field experiments addressing nutrient use efficiency
in wheat, alfalfa, cotton, sorghum, peanuts, soybeans, bluestem, bermudagrass and corn.
Advancement of environmentally safe fertilization practices for continuous production
systems, evaluation of alternative production practices, development of alternative
statistical methods for field experimentation, and characterization of N transformations
in soils. Teaching graduate level 'soil plant nutrient cycling and environmental quality'
and junior-senior level 'topics in precision agriculture', project proposals for outside
funding, and supervision of field and laboratory experiments conducted by graduate
students.
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| April 1991-November 1991: Private
consulting with CIMMYT, The Sulphur Institute, North Carolina State University and
Oklahoma State University. Responsibilities: Preparation of science bulletins in
Spanish relative to corn yield response to applied sulphur in tropical soils
(Sulphur
Institute). Project/program assistance to the Dean of International Programs (Oklahoma
State University). Senior editor of the proceedings 'Manejo de Suelos Tropicales en
Latinoamérica', technical editing and final preparation of 57 research articles
pertaining to management of tropical soils (North Carolina State University).
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| June 1987-March 1991: Maize staff
agronomist, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT).
Responsibilities: Developmental assistance via national and university programs in
Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic, Haiti
and Cuba. Management of annual budget distributed by project in nine countries.
Coordination of regional and bi-lateral agronomic research trials with 41 national program
representatives. Research in maize/legume production systems, nutrient deficiencies,
planning of projects, recommendations for future research needs, implementation of field
plot experiments and agronomy/statistics training. Coordination of the Central America
Maize National Program Committee. Co-founder of Agronomía Mesoamericana, ISSN 1021-7444,
1990- v.1-present, an agronomic journal in Central America for the advancement of
agricultural sciences published biannually in Spanish (abstract in English).
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| January 1986-May 1987: Post-doctoral
fellow, CIMMYT Wheat Program. Responsibilities: Consulting on soil-related
problems for wheat production, formal course training in soil fertility and statistics,
research plot work in soil fertility, statistical analysis of various agronomy program
experiments, team interaction with bread wheat, durum wheat, triticale, wide crosses and
cytogenetics programs within CIMMYT.
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| January 1983-December 1985: Research
assistantship, Department of Agronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Responsibilities: Research plot work, statistical analysis of various project experiments,
maize and wheat plant tissue analysis, soil test correlation/calibration with plant tissue
data and teaching for Professor R. A. Olson and Dr. D. H. Sander.
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| January 1981-December 1982: Research
assistantship, Department of Agronomy, Oklahoma State University.
Responsibilities: Research plot work on soil fertility experiments conducted throughout
the state of Oklahoma, statistical and laboratory analysis for Dr. R. L. Westerman.
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