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Early Career Members

Are you a motivated Early Career Member?

The Early Career Members Committee (ECMC) serves members beginning their careers - new professionals and graduate students in agronomy, crop, soil, and environmental sciences. The ECMC consists of members from each of the three societies who serve three-year terms.

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Early Career Member Committee

The (ECMC) serves many functions:

  • A voice for Early Career Members (ECMs) within the ACS societies and on federal policy topics
  • Develop Early Career programming for ACS Annual Meeting
  • Serve as the selection committee for the Early Career Professional Awards
  • Prepare an article for the CSA News on a monthly basis on topics relevant to ECMs
  • Obtain input and develop recommendations on ways to better serve Early Career Members beyond the activities at the annual meetings

Early Career Committee Guidelines

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Links of Interest

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Early Career Award Winners

ASA - Matt Yost, Utah State Univ.

  • CSSA - Cody Creech, Univ. of Nebraska - Lincoln
  • SSSA - Vilim Filipović, Univ. of ZagrebASA - Matt Yost, Utah State Univ.
  • CSSA - Cody Creech, Univ. of Nebraska - Lincoln
  • SSSA - Vilim Filipović, Univ. of Zagreb

  • ASA - Ignacio A. Ciampitti, Kansas State Univ.
  • CSSA - Ignacio A. Ciampitti, Kansas State Univ.
  • SSSA - Asim Biswas, Univ. of Guelph

  • ASA Early Career Professional Award - Hardev Singh Sandhu, Univ. of Florida
  • CSSA Young Crop Scientist Award - James D. McCurdy, Mississippi State Univ.
  • SSSA Early Career Professional Award - Trenton L. Roberts, Univ. of Arkansas

  • ASA Early Career Professional Award - Patricio Grassini, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • CSSA Young Crop Scientist Award - James Brosnan, Univ. of Tennessee - Knoxville
  • SSSA Early Career Professional Award - Michael Castellano, Iowa State Univ.

  • ASA Early Career Professional Award - Jason de Koff, Tennessee State Univ.
  • CSSA Young Crop Scientist Award - Robert Stupar, Univ. of Minnesota
  • SSSA Early Career Professional Award - Mark Reiter, Virginia Tech

  • ASA Early Career Professional Award - D. Brian Arnall, Oklahoma State Univ.
  • CSSA Young Crop Scientist Award - Seth Murray, Texas A&M Univ.
  • SSSA Early Career Professional Award - Dorivar Ruiz Diaz, Kansas State Univ.

  • ASA Early Career Professional Award - Maria Guadalupe Salas-Fernandez, Iowa State Univ.
  • CSSA Young Crop Scientist Award - Rajeev Varshney, ICRISAT
  • SSSA Early Career Professional Award - Joshua Heitman, North Carolina State Univ.

  • ASA Early Career Professional Award - Robert Stupar, Univ. of Minnesota
  • CSSA Young Crop Scientist Award - Twain Butler, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
  • SSSA Early Career Professional Award - Jason Warren, Oklahoma State Univ.

Before 2012, there was one award for all three Societies

2011 - Chad Godsey, Oklahoma State Univ.

2010 - Jianming Yu, Kansas State Univ. 

2009 - Todd Campbell, USDA-ARS Coastal Plains Soil, Water, and Plant Research Center

2008 - Palle Pedersen, Iowa State Univ.

2007 - Jeff Edwards, Oklahoma State Univ.

2006 - Joel Pedersen, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison

Early Career Annual Meeting Discount

Early Career Members qualify for a discounted registration rate to the Annual Meeting! In order to qualify, make sure your Education History is up-to-date. This is just one of the many benefits of membership in the Societies!

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