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Tom Bruulsema
Director
18 Maplewood Dr
Guelph, Ontario N1G 1L8
Canada

Phone: 519-835-2498
FAX:
Tom.Bruulsema@ipni.net
Tom Bruulsema
Director
Tom Bruulsema directs research and education programs in the Northeast region for the North American program of the International Plant Nutrition Institute, a not-for-profit, scientific organization dedicated to the responsible management of plant nutrition. Dr. Bruulsema is a Fellow in the American Society of Agronomy and the Soil Science Society of America, an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Plant Agriculture at the University of Guelph, and a Certified Crop Adviser. He has research experience in soil science with Cornell University and the University of Minnesota, and in Bangladesh agronomy with the Mennonite Central Committee.

Education:

B.S. 1983 University of Guelph (Agriculture)
M.S. 1985 University of Guelph (Crop Science)
Ph.D. 1994 Cornell University (Soil Science)

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Awards & Recognition Professional Service Selected Publications

Fellow, Soil Science Society of America (2008)

Fellow, American Society of Agronomy (2007)

Canadian Fertilizer Institute Award of Merit (2006)

Outstanding Service Award, International CCA Program, American Society of Agronomy (2004)

J. Fielding Reed PPI Fellowship Award, Potash & Phosphate Institute (1993)

Saltonstall Fellowship, Cornell University (1991 - 1993)

American Forage and Grassland Council, Outstanding Young Scientist Award (1985)

Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada Postgraduate Scholarship (1983 - 1984)

Mary Edmunds Williams Fellowship, University of Guelph (1983 - 1984)

Hoechst Scholarship (1982)

Fertilizer Institute of Ontario Award (1982)

2007-2010 Director, American Society of Agronomy Board (ICCA Representative)

2009-2010 Past-president, Canadian Society of Agronomy

2005-2009 President-elect and President, Canadian Society of Agronomy

2005-2007 Chair, Division S-8, Soil Science Society of America

2001-2004 Chair, International Certified Crop Adviser Board

2000-2006 Chair, Agronomy-Environment Committee, Canadian Fertilizer Institute

1999-2003 President, NE Branch, American Society of Agronomy & Soil Science Society of America

1999-2000 Chair, Ontario Certified Crop Adviser Board

1995-2005 Chair, Agronomy Research & Environment Committee, Ontario Agri Business Association

1995-1998 Chair, Ontario Certified Crop Adviser Exam Committee

Bruulsema, TW, RW Mullen, IP O’Halloran and DD Warncke. 2011. Agricultural phosphorus balance trends in Ontario, Michigan and Ohio. Can J Soil Sci 91:437-442.

Sheppard, SC, S Bittman, and TW Bruulsema. 2010. Monthly ammonia emissions from fertilizers in 12 Canadian ecoregions. Can J Soil Sci 90:113-127.

Snyder, CS, TW Bruulsema, TL Jensen and PE Fixen. 2009. Review of greenhouse gas emissions from crop production systems and fertilizer management effects. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 133:247–266.

Mikkelsen, RL, and TW Bruulsema. 2005. Fertilizer use for horticultural crops in the U.S. during the 20th century. HortTechnology 15 (1) 24-30.

Heckman, JR, JT Sims, DB Beegle, FJ Coale, SJ Herbert, TW Bruulsema, and WJ Bamka. 2003. Nutrient removal by corn grain harvest. Agron J 95:587–591.

Sanderson, JB, JA MacLeod, R Coffin, B Douglas, TW Bruulsema. 2003. Phosphorus research on potato in PEI. Acta horticulturae. 2003 Nov., no. 619 p. 409-417. ISSN 0567-7572

Vyn, TJ, Xinhua Yin, TW Bruulsema, C-JC Jackson, I Rajcan, and SM Brouder. 2002. Potassium fertilization effects on isoflavone concentrations in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. J Agric Food Chem 2002, 50, 3501-3506.

Bruulsema, TW, and JM Duxbury. 1996. Simultaneous measurement of soil microbial nitrogen, carbon and carbon isotope ratio. Soil Sci Soc Am J 60(6): 1787-1791.

Tollenaar, M, and TW Bruulsema. 1988. Efficiency of maize dry matter production during periods of complete leaf area expansion. Agron J 80:580 585.

Tollenaar, M, and TW Bruulsema. 1988. Effects of temperature on rate and duration of kernel dry matter accumulation of maize. Can J Plant Sci. 68:935 940.

Bruulsema, TW and BR Christie. 1987. Nitrogen contri¬bution to succeeding corn from alfalfa and red clover. Agron J 79:96 100.