Atthe annual meeting of the AmericanSociety of Agronomy (ASA) on November 5 in Baltimore,Prof. XU Jianming from the College of Environmental andResource Sciences was named a Fellow of the American Society ofAgronomy.

Establishedin 1907, ASA is the most influential professional society of crop and soilscientists, educators and practitioners who work to discovery and applyagronomic solutions to feed and sustain the world. Being designated a fellow isamong the society’s top honors and just 0.3 percent of the society’s active andemeritus members may be elected fellows.

Prof.XU Jianming teaches soil science, biogeochemistry and environmental quality& safety of agricultural products to undergraduates and postgraduates. Hisresearch focuses on soil geobiochemistry and soil pollution. He is an author ofmore than 240 articles in scientific journals and 7 books and has led more than10 national-level projects.