• B.S., Soil Science, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources,1995
• M.S., Soil Science (Soil Physics), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Soil Science,1997 
  Thesis title: Water budget evaluation of natural and managed ecosystem employing an improved field drainage measurement technique
• Ph.D., Soil Science (Soil Physics), University of Wisconsin-Madison, December 1999 
  Ph.D. Minor: Environmental Law 
  Thesis title: Carbon and nitrogen budget evaluation of natural and managed ecosystems

Graduate Advisor (M.S./Ph.D): Professor John M. Norman, Ph.D. (Environ. Biophysicist)

• Associate Professor, University of Arkansas, Applied Soil Physics, June 2005 to present
• Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas, Applied Soil Physcis, July 2001 to May 2005
• Research Associate  (Post-Doc), University of Wisconsin, Soil Physics, December 1999 to July 2001

Professional Achievements:

• Registered Professional Soil Classifier - Arkansas (May 2006)

Undergraduate

• Soil Profile Description (CSES 355V)
• Introduction to Water Science (ENSC 3003)

Graduate

• Soil Physics (CSES 5224)
• Scientific Presentations (CSES 5103)

• Tension-lysimetry
• Solute leaching (N, P, C, etc.)
• Groundwater contamination issues
• Natural and managed ecosystem evaluation and characterization
• Carbon and nitrogen cycling
• Ecosystem-level modeling of carbon and nitrogen transformations and water movement
• Sustainable agriculture
• Prairie restoration
• Carbon sequestration
• Soil quality

• Lee Riley (M.S.) - Research topic: Carbon and nitrogen sequestration potential of tallgrass prairies in Arkansas
• Brad Hufhines (M.S.) - Research topic: Nutrient spiraling in the White River, Northwest Arkansas
• Michelle McDonald (M.S.) - Research topic: Poultry litter and soil property effects on metal adsorption characterisitics
• Aaron Daigh (M.S.) - Research topic: Poultry litter application effects of soil profile chemical properties
• Amanda Mathis (M.S.) - Research topic: Comparison of gravel-less and pipe-and-gravel septic system performance using untreated effluent
• Nyambilila Amuri (Ph.D.) - Research topic: Effects of alternative residue management practices on soil quality and crop production
• Jill Motschenbacher (Ph.D.) - Research topic: Long-term impacts of rice cropping systems and tillage on soil properties and crop productivity

• Matt Cordell (M.S., August 2004) - Thesis title: Alternative wheat residue management practice effects on soil quality and soybeans in a double-crop production system.
• Amanda Pirani (M.S., August 2005) - Thesis title: Leaching of plant nutrients and heavy metals from poultry litter amended tall fescue pasture.
• Tarra Verkler (M.S., May 2007) - Thesis title: Evaluation of the sustainability of residue and water management practices in a wheat-soybean double-crop production system in eastern Arkansas.
• Brie Menjoulet (M.S., September 2007) - Thesis title: Nutrient and metal runoff from broiler litter-amended tall fescue in response to natural precipitation.
• Geneva Brion (M.S.; July 2008) - Thesis title: Land use effects on water quality of a first-order stream in the Ozark Highlands.

Professional Memberships:

• American Society of Agronomy
• Soil Science Society of America
• Crop Science Society of America
• Arkansas Association of Professional Soil Classifiers

• University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
  • The National Dean's List, 1991-1995
  • American Society of Agronomy Outstanding Soils Student Award, 1995
  • James H. Albertson Medallion Award, 1995
  • Chancellor's Leadership Award, 1995
  • Xi Sigma Pi, 1994-1995
  • Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, 1994
  • Melville H. Cohee Student Leadership Conservation Scholarship, 1995
  • Wisconsin Society of Professional Soil Scientists Scholarship, 1994
  • Wisconsin Fertilizer & Chemical Association Scholarship, 1994
  • Student Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society Scholarship, 1993
  • Edward J. Okray Memorial Scholarship, 1993
    
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Soil Science Society of America, Emil Truog Soil Science Award, 2000
  • Gamma Sigma Delta, National and Wisconsin Chapters of the Honor Society of Agriculture, 1999
  • J. Fielding Reed Fellowship, Phosphate & Potash Institute, 1999
  • William T. Dibble-Terra International, Inc. Fund Scholarship, 1998
  • North Central Extension-Industry Soil Fertility Conf. Graduate Student Award, 1998
    
• Univeristy of Arkansas-Fayetteville
  • Soil Science Society of America Journal Editor's Citation for Excellence in Manuscript Review, 2003
  • Soil Science Society of America, Division S-6 Young Scholar Award, 2005
  • Gamma Sigma Delta, Arkansas Chapter of the Honor Society of Agriculture, 2006
  • Soil Science Society of America Journal Citation for Excellence for Associate Editors, 2007
  • Gamma Sigma Delta Teaching Award, 2008  

• Wagai, R., K.R. Brye, S.T. Gower, J.M. Norman, and L.G. Bundy. 1998. Land use and environmental factors influencing soil surface CO₂ flux and microbial biomass in natural and managed ecosystems in southern Wisconsin. Soil Biol. Biochem. 30:1501-1509.

• Brye, K.R., J.M. Norman, L.G. Bundy, and S.T. Gower. 1999. An equilibrium tension lysimeter for measuring drainage through soil. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 63:536-542.

• Brye, K.R., J.M. Norman, L.G. Bundy, and S.T. Gower. 2000. Water-budget evaluation of prairie and maize ecosystems. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 64:715-724.
• Andraski, T.W., L.G. Bundy, and K.R. Brye. 2000. Crop management and corn nitrogen rate effects on nitrate leaching. J. Environ. Qual. 29:1095-1102.

• Brye, K.R., J.M. Norman, L.G. Bundy, and S.T. Gower. 2001. Nitrogen and carbon leaching in agroecosystems and their role in denitrification potential. J. Environ. Qual. 30:58-70.
• Kucharik, C.J., K.R. Brye, J.M. Norman, J.A. Foley, S.T. Gower, L.G. Bundy. 2001. Measurements and modeling of carbon and nitrogen cycling in agroecosystems of southern Wisconsin: Potential for SOC sequestration during the next 50 years. Ecosystems 4:237-258.

• Brye, K.R., T.W. Andraski, W.M. Jarrell, L.G. Bundy, and J.M. Norman. 2002. Phosphorus leaching under a restored tallgrass prairie and corn agroecosystems. J. Environ. Qual. 31:769-781.
• Brye, K.R., J.M. Norman, E.V. Nordheim, S.T. Gower, L.G. Bundy. 2002.  Refinements to an in-situ soil core technique for measuring net N-mineralization in moist, fertilized agricultural soil. Agron. J. 94:864-869.
• Brye, K.R., S.T. Gower, J.M. Norman, and L.G. Bundy. 2002. Carbon budgets for a prairie and agroecosystems: Effects of land use and inter-annual variability. Ecol. Appl. 12:962-979.
• Brye, K.R., J.M. Norman, and S.T. Gower. 2002. The fate of nutrients following three- and six-year burn intervals in a restored tallgrass prairie in Wisconsin. Am. Midl. Nat. 148:28-42.
• Brye, K.R., J.M. Norman, and S.T. Gower. 2002. Assessing the progress of a tallgrass prairie restoration in southern Wisconsin. Am. Midl. Nat. 148:218-235.

• Kucharik, C.J., and K.R. Brye. 2003. Integrated BIosphere Simulator (IBIS) yield and nitrate loss predictions for Wisconsin maize receiving varied amounts of nitrogen fertilizer. J. Environ. Qual. 32:247-268.
• Brye, K.R., and C.J. Kucharik. 2003. Carbon and nitrogen sequestration in two prairie topochronosequences on contrasting soils in southern Wisconsin. Am. Midl. Nat. 149:90-103.
• Brye, K.R., J.M. Norman, S.T. Gower, and L.G. Bundy. 2003. Effects of management practices on annual net N-mineralization in a restored prairie and maize agroecosystems. Biogeochem. 63:135-160.
• Brye, K.R., and N.A. Slaton. 2003. Carbon and nitrogen storage in a typic albaqualf as affected by assessment method. Comm. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 34:1637-1655.
• Brye, K.R., J.M. Norman, S.T. Gower, and L.G. Bundy. 2003. Methodological limitations and N-budget differences among a restored tallgrass prairie and maize agroecosystems. Agric. Ecosys. Environ. 97:181-198.
• Brye, K.R. 2003. Long-term effects of cultivation on particle size and water-retention characteristics determined using wetting curves. Soil Sci. 168:459-468.
• Brye, K.R., N.A. Slaton, M.C. Savin, R.J. Norman, and D.M. Miller. 2003. Short-term effects of land leveling on soil physical properties and microbial biomass. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 67:1405-1417.
• Madewell, T.M., M.C. Savin, and K.R. Brye. 2003. Alumni and employer perceptions of the CSES curricula: Survey results. J. Nat. Resour. Life Sci. Edu. 32:100-106.

• Slaton, N.A., E.E. Gbur, R.D. Cartwright, R.E. DeLong, R.J. Norman, and K.R. Brye. 2004. Grain yield and kernel smut of rice as affected by preflood and midseason nitrogen fertilization in Arkansas. Agron. J. 96:91-99.
• Brye, K.R., E.E. Gbur, and D.M. Miller. 2004. Relationships among soil C and physiochemical properties of a typic albaqualf as affected by years under cultivation. Comm. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 35:177-192.
• Brye, K.R. 2004. Pedogenic interpretation of a loess-covered, Pleistocene-glaciated toposequence using the energy model. Soil Sci. 169:282-294.
• Brye, K.R., N.A. Slaton, M. Mozaffari, M.C. Savin, R.J. Norman, and D.M. Miller. 2004. Short-term effects of land leveling on soil chemical properties and their relationships with microbial biomass. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 68:924-934.
• Masarik, K.C., J.M. Norman, K.R. Brye, and J.M. Baker. 2004. Improvements to measuring water flux in the vadose zone. J. Environ. Qual. 33:1152-1158.
• Brye, K.R., N.A. Slaton, R.J. Norman, and M.C. Savin. 2004. Short-term effects of poultry litter form and rate of soil bulk density and water content. Comm. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 35:2311-2325.
• Brye, K.R., N.A. Slaton, and P. Chen. 2004. Can crop productivity be predicted by soil characterization after land leveling? [Online] Crop Manage. doi:10.1094/CM-2004-0908-01-RS.
• Brye, K.R., T.L. Morris, D.M. Miller, S.J. Formica, M.A. Van Eps. 2004. Estimating bulk density in vertically exposed stoney alluvium using a modified excavation method. J. Environ. Qual. 33:1937-1942.
• Slaton, N.A., K.R. Brye, M.B. Daniels, T.C. Daniel, R.J. Norman, and D.M. Miller. 2004. Balance between nutrient inputs and removals for nine geographic regions in Arkansas. J. Environ. Qual. 33:1606-1615.
• Brye, K.R., C.P. West, and E.E. Gbur. 2004. Soil quality differences under native tallgrass prairie across a climosequence in Arkansas. Am. Midl. Nat. 152:214-230.
• Brye, K.R., and J.M. Norman. 2004. Land-use effects on anion-associated cation leaching in response to above-normal precipitation. Acta hydrochimica et hydrobiologica. 32(3):235-248.
• Brye, K.R., P. Chen, L.C. Purcell, M. Mozaffari, and R.J. Norman. 2004. First-year soybean growth and production as affected by soil properties
  following land leveling. Plant Soil. 263:323-334.
• Morgan, R.A, F.G. Edwards, K.R. Brye, and S.J. Burian. 2004. Evaluation of stormwater catchbasin inserts for transportation facilities. J. Trans. Res. Board 1890:123-128.
  

• Brye, K.R., and C.P. West. 2005. Grassland management effects on soil quality in the Ozark Highlands. Soil Sci. 170:63-73.
• Brye, K.R., N.A. Slaton, and R.J. Norman. 2005. Penetration resistance as affected by shallow-cut land leveling and cropping. Soil Till. Res. 81:1-13.
• Slaton, N.A., K.R. Brye, R.K. Bacon, and M. Mozaffari. 2005. Correlation and calibration of Mehlich-3 phosphorus recommendations for winter wheat following rice in Arkansas. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 36:993-1004.
• Brye, K.R., M.C. Savin, and E.E. Gbur. 2005. Graduate-level science classes: How important are extra time and open notes and book when evaluating students with calculation-oriented exams? NACTA J. 49:2-9.
• Brye, K.R., and A.L. Pirani. 2005. Native soil quality and the effects of tillage in the Grand Prairie region of eastern Arkansas. Am. Midl. Nat. 154:28-41.
• Morgan, R.A, F.G. Edwards, K.R. Brye, and S.J. Burian. 2005. An Evaluation of the Urban Stormwater Pollutant Removal Efficiency of Catch Basin Inserts. Water Environ. Res. 77:500-510.
• Sherman, L.A., K.R. Brye, D.E. Gill, and K. Koenig. 2005. Soil chemistry as affected by first-time prescribed burning of a grassland restoration on a coastal plain Ultisol. Soil Sci. 170:913-927.
• Haggard, B.E., P.A. Moore Jr., and K.R. Brye. 2005. Effect of slope on runoff from a small variable slope box-plot. J. Environ. Hydrol. Vol. 13, Paper No. 25.
• Brye, K.R. 2005. Lysimeters. In: J.H. Lehr and J. Keeley (eds.) Water Encyclopedia: Groundwater. Wiley & Sons, Inc. 846 p.
• Brye, K.R., and K. Steele. 2005. Soil and Water Contamination by Heavy Metals. In: J.H. Lehr and J. Keeley (eds.) Water Encyclopedia: Groundwater. Wiley & Sons, Inc. 846 p.
• Steele, K., and K.R. Brye. 2005. Nitrogen. In: J.H. Lehr and J. Keeley (eds.) Water Encyclopedia: Oceanography; Meteorology; Physics and Chemistry; Water Law; and Water History, Art, and Culture. Wiley & Sons, Inc. 832 p.
  

• Ross, J.R., N.A. Slaton, K.R. Brye, and R.E. DeLong. 2006. Boron fertilization influences on soybean yield and leaf and seed boron concentrations. Agron. J. 98:198-205.
• Brye, K.R., and L. Moreno. 2006. Vegetation removal effects on soil quality in a native tallgrass prairie fragment in east-central Arkansas. Nat. Areas J. 26:94-100.
• Brye, K.R., N.A. Slaton, and R.J. Norman. 2006. Soil physical and biological properties as affected by land leveling in a clayey Aquert. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 70:631-642.
• Brye, K.R., and A.L. Pirani. 2006. Metal uptake by tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) as affected by poultry litter application. Grass For. Sci. 61:192-199.
• Brye, K.R. 2006. Soil biochemical properties as affected by land leveling in a clayey Aquert. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 70:1129-1139.
• Brye, K.R., D.E. Longer, and E.E. Gbur. 2006. Impact of tillage and reside burning on CO₂ flux in a wheat-soybean production system. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 70:1145-1154.
• Brye, K.R., B. Golden, and N.A. Slaton. 2006. Poultry litter decomposition dynamics as affected by litter form and rate prior to flooding for rice production. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 70:1155-1167.
• Golden, B., N.A. Slaton, R.J. Norman, E.E. Gbur, K.R. Brye, and R.E. DeLong. 2006. Recovery of nitrogen in fresh and pelletized poultry litter by rice. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 70:1359-1369.
• Pirani, A.L., K.R. Brye, T.C. Daniel, B.E. Haggard, E.E. Gbur, and J.D. Mattice. 2006. Soluble metal leaching from a poultry-litter-amended Udult under pasture vegetation. Vadose Zone J. 5:1017-1034.
• Brye, K.R. 2006. Crop response to poultry litter and deep tillage following land leveling in a clay soil. Online. Crop Man. doi:10.1094/CM-2006-1215-01-RS.
• Brye, K.R. 2006. Soil physiochemical changes following 12 years of annual burning in a humid-subtropical tallgrass prairie: a hypothesis. Acta Oecol. 30:407-413.
• Vaught, R., K.R. Brye, and D.M. Miller. 2006. Relationships among coefficient of linear extensibility and clay fractions in expansive, stoney soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 70:1983-1990.
• Cordell, M.L., K.R. Brye, D.E. Longer, and E.E. Gbur. 2006. Residue management practice effects on soybean establishment and growth in a young wheat-soybean double-cropping system. J. Sustain. Agric. 29:97-120.
• Brye, K.R., M.L. Cordell, D.E. Longer, and E.E. Gbur. 2006. Residue management practice effects on soil surface properties in a young wheat-soybean double-crop system. J. Sustain. Agric. 29:121-150.
  

• Purcell, L.C, J.T. Edwards, and K.R. Brye. 2007. Soybean yield and biomass response to cumulative transpiration: Questioning widely held beliefs. Field Crops Res. 101 10-18.
• Sen, S., B.E. Haggard, I. Chaubey, K.R. Brye, T.A. Costello, and M.D. Matlock. 2007. Sediment phosphorus release at Beaver Reservoir, Northwest Arkansas, 2002-3. Water Air Soil Poll. 179: 67-77.
• Brye, K.R., D.E. Longer, M.L. Cordell, P. Chen, E.E. Gbur, and A.L. Pirani. 2007. Impact of nitrogen applications to wheat on no-tillage double-crop soybean. Online. Crop Man. doi:10.1094/CM-2007-0219-01-RS.
• Brye, K.R., D.E. Longer, M.L. Cordell, E.E. Gbur, and A.L. Pirani. 2007. Wheat response to nitrogen under low phosphorous and potassium fertility in a wheat-soybean production system. Comm. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 38: 389-402.
• Brye, K.R. 2007. Predictability of crop production in a clay soil based on a comprehensive, post-land-leveling soil property evaluation. Online. Crop Man. doi:10.1094/CM-2007-0806-01-RS.
• Haggard, B.E., D.R. Smith, and K.R. Brye. 2007. Variations in stream water and sediment phosphorus among select Ozark catchments. J. Environ. Qual. 36:1725-1734.
• Pirani, A.L. K.R. Brye, B.E. Haggard, T.C. Daniel, and J.D. Mattice. Broiler litter rate effects on nutrient leaching from soil under pasture vegetation in the Ozark Highlands. Soil Sci. 172:1001-1018.

• Harper, T.W., K.R. Brye, T.C. Daniel, N.A. Slaton, and B.E. Haggard. 2008. Land use effects on runoff and water quality on an eastern Arkansas soil under simulated rainfall. J. Sustain. Agric. 32:231-253.
• Hawkins, C., E.M. Rutledge, M.C. Savin, M. Shipitalo, and K.R. Brye. 2008. A sand layer deters burrowing by L. terrestris. Soil Sci. 173:186-194.
• Bajaj, S., P. Chen, D.E. Longer, A. Shi, A. Hou, T. Ishibashi, and K.R. Brye. 2008. Irrigation and planting date effects on seed yield and agronomic traits of early-maturing soybeans. J. Crop Improv. 22:47-65.
• Verkler, T.L., K.R. Brye, E.E. Gbur, J.H. Popp, and N. Amuri. 2008. Residue management and water delivery effects on season-long surface soil water dynamics in soybean. Soil Sci. 73:444-455.
• Duncan, D., and K.R. Brye. 2008. Nutrient management planning for haylands in poultry producing regions as affected by slope determination method for the RUSLE LS factor. Grass. Sci. In Press
• Hawkins, C.L., M.J. Shipitalo, E.M. Rutledge, M.C. Savin, K.R. Brye. 2008. Earthworm populations in septic system filter fields and potential effects on wastewater renovation.  Appl. Soil Ecol. 40:195-200.
• Bajaj, S., P. Chen, D.E. Longer, A. Hou, A. Shi, T. Ishibashi, B. Zhang, and K.R. Brye. Planting date and irrigation effects on seed quality of early-maturing soybean in the Mid-South USA. J. New Seeds In Press
• King, C.A., L.C. Purcell, and K.R. Brye. Differential wilting among soybean genotypes in response to water deficit. Crop Sci. In Press
• Brye, K.R., T.L. Riley, and E.E. Gbur. Prairie restoration effects on soil properties in the Ozark Highlands. Elect. J. Integr. Biosci. In Press
• Milne, E., S. Williams, K. Brye, M. Easter, K. Killian, and K. Paustian. Simulating soil organic carbon in a rice-soybean-wheat-soybean chronosequence in Prairie County, Arkansas using the Century model. Elect. J. Integr. Biosci. In Press
• Menjoulet, B.C., K.R. Brye, A.L. Pirani*, B.E. Haggard, and E.E. Gbur. Runoff Water Quality from Broiler-Litter-Amended Tall Fescue in Response to Natural Precipitation in the Ozark Highlands. J. Environ. Qual. In Press
• Amuri, N., and K.R. Brye. Residue management practice effects on soil penetration resistance in a wheat-soybean double-crop production system. Soil Sci. In Press

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