Biswanath Dari

Peer-review/Editorial Services

• Chair (2020): Biochar Community, American Society of Agronomy.

• Vice-chair (2019): Biochar Community, American Society of Agronomy.

• Associate Editor, Agronomy Journal, American Society of Agronomy, Soil Science Society of America, Crop Science Society of America (2018 to present) (https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/files/publications/aj-masthead-for-web-6-mar-2018.pdf)

• Editor, Open Agriculture Journal (2017 to present)

• American Society of Agronomy: Graduate Student Committee Member (2014 to 2015)

• Editor: Soil Methods On-line: ACS320. Methods of Soil Analysis, ASA, CSSA, SSSA Books, March 2017 - December 2020.

• PeerJ Ambassador

• Gamma Sigma Delta, 2015-2016.

• Ad hoc Journal Review: Agronomy Journal, Soil Science Society of America Journal, PLOS One, Chemosphere, Geoderma, Agriculture Ecosystem and Environment, Plant and Soil, MDPI (Soils, Forestry, Diversity), Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Science of the Total Environment, Canadian Center of Science and Education journals such as Sustainable Agricultural Research, Journal of Sustainable Development, Environment and Pollution, Environment and Natural Resources Research, and Open Agriculture

 

Leadership Positions

• Graduate Student Competition Judge – ASA Environmenetal Quality, Soil and Environmnetal Quality, Biochar Community etc. (2016 to 2019)

• Co-ordinated Open Houses, Analytical research laboratories, Univ. of Florida.

• Vice President of Agricultural and Life Sciences College Council (2014-2015)

• Moderator:

  • Session(s): “Soil Chemistry Oral I and II (includes student competition) (#126 and 127)”; SSSA Division, ASA-CSSA-SSSA annual meeting, San Antonio, TX, Nov 10-13, 2019.

  • Symposium: “Correctly Calculating Nitrogen Rates for Sustainable Crop Production and Environmental Protection: Advances Towards Understanding Natural Processes Governing Nitrogen Availability (#249); SSSA Division: Nutrient Management and Soil and Plant Analysis, ASA-CSSA-SSSA annual meeting, San Antonio, TX, Nov 10-13, 2019.

• Poster Judging:

  • Soil and Environmental Quality section, ASA-CSSA-SSSA Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 2016

  • Animal Agriculture and Soils, ASA-CSSA-SSSA Meeting, Tampa, FL, 2017

  • Global Agronomy, ASA and CSSA Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2018

  • Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition, SSSA Meeting, san Diego, CA, 2019

  • Soil Chemistry, ASA-CSSA-SSSA Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 2019.

Mayor of Diamond Village, Graduate and Family Housing under Mayor Council (MC) at University of Florida (December 2012 to August 2015)

• Grant reviewer and member of Graduate Student Council (GSC), University of Florida, Florida, USA (2013-1015)

• Fund Raiser and Active member, UF Wetlands Club (2014-2015)

• Lead the New Graduate Orientation by GSC: Planning committee member, Tour guide instructor and coordinator, University of Florida, 2013  

 

Leadership Activities

• Internship (assisted members of the media at Newsroom) at the 2014 Annual SSSA, ASA and CSSA Meetings, held in Long Beach, November 2-5, 2014

• Internship (assisted members of the media at Newsroom) at the 2013 Annual SSSA, ASA and CSSA Meetings, held in Tampa, Florida, USA, November 3-6, 2013

• Volunteered at “Water Choices V” program- A Day long think tank on Water held at Straughn IFAS Extension Professional Development Center on September, 2012

• Volunteered at 14th Annual Soil and Water Science Research Forum, University of Florida, September, Sept 6, 2013

• Volunteered at 13th Annual Soil and Water Science Research Forum, University of Florida, September, Sept 7, 2012

• Volunteered at the 4th UF Water Institute Symposium, University of Florida, Feb 11-12, 2014 

• Volunteered at the 3rd UF Water Institute Symposium, University of Florida, Feb 15-16, 2012 

 

Student Organizations and Student Club

• Graduate Student Council (GSC), University of Florida, Florida, USA (2013- 2015)

  • Graduate Student Council (GSC) Travel Grants Reviewer

  • New Graduate Orientation by GSC: Planning committee member, Tour guide instructor and coordinator, 2013

• Gators for Asha, a non-profit organization at the University of Florida, USA (2013)

  • Facilitated by distributing leaflets of Praharsha, an Indian cultural event

• Graduate Assistants United (GAU), University of Florida, Florida, USA (2012- present)

  • Facilitated in membership distribution and ice-cream Social in Diamond Village 

• Mayors’ council (2012- 2015)

  • Facilitated most of the multicultural events held in Graduate and Family Housing, University of Florida

• Wetlands Club, University of Florida, Florida, USA (2011to 2015)

  • Volunteered on different events organized by UF Wetlands club: Outreach (Education events in the Storm Water Ecological Enhancement Project, SEEP; Chilly Festival at O’Leno State Park), Lake clean-up, Tabling (CALS kick-off, 2014, Earth Day) and Fund-raising activities (cypress tree transplanting, t-shirts and cap selling) on several occasions

 

Other Service Activities

• Science Fair Judge at the Regional Science Fair Program at Santa Fe College, Gainesville on February 6, 2014

• Science Fair Judge at the Alachua County School Volunteer Program at Ft. Clarke Middle School, Gainesville on Dec 10, 2013

• Science Fair Judge at the Professional Academies Magnet (PAM) at Loften High School, Gainesville on May 30, 2013

• Science Fair Judge at the Alachua County School Volunteer Program at Bishop Middle School, Gainesville on Nov 15, 2012

• Presented India at the College of Education’s International Day Celebration at the University of Florida, Fall 2013

 

Professional Membership

• Soil Science Society of America: Member (2011 to present)

• American Society of America: Member (2011 to present)

• Crop Science Society of America: Member (2011 to present)

• SERA-17; An organization for innovative solutions to minize phosphorus losses from agriculture (2011 to 2015)