Education

    Professional Experience   

• Soil Microbiologist USDA-ARS, Vegetable and Forage Research Unit, Prosser, WA 2000-Present.
• Soil Scientist Collins Environmental, Olympia, WA. 1997-2000
• Research Associate/Soil Microbiology Michigan State University, W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Hickory Corners, MI. 1991-1997.
• Soil Microbiologist USDA-ARS, Columbia Plateau Conservation Research Center, Pendleton, OR. 1987-1991.
• Graduate Research Assistant (1984-1987) Department of Agronomy and Soils, Washington State University, Pullman, WA. 1984-1987.
• Physical Science Technician (1983-1984) USDA-ARS, Land Management Water Conservation Unit, WSU, Pullman, WA. 1983-1984.
• Soil Scientist (1980-1982) USDA Forest Service, Clearwater National Forest, Orofino, ID. 1980-1982.   

Professional Societies and Activities

• Soil Science Society of America 
• American Society of Agronomy     
• Chaired and Organized the Soil Ecology Society's International       
• Conference on Soil Biodiversity, 1993 Michigan State University
  East Lansing, MI.

Teaching and Related Activities

• Graduate Student Faculty, Dept. Crop and Soil Science; Dept of Hort. and Land. Arch., Washington State University. 2001.     
• Teaching Assistant, Biogeochemistry, Michigan State University,        
  Kellogg Biological Station. 1996.
• Science Exposition, Program Lecturer, Southwest Michigan       
  Math and Science Alliance, Battle Creek, MI. 1995-1996.     
• Habitats and Organisms, Summer Ecology Institute, Program       
  Lecturer, W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, Hickory Corners, MI.1993-1994

Grants

• Washington State Potato Commission. ?Soil Microbial Responses to Soil Fumigation and Cover Crops in Potato Production Systems.
  Award Yr 2: $6,300. PI, H.P. Collins. 2002.   
• Washington State Potato Commission. ?Soil microbial processes, Nitrogen cycling and soil organic matter dynamics in potato production systems incorporating cover crops       
  Award: Yr 1: $6,300. PI, H.P. Collins. 2001. 
• U.S. Dept. of Energy. "The measurement of the poo sizes and flux rates of soil carbon fractions required for modeling and decision making regarding management of soil carbon in an enriched CO2 environment".       
  Renewal: 1996: $86,584. PI's, E.A. Paul and H.P. Collins.