Dr. Nathan Nelson

Professor in the Kansas State University Department of Agronomy (USA)

Dr. Nathan Nelson is a professor in the Kansas State University Department of Agronomy, specializing in soil fertility and nutrient management. He teaches courses in soil fertility, fertilizer chemistry, nutrient cycling, and international studies. His research projects primarily explore nutrient management, cycling, and distribution within soil profiles and across landscapes. Part of this research is investigating ways to increase the efficiency of phosphorus applications in agriculture, with a main goal of increasing food production while reducing phosphorus runoff to surface waters. He leads research at the Kansas Agricultural Watershed Field Laboratory, a large in-field water quality laboratory established in 2014 to investigate effects of agricultural systems on surface water quality and develop best management practices to reduce non-point source pollution from agricultural lands. A native of Manhattan, KS, Dr. Nelson graduated from K-State with a B.S. in Agronomy before moving to North Carolina State University where he received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Soil Science. He worked with the USDA-ARS as a Soil Scientist at the Northwest Irrigation and Soils Research Lab prior to joining the K-State faculty in 2005.