Tom Bruulsema

Chief Scientist (Canada)

Tom Bruulsema is Chief Scientist with Plant Nutrition Canada, providing support for the nutrient stewardship programs of Fertilizer Canada, The Fertilizer Institute, and the International Fertilizer Association. He has 28 years of experience working with the fertilizer industry. Prior to the dissolution of the International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) in 2019, he was vice-president for the Institute’s programs in the Americas, and research globally. From 2015 to 2017 he led the Institute’s Phosphorus Program. Before that he was regional director for the Institute's programs in Eastern Canada and the Northeast USA. Dr. Bruulsema has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy, the Soil Science Society of America, and the Canadian Society of Agronomy. He was previously a research associate at the University of Minnesota (1994), and an agronomist with the Mennonite Central Committee in Bangladesh (1986-1990). Education: B.S. 1983 University of Guelph (Agriculture); M.S. 1985 University of Guelph (Crop Science); Ph.D. 1994 Cornell University (Soil Science).