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William Hunter Frame

Associate Professor

W. Hunter Frame, assistant professor, CSES

W. Hunter Frame, assistant professor, CSES
6321 Holland Road
Suffolk, VA
23437

Education

  • Ph.D., Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, 2012, Virginia Tech
  • M.S., Plant Sciences, 2009, University of Tennessee
  • B.S., Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, 2007, Virginia Tech

Experience

  • 2011 - Present - Teaching Assistant, Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  • 2009 - Present - Ph.D. Research, Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
  • 2007 - 2009 - Master’s Research, Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
  • 2004 - 2007 - Undergraduate Research Technician, Southern Piedmont Research and Extension Center, Virginia Tech, Blackstone, VA

Awards

  • Member of American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America
  • Third place in Division S-4 graduate student oral competition at the International American Society of Agronomy Meetings in Long Beach, CA November 2010
  • Soil survey full tuition scholarship, January 2005-May 2007
  • Dean’s list, Fall 2003-Spring 2007

  • Soil fertility and plant nutrition of agronomic cropping systems
  • Efficiency and efficacy of no-till cropping systems
  • Biochemical processes regulating nutrient cycling within no-till crop production systems

  • Extension education courses on soil fertility, nutrient management, and continuous no-till crop production systems.
  • Training master and doctoral level students in agronomy