Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-1901
ph: 607 255-5629; Fax: 607 255-6143, E-mail: hmv1@cornell.edu
Education
Ph.D. North Carolina State University. Soil Physics, minor in
Statistics (1988)
M.S. Iowa State University. Soil Management (1984)
Kandidaats University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. Physical Geography
(1981)
Employment
Assistant Professor (1988-1993), Associate Professor (1994-present)
and Professor (pending), Department of Crop and Soil Sciences,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Current job responsibilities
Extension (50%), research (30%) and teaching (20%) on issues related
to soil and water management.
Professional Service
Chair, Division S-6 (Soil and Water Management), Soil Science
Society of America (1998).
Associate Editor, Journal of Environmental Quality (1996-1999).
Guest Editor, Geoderma (1997).
Member, Editorial Committee, Methods of Soil Analysis, Part 1:
Physical Properties, Soil Science Society of America (1997-present).
Chair, Cornell Environmental Outreach Council (coordinates all
environmental extension and outreach) (1997-present).
Member and Report Coordinator for Scientific Review Board, Food
Quality Protection Act Implementation.
Environmental Protection Agency. Five Scientific Advisory Panel
meeting during 1998-2000.
Advisory member, New York State Soil and Water Conservation Committee
(1988-1996).
Society Memberships
Soil Science Society of America
American Society of Agronomy
International Soil Science Society
Soil and Water Conservation Society
World Association of Soil and Water Conservation
Honors
H.H. Bennett Conservation Award. Soil and Water Conservation Society,
North Carolina Chapter (1987).
Excellence in the Development of Agronomic Education Material.
American Soc. of Agronomy (1992).
New York Statewide Program of Excellence in Sustainable Agriculture
(1996).
Publications
Book
Magdoff, F.R., and H.M. van Es. 2000. Building Soils for Better
Crops. Handbook Series Book 4. Sustainable Agric. Network, Beltsville,
MD. 240 pp.
Book Chapters
van Es, H.M.. 2000 Sources of soil variability. In: J. Dane and
C. Topp, Methods of Soil Analysis, Part 1: Physical Properties,
3rd Ed. Soil Sci. Soc. Am., Madison WI. (in revision).
Warrick, A.W., and H.M. van Es. 2000. Soil sampling and statistical
procedures. In: J. Dane and C. Topp. Methods of Soil Analysis,
Part I. Physical Properties, 3rd Ed. Soil Sci. Soc. Am., Madison
WI (in revision).
Refereed Publications
van Es, H.M., and R.R. Schindelbeck. 2000. Frost
incorporation and injection of manure. In: Proc. Managing
nutrients and pathogens from animal agriculture, Natural Res.
Agric. Engin. Serv., Ithaca, NY Publ. 130.
Sogbedji, J.M., H.M. van Es, S.D. Klausner, D.R. Bouldin, and
W.J. Cox. 2000. Spatial and temporal processes affecting nitrogen
availability at the landscape scale. Soil Till. Res. (Accepted
for publ).
Sogbedji, J.M., H.M. van Es, and J.L. Hutson. 2000. Fate of N
fertilizer and green manure in clay loam and loamy sand soils:
I Calibration of the LEACHM model. Plant and Soil (Accepted for
publ.).
Sogbedji, J.M., and H.M. van Es. 2000. Fate of N fertilizer and
green manure in clay loam and loamy and soils: II Validation of
the LEACHM model. Plant and Soil (Accepted for publ.).
Sogbedji, J.M., H.M. van Es, C.L. Yang, L.D. Geohring, and F.R.
Magdoff. 2000. Nitrate leaching and N budget as affected by maize
N fertilizer rate and soil type. J. Envir. Qual. (In print).
Karunatilake, U., H.M. van Es, and R.R. Schindelbeck. 2000. Soil and maize response to plow
and no-tillage after alfalfa-maize conversion on a clay loam soil
in NY. Soil and Till. Res. 55/1-2:31-42.
van Es, H.M., C.B. Ogden, R.L. Hill, R.R. Schindelbeck, and T.
Tsegaye. 1999. Integrated Assessmsent
of Space, Time, and Management-Related Variability of Soil Hydraulic
Properties. Soil Sci. Soc. Am J. 63:1599-1607 .
Ogden, C.B., H.M. van Es, R.J. Wagenet, and T.S. Steenhuis. 1999.
Spatial-temporal variability of flow in clay soil macropores under
no-till and plow-till. J. Environm. Qual. 1264-1273.
Poe, G., H.M van Es, T. vanderBerg, and R. Bishop. 1998. Do
participants in well testing programs update their exposure and
health risk perceptions? J. Soil and Water Cons. 53:320-325.
van Es, H.M., A.T. DeGaetano, and D.S. Wilks. 1998. Space-time
upscaling of plot-based research information: Frost tillage. Nutrient
Cycling in Agroecosystems. 50:85-90.
Hoosbeek, M.R., H.M. van Es, and A. Stein. 1998. Modeling spatial
and temporal variability as a function of scale. Geoderma 85:111-112.
Ogden, C.B., H.M. van Es, and R.R. Schindelbeck. 1997
Miniature rainfall simulator for field measurement of soil infiltration.
Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 61:1041-1043.
Grabosky, J.C., N. Bassuk, and H.M. van Es. 1996. Further testing
of rigid urban tree soil materials for use under pavement to increase
street tree rooting volumes. J. Arboriculture 22:255-263.
Geohring, L.D., H.M. van Es, and H.J. Buscaglia. 1995. Soil water
and forage response to controled drainage. In: Belcher, H.W. and
F.M. D'Itri. Subirrigation and controlled drainage. CRC Press
Boca Raton, FL pp 15-35.
van Es, H.M., and R.R. Schindelbeck. 1995. Frost
tillage for soil management in the Northeastern USA. Minn
Acad. Sci 59(2):37-39.
Shalit, G., T.S. Steenhuis, H.M. Hakvoort, J. Boll, L.D. Geohring,
and H.M. van Es. 1995. Subsurface
drainage water quality from structured soil. J. Irr. Drain.
Engin. 121:239-247.
Day, S.D., N. L. Bassuk, and H.M. van Es. 1995 Effects
of four compaction remediation methods for landscape trees on
soil aeration, mechanical impedance and tree establishment.
J. Environ. Hort. 13:64-71.
Buscaglia, H.J., H.M. van Es, L.D. Geohring, H.C.A.M. Vermeulen,
G.W. Fick and R.F. Lucey. 1994. Alfalfa
yield and quality are affected by soil hydrologic conditions.
Agron. J. 86: 535-542.
Merwin, I.A., W.C. Stiles, and H.M. van Es. 1994. Orchard
groundcover management impacts on soil physical properties.
J. Amer. Hort. Sci 119:216-222.
Mataruka, W.D.F., W.J. Cox, J. Mt.Pleasant, H.M. van Es, R.W.
Zobel and S.D. Klausner. 1994 Growth, yield and quality of forage
maize under ridge-till with manure and nitrogen fertilizer. Crop
Science 33:1316-1321.
van Es, H.M. and R.R. Schindelbeck. 1994. Frost Tillage: A potential
management option. In: Caron, J. et al. (ed.) Soil structure in
E. Canada II (in press).
van Es, H.M. 1993. Evaluation
of temporal, spatial and tillage-induced variability for parameterization
of soil infiltrability. Geoderma 60: 187-199.
van Es, H.M., and C.L. van Es. 1993. The
spatial nature of randomization and its effects on field experiments.
Agron. J. 85: 420-428.
van Es, H.M. 1993. The spatial nature of soil variability and
its implications for field studies. In: S.A. Levin, T.M. Powell,
and J.H. Steele (ed.). Patch Dynamics. pp. 27-36. Springer Verlag,
Berlin Heidelberg .
Ogden, C.B., R.J. Wagenet, H.M. van Es, and J.L. Hutson. 1992.
Quantification and modeling
of macropore drainage. Geoderma 55:17-35.
Henderson, D.M., W.J. Cox and H.M. van Es. 1992. The effect of
disk chisel depth on crop residue, soil water and grain yield
of corn. J. Prod Agric. 5:369-373.
Cox, W.J., D.J. Otis, H.M. van Es, F.B. Gaffney, D.P. Snyder,
K.R. Reynolds, and M. van der Grinten. 1992. Feasibility of no-till
and ridge tillage systems in the Northeastern USA. J. Prod. Agric.
5:111-117.
van Es, H.M. and C.L. van Es. 1992. Soil spatial variability and
its implications for field experimental design. Proc. Int. Conf.
on Pedometrics pp. 275-286.
van Es, H.M., T.S. Steenhuis, L.D. Geohring, J. Vermeulen, and
J. Boll, 1991. Movement of
surface-applied and soil-embodied chemicals to drainage lines
in a well-structured soil. In: T.J. Gish and A. Shirmohammadi.
Preferential Flow. Am. Soc. Agric. Eng., St. Joseph, MI 12-91:59-67.
van Es, H.M., S.M.L. Verheijden, and J. Mt. Pleasant. 1991. Temporal
changes in soil hydraulic properties as affected by soil management.
In: J.A. Stone et al. Soil Structure Research in E. Canada. Herald
Press, Windsor, Ont. pp. 197-210.
Cassel, D.K., H.M. van Es, and F. Agus. 1991. Rapid, indirect
measurement of soil structure using small ring infiltrometers.
In: J.A. Stone et al. Soil Structure Research in E. Canada. Herald
Press, Windsor, Ont. pp. 19-32.
van Es, H.M, D.K. Cassel and R.B. Daniels. 1991. Infiltration
variability and correlations with surface soil properties for
an eroded Piedmont soil. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 55:386-392.
Cox, W.J., R.W. Zobel, H.M. van Es, and D.J. Otis. 1990. Growth,
development and yield of maize under three tillage systems in
the NE United States. Soil and Till. Res. 18:295-310.
Cox, W.J., R.W. Zobel, H.M. van Es, and D.J. Otis. 1990. Tillage
effects on some soil physical and corn physiological characteristics.
Agron. J. 82:806-812.
van Es, H.M., C.L. van Es, and D.K. Cassel. 1989. Application
of regionalized variable theory to large-plot field experiments.
Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 53:1178-1183.
van Es, H.M., M.L. Thompson, S.J. Henning, and R. Horton. 1988.
Effect of deep tillage and
microtopography on corn yield on reclaimed surface-mined lands.
Soil Sci. 145:173-179.
Teaching
Soil and Water Management (CSS 321, 4 credits).
Applications of Space-Time Statistics (CSS 693, 1 credit)
Extension Publications (1996-1999)
van Es, H.M. 2000. Soil Health, Soil Erosion, Soil Compaction,and
Tillage. Cornell Guide for Integrated Field Crop Production 2000.
pp13-22 Cornell Cooperative Extension
Videos
Introduction to Nonpoint Source Pollution Control. Cornell Cooperative
Extension (1996, 145 min)
Soils and their role in protecting water quality. Cornell Coop.
Extension (1996, 23 min.).
Demonstrating Field Capacity of Soils. Cornell Cooperative Extension
(1997, 8 min).
Soil and water Management for Agricultural Production: Surface
Water. Cornell Cooperative Extension (1997, 120 min.).
Soil and water Management for Agricultural Production: Groundwater.
Cornell Cooperative Extension (1997, 120 min.).
Soil and water Management for Agricultural Production: Nitrate
Leaching. Cornell Cooperative Extension (1997, 7 min.).
as Principal Investigator, produced by D. Grantham
Watershed management in Greenwich Bay, RI. Cornell Coop. Extension
(1996).
Watershed management in Henry's Fork, ID. Cornell Coop. Extension
(1996).
Watershed management in the Milwaukee River, WI. Cornell Coop.
Extension (1996).
Watershed management in Edwards Aquifer/Seco Creek, TX. Cornell
Coop. Extension (1996).
Watershed ‘96 on the air. Cornell Cooperative Extension 112
min, (1996).
Waterborne Pathogens: Research and Resource Management. Cornell
Cooperative Extension (1997, 23 min.).
Wellhead Protection in Forestville, NY. Cornell Cooperative Extension
(1998, 18 min.).
Skaneateles Lake Watershed Program. Cornell Cooperative Extension
(1998, 21 min.).
Newsletter (as
Principal Investigator, edited by D. Grantham)
Water Courses, a statewide newsletter on water quality issues
for New York (1996-1999).
Grant Funding (1996-1999):
Development of a Knowledge Base for Precision Agriculture in New
York (Hatch, $20,000/ye, 1997-1999).
Development of a Knowledge Base for Site-Specific Application
of Crop Nutrients (USDA-SARE, $109,968, 1999-2001).
Education to Support Community-Based Resource Management (USEPA/NYSDEC
319 funds,$93,522, 1998-1999).
A Water Quality Curriculum Using Distance Learning Methods-Year
5. (USDA-CSREES-WQI, $41,193, 1998-1999).
New York Statewide Water Issues Newsletter. (USEPA/NYSDEC 319
funds, $31,417, 1997-1998).
A Water Quality Curriculum Using Distance Learning Methods-Year
4. (USDA-CSREES-WQI, $44,241, 1997-1998).
New York Statewide Water Issues Newsletter. (USEPA/NYSDEC 319
funds, $31,417, 1996-1997).
A Water Quality Curriculum Using Distance Learning Methods-Year
3. (USDA-CSREES-WQI, $54,924, 1996-1997).
Continuing Education on Nonpoint Source Pollution Contro Through
Video and Satellite-Broadcast Videoconference. (USEPA/NYSDEC 319
funds, $61,064, 1996-1997).
Multi-Media Modules for Distance Education in Soil and Water Management
(AGET-CALS, $10,000, 1997).
Effect of timing of manure application on water quality. (Northern
NY Agric. Dev. Program. $14,000, 2000-01).
Furthering precision agriculture extension in New York. (USDA-SL,
$39,200, 2000-01).
Pending:
Developing the Next Generation Nutrient Management Tools in the
Precision Agriculture Context. (USDA-IFAFS, $976,150, 2000-04)
Web sites:
Land
and Water Management Extension Program
Soil and Water Management Course (CSS 321)