Tom DeSutter

Tom DeSutter is a Professor in the Department of Soil Science at North Dakota State University's School of Natural Resource Sciences. His work focuses on soil reclamation, remediation strategies, and industrial by-product applications.

Education: PhD in Agronomy (2004) from Kansas State University, MS in Agronomy (1998) and BS in Geography (1994) from South Dakota State University.

Research interests span soil salinity/sodicity management, environmental field instrumentation, and remediation of anthropogenically disturbed soils. Key trends in his Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment publications include biostimulant effects, thermal desorption impacts, and brine contamination mitigation.

Teaching responsibilities include SOIL 410/610 (Soil and Land Use) and SOIL 721 (Environmental Field Instrumentation and Sampling). Previous roles (2006-2018) at NDSU included Assistant and Associate Professor positions.