Meet the editor

Dr. Michael Aide received his Ph.D. in Soil Chemistry from Mississippi State University, USA, in 1982, and a bachelor's degree in Chemistry and Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. He has been an educator and agronomic-soil researcher at Southeast Missouri State University, USA, since 1982. His research interests include the growth and development of rice in integrated systems involving soil fertility, water

management, and mitigation of arsenic uptake. Rice research has permitted his travel to southeastern Asia, Central America, and Egypt. Dr. Aide is a certified soil scientist who has investigated rare earth elements in soils, attempting to utilize them to indicate parent material uniformity and fate/transport. His professional affiliations include the Soil Science Society of America and the Soil and Water Conservation Society.
