Expertise:
Payne came to Amarillo in 2000 as an associate professor to
conduct basic and applied research on crop response to environmental
stresses that are endemic to the Texas Panhandle. Specialties
include crop water use and water-use efficiency, temperature
and nutrient stress, and alternative crop introduction. His
program is currently developing components for the spatial modeling
of crop response to environmental stress, and of remote sensing
of environmental stress. Payne is on the Texas A&M graduate
faculty, and member of the graduate faculty at West Texas A&M
University in Canyon, Texas. He is active in the American Society
of Agronomy, Soil Science Society of America, Crop Science Society
of America, and the American Association for the Advancement
of Science. He currently serves as Associate Editor of Agronomy
Journal for agroclimatology and modeling and has broad international
experience, including 10 years working in semi-arid West Africa.
Professional
and Academic Training:
1990, PhD, Soil Science, Texas A&M University
1988, MS, Soil Science, Texas A&M University
1981, BA, Chemistry, Wabash College