Speaker

• Dr. David Johnson Research Scientist, Sr. Molecular Biologist NMSU
  

  Dr. David Johnson

  Research Scientist, Sr. Molecular Biologist NMSU

  Dr. David C. Johnson is a molecular biologist currently working with: California State University Chico, Arizona State University, Texas A&M, USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, and growers exploring paths to improve food security, reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, and increase productivity and profitability through the development of beneficial soil microbial communities in farm and rangeland soils. He is an Adjunct Professor at the Regenerative Agricultural Initiative (RAI) at California State University, Chico and the Director of the Institute for Sustainable Agricultural Research at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces.

  David’s current research, in soil microbial community structure and function, has opened a window for viewing the interdependence between plants and soil microbes towards improving plant growth and soil fertility. Optimization of these plant-microbe associations promotes: improved soil fertility, faster growth of crops, improved plant water use efficiencies, and greater soil carbon storage capabilities. These benefits provide a path to significantly increase crop productivity and reduce greenhouse gases within a regenerative agricultural system.