LeRoy A. Daugherty
(505) 646-7582
ldaugher@nmsu.edu

Education
B.S.; University of Missouri, 1968, Soil Science
M.S.; Cornell University, 1972, Soil Science
Ph.D.; Cornell University, 1975, Soil Science

Research & Experience
1968 - 1975; (Educational leave 1969-1975), Soil Scientist, USDA-Soil Conservation Service, Maysville, Missouri
1969, 1970, and 1972 (Summers); Soil Mapper, Agronomy Department, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
1975 - 1982;Assistant Professor (Pedology), New Mexico State University
1982 - 1990; Associate Professor (Pedology), New Mexico State University
1984 - 1986; Acting Department Head, Crop and Soil Science Department, New Mexico State University
1986 - 1997; Department Head, Agronomy and Horticulture Department, New Mexico State University
1990 - Present; Professor (Pedology), New Mexico State University
1998; Acting Department Head, Fishery and Wildlife Sciences, New Mexico State University
1997 - Present; Interim Associate Director, Agricultural Experiment Station, New Mexico State University

• Administrative Advisor:
  • Western Regional Coordinating Committees "Alternate Crops for the Western Region"; WCC-105 (1991-1999)
  • "Western Region Soil Survey and Inventory" WCC-93 (1993-Present)
  • Western Research Committees "Biogeochemistry and management of salts and trace elements in arid-zone soils, sediments, and waters" W-184 (1998 Present), "Interactions among bark beetles, pathogens, and conifers in North American Forests" W-187 (1997 - Present) and "Agricultural water management technologies, institutions and policies affecting economic viability and environmental quality" W-190 (1997 - Present).
• Member, Review Team (1998) Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
• Certified Professional Soil Scientist (Soil Classifier) #1666 by the American Registry of Certified Professionals in Agronomy, Crops & Soils, Ltd. (ARPACS)
• Chairman (1983-1984), Pedology Division (S-5) of the Soil Science Society of America
• Listed in Outstanding Young Men of America; American Men and Women in Science; Who's Who in the West; Who's Who in Technology Today; Who's Who in America; and the Directory of Distinguished Americans
• Member, CSRS Review Team (1989) Department of Plant, Soil and Entomological Sciences, University of Idaho
• President (1996-97), Las Cruces Rotary Club (Paul Harris Fellow - 1998)
• Assistant District Governor (1997), Rotary International District 5520

Selected Publictions
Daugherty, L. A. 1997. Soil Science Contribution to an Airplane Crash Investigation, Ruidoso, NM. Journal of Forensic Sciences 42 (3): 401 405.
Monger, H.C. and L.A. Daugherty. 1991. Pressure solution: Possible mechanism for silicate grain dissolution in a petrocalcic horizon. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 55(6):1625-1629.
Monger, H.C. and L.A. Daugherty. 1991. Neoformation of palygorskite in a southern New Mexico Aridisol. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 55:1646 1650.
Monger, H. C., L. A. Daugherty, and L. H. Gile. 1991. A microscopic examination of pedogenic calcite in an Aridisol of southern New Mexico. P. 37-60. In W. D. Nettleton (ed.) Occurrence, characteristics, and genesis of carbonate, gypsum, and silica accumulations in soil.
Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Spec. Publ. 261, Madison, WI.
Monger, H.C., L.A. Daugherty, W. C. Lindemann, and C.M. Liddell. 1991. Microbial precipitation of pedogenic calcite. Geology 19:997 1000.
Nash, M. and L.A. Daugherty. 1990. Statistical comparison of soil map unit boundaries. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 54(6):16771681.
Nash, M. H. and L. A. Daugherty. 1990. Soil-landscape relationships in alluvium sediments in southern New Mexico. N.M. Agric. Exp. Stn. Bull. No. 746.
Nash, M. H., L. A. Daugherty, B. A. Buchanan, and B. W. Hynyadi. 1994. The effect of groundwater table variation on characterization and classification of gypsiferous soils in the Tularosa Basin, New Mexico. Soil Survey Horizons 35 (4):102-110.
Nash, M. H., L. A. Daugherty and W. G. Whitford. 1993. Cluster and principal component analysis of soil sites along a transect. Soil Survey Horizons 34 (2):47-57.