Dorivar Ruiz Diaz
Dr.Dorivar Ruiz Diaz is an extension specialist at Kansas State University, working at the intersection of soil fertility and nutrient management. He has extensive knowledge on nutrient management in the soil with the understanding of both environmental impacts and agricultural productivity. He is often engaged with farmers and stakeholders of the state of Kansas having a firsthand knowledge of agricultural practices, policies, and research. His areas of research interest are efficient use of fertilizers, soil test interpretations and fertilizer recommendations, and land application of manure and biosolids with emphasis on crop-available nitrogen. He directs Kansas State University’s soil testing laboratory. In GHG SmartSense STC GRIP Center, Dr.Diaz provides his expertise on field scale knowledge on nitrous oxide and other GHG emissions in agricultural land.