Prof. Baoshan Xing is currently serving as Director, Stockbridge School of Agriculture, and Professor of Environmental & Soil Chemistry at University of Massachusetts Amherst. He did his Ph.D. in Environmental & Soil Chemistry, University of Alberta, Canada. He ha spublished 500+ refereed journal articles and six books. He taught Environmental Soil Chemistry, Inorganic Contaminants in Soil, Water, and Sediment and Advanced Soil Chemistry. He has received numerous awards:
Academic Awards & Honors:
- UMass Conti Fellowship
- UMass Amherst Spotlight Scholar
- Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Research and Creative Activity (UMass)
- Highly Cited Researchers since 2014
- Fellow of Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
- Fellow of Agronomy Society of America (ASA)
- Soil Science Research Award
- Environmental Quality Research Award
- Marion L. and Chrystie M. Jackson Soil Science Award
- Visiting/adjunct professor, Tsinghua University (2018-2020)
- Kingenta Agricultural Science Award
- ACSPSNA Distinguished Career Award
- Cheung Kong (visiting/jiangzuo) Scholar (2008-2010)
- Outstanding Research Award from SSSA and ASA (northeast branch)
- Outstanding Researcher Award, College of Natural Sciences
- The Queen Elizabeth II Doctoral Fellowship in Environmental Studies
