David Dornbos, Associate Professor, Biology
616-526-8578
dld9@calvin.edu
Office: DeVries Hall 127
Weekly Schedule
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Education
B.S. in Biology, Calvin College
M.S. in Crop Production and Physiology, The Ohio State University
Ph.D. in Crop Production and Physiology, Iowa State University
Professional Experience
-USDA/ARS Post-doctoral Research Scientist. Developed and ran novel
bioassays to determine if a variety of natural plant products inhibited or
promoted seed germination or seedling growth, 1989-1991
-Syngenta Seeds, Product Development Agronomist. Conducted field
tests with experimental corn hybrids and soybean varieties in Illinois,
Indiana, Kentucky, and North Carolina, 1991-1994
-Syngenta Seeds, Director of Product Development - North America. 1994-1999
-Syngenta Seeds,Global Head of Seed Production Research, 1999-2004
-Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, 2004-present
-Research Advisory Board, Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, 2006-present
-Lecturer in the Seed Technology and
Business distance learning, teaching a course entitled "Seed Production", Iowa State University, 2007
-2 year USDA/ARS Researcher in Bioactive Constituents Discovery, Au Sable Institute Faculty teaching Natural History, Mancelona,
MI, 2009
Research / Professional Interests
- Global Sustainability Issues: Particularly Utilization of Green Space to Sequester Atmospheric Carbon
- Application of sustainable food production techniques of developed countries
with comparable efforts in Cambodia; optimization of appropriate food
production systems for small shareholder farmers through the NGO Genesis
Community of Learning and Eden School of Agriculture. - Measurement of the quantity of carbon dioxide assimilated annually by the
greenspace of Calvin College and Pierce Cedar Creek Institute to enable
optimization of carbon sequestration efforts through the effective management
of land resources. - Characterizing the physiological advantages of invasive shrub species of
southwestern Michigan by assessing photosynthesis and transpiration rates,
water and light use efficiencies: common and glossy buckthorn, and autumn
olive compared with a number of native shrub species. - Optimization of methods to control the buckthorn species and autumn olive in
southwestern Michigan.
Life Outside Calvin
Anything outdoors...running, cycling, fishing, hunting, hiking, vegetable gardening
See a partial list of Dr. Dornbos' publications
