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Colby Moorberg

Associate Professor

Department of Agronomy

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  • Associate Professor
    Department of Agronomy
  • Kansas State University, Department of Agronomy, 919 Mid-Campus Drive, Manhattan, KS, 66506, United States
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Colby Moorberg is a soil scientist specializing in hydropedology and wetland soils. He teaches college courses in soil science and soil and water conservation in addition to coaching the K-State Soil Judging Team. Moorberg also develops open educational resources (OER) and open textbooks for soil science.

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor of Soil Science
    Kansas State University, Department of Agronomy, 919 Mid-Campus Drive, Manhattan, 66506, United States2 Dec 1986

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Southwest Director
    Soil and Water Conservation Society, Soil Science, Ankeny, IA, United States9 Jan 2025
  • Content Matter Expert
    National Technical Committee for Hydric Soils, United States1 Jan 2017
  • Soils Certfication Committee
    Soil Science Society of America, Madison, WI, United States1 Jan 2017
  • Owner and Principle Soil Scientist
    HRE Soil Science, LLC, Manhattan, KS, United States1 Jan 2020
  • Faculty Senate President-Elect
    Kansas State University Faculty Senate, Manhattan, KS, United States15 May 2025 - 12 May 2026

DEGREES

  • PhD, Soil Science
    North Carolina State University, Soil Science, Raleigh, NC, United States10 May 2014
  • MS, Soil Science
    North Carolina State University, Soil Science, Raleigh, NC, United States
  • BS, Environmental Science
    Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States10 May 2008

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Certified Professional Soil Scientist (CPSS)
    United States1 Jan 2017
    #334182
  • Professional Wetland Scientist (PWS)
    United States1 Jan 2021
    #3393

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoctoral Researcher
    University of Washington, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seattle, WA, United States1 Jan 2014 - 1 Dec 2014
    Postdoctoral Research

K-STATE OPPORTUNITY AGENDA

  • Global Food Security and Biosecurity
  • Sustainability

KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE TARGET SECTORS

  • Food and Agriculture

AVAILABILITY

  • Consulting
  • Guest teaching opportunities
  • Expert witness work
  • Membership of an advisory committee
  • Mentoring (long-term)

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