Isaac Newton Alou – Ph.D. (University of Pretoria), M.Sc. (Mak), B.Sc. (Mak)
Isaac Newton Alou serves is a lecturer in the School of Agricultural Sciences. Newton is a scholar in soil science with a bias in crop modelling. He is lead instructor in course units related to soil physics for undergraduate and graduate students. Newton also co-instructs hydrological processes and modelling among other course units. He has a passion in environmental biophysics. Currently Newton is responsible for the soil physics laboratory in the soil science laboratories. He aspires to advance improvements in agricultural production and environmental quality through innovative and demand driven technologies in water management and plant nutrition. He has keen interest in developing adaptive instruments and or tools to aid decisions of the average African farmer.
His research has been in the fields of soil fertility, irrigation, agronomy and crop modelling where some students are now involved on topics related to irrigation, soil water dynamics and site-specific nutrient management. Newton’s early career has been at research and development institutions like IITA-Uganda, NARO groups e.g. AgMIP.org on low input maize systems. He is engaged in training, research and outreach projects with these institutions: Iowa State University (ISU), University of Pretoria (UP), University of Sheffield, and University of Ghana.
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