Sylvie Brouder, Ph.D.
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Room 3351 Lilly Hall of Life Sciences |
| Phone: |
765-496-1489 |
| Fax: |
765-496-2926 |
| Email: |
sbrouder@purdue.edu |
Meet Dr. Brouder
Sylvie Brouder received her bachelor's degree in biology from Harvard
and her Ph.D. in ecology with an emphasis on plant sciences from the
University of California-Davis. She counsels students to get basic
science skills, noting that it’s easier to learn about the physical
properties of soil if you have a soild, general physics foundation.
She also emphasizes language skills because she wants her students
to be able to communicate their own ideas both orally and in writing.
Dr. Brouder is involved in research on environmental impacts of
crop production systems. Her program emphasizes plant nutrition
and cropping system nutrient cycling and balance with the goal of
ensuring and enhancing productivity while preserving the natural
resource base. Her interests include water quality and crop system
loss of carbon and nitrogen, plant availability of soil potassium
and potassium's role in crop yield and quality, roots and their
form and function, and the application of precision technologies
to intensive but efficient management of inputs.
Dr. Brouder's research projects are geared, all or in part, to
developing new educational materials to improve understanding and
management of plant nutrients. She supervises the work of three
Ph.D. students and one master’s student, who receive funding
from industry and from federal grants from places like the United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
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