STEVE PHILLIPSPrincipal Scientist
African Plant Nutrition InstituteLot 660, Hay Moulay Rachid
Benguerir, Morocco 43150
Tel: 212.666.712436
s.phillips@apni.net
Professional Experience:
2019 – present | African Plant Nutrition InstituteDr. Phillips is currently Principal Scientist for the African Plant Nutrition Institute, headquartered on thecampus of Mohamed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) in Benguerir, Morocco, where he also holds theacademic rank of Professor. Dr. Phillips serves as research theme leader for all precision nutrient
management projects within APNI. He also organized and hosted the West African Forum on Precision
Agriculture (WAFPA; 100+ attendees representing 10 countries; https://www.apni.net/wafpa/), the 1stAfrican Conference on Precision Agriculture (AfCPA; 750+ attendees representing 50+ countries;
https://paafrica.org/), and founded the African Association for Precision Agriculture (AAPA;
https://paafrica.org/About/AAPA). In his role as professor at UM6P, Dr. Phillips developed and serves ascoordinator for an Executive MS curriculum in precision agriculture. He also lectures each semester onprecision agriculture topics in courses on Fertilizer Science and Technology and Crop Nutrition. He
currently serves as major advisor for three Ph.D. students and one M.S. student pursuing degrees inprecision agriculture.
2007 – 2019 | International Plant Nutrition InstituteAs North American Director for IPNI, Dr. Phillips led research and educational programs related toprecision nutrient management. He served as organizer and chairman for the annual InfoAg Conference,
one of the largest precision agriculture events in the world (1300+ attendees representing 20+ countries;
https://infoag.org/). Dr. Phillips also represented IPNI in many international research collaborations,training events, and conferences on precision agriculture.
1999 – 2007 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
At Virginia Tech, Dr. Phillips led an internationally recognized research and extension program in precision
agriculture and developed the first crop sensor-based algorithms for nutrient management in the eastern
USA. He mentored several graduate students and post-docs in precision nutrient management during histenure.
Education:
Ph.D.
M.S.
B.S.

Soil Fertility, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 1999
Agronomy, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 1995
Agronomy, Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma, 1993

Affiliations:
African Association for Precision Agriculture, 2020-present
International Society of Precision Agriculture, 2010-present
American Society of Agronomy, 1995-present

Soil Science Society of America, 1995-present
Honors and Awards:
Agronomic Industry Award, American Society of Agronomy, 2017
Robert Glenn Rapp Foundation Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, 1997-1999
Outstanding Ph.D. Student, Dept. of Plant and Soil Sci., Oklahoma State University, 1999
Outstanding Senior in Agriculture, Cameron University, 1993
Publication Summary:Refereed Journal Articles – 39
Proceedings – 14
Non-Refereed Research Reports – 35
Web-Based Communications – 7

Extension/Technical – 79
Abstracts – 52
Book Chapters – 4

Selected Publications:Phillips, S.B. 2018. Precision Agriculture Opportunities for African Small-Holder Farming Systems. In New
Ag International, May/June. New Ag International SARL.
Phillips, S.B. 2018. Advances in global precision agriculture research and application. In Proceedings ofthe International Symposium on Advancements in soil, water, and plant nutrition research. T.
Satyanarayana (ed) International Plant Nutrition Institute, Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
Abit, J.M., D.B. Arnall, and S.B. Phillips. 2018. Environmental implications of precision agriculture. In
Precision agriculture basics. (ed) Shannon et al. ASA. Madison, WI.
Phillips, S.B. 2018. Adoption of Precision Agriculture Technologies in the US: current trends in the mainmarkets. In resúmenes del Primer Congreso Latinoamericano de Agricultura de Precisión. CLAPS,
Santiago de Chile.
Phillips, S.B. 2017. Precision ag adoption trends in the USA. In Proceedings of the 7th Asian-AustralasianConference on Precision Agriculture. W. Nelson (ed). New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food ResearchLtd. Hamilton, NZ.
Phillips, S.B. 2017. Precision K management for high production agriculture. In Sanyal, S.K. et al.
Advances in potassium research for efficient soil and crop management. New Delhi, India.
Harrell, D.L., B.S. Tubaña, T.W. Walker, and S.B. Phillips. 2011. Estimating rice grain yield potential using
normalized difference vegetation index. Agron. J.103:1717-1723.
Thomason, W.E., S.B. Phillips, P.H. Davis, J.G. Warren, M.M. Alley, and M.S. Reiter. 2011. Variable
nitrogen rate determination from plant spectral reflectance in soft red winter wheat. Precision
Agriculture. 12(5):666-681.
Liu, X., P. He, J. Jin, and S.B. Phillips. 2011. Yield gaps, indigenous nutrient supply, and nutrient use
efficiency of wheat in China. Agron. J. 103(5):1452-1463.
Khurana, H.S., S.B. Phillips, A.S. Sidhu, Bijay-Singh, Yadvinder-Singh, A. Dobermann, and S. Peng. 2008.
Agronomic and economic evaluation of site-specific nutrient management for irrigated wheat innorthwest India. Nutr. Cycl. Agroecosyst 82(1):15-31.