David Wiendorf

2023 Davis College Distinguished Alumni Award

David Weindorf of Riverdale, Michigan received a bachelor’s degree in range management (1995), a master’s degree in soil science (1997), and a doctorate in agronomy (2002), all from Texas Tech. The Austin, Texas native served on the faculties of Tarleton State and Louisiana State. In 2013, he returned to Texas Tech to serve as the B.L. Allen Endowed Chair of Pedology. In addition, he worked as Davis College’s Associate Dean for Research, Faculty Fellow, and Texas Tech Associate Vice President for Research. He was a Fulbright Scholar to Universitatea de Ştiinţe Agricole şi Medicină Veterinară in Cluj-Napoca, Romania and a Fulbright Specialist at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur, India. He currently serves as Vice President for Research & Innovation at Central Michigan University. Weindorf has published 204 peer reviewed research papers, with more than 4,300 citations of his work. He is a licensed professional geoscientist, and has given expert testimony in several legal proceedings in both Texas and Louisiana. Check out the video celebrating David Weindorf.