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Principal Investigator, David S. Bullock

David S. Bullock
Email: dsbulloc@illinois.edu
Phone: (217) 333-5510

Dr. Bullock leads the Data-Intensive Farm Management (DIFM) research team that generates 
and analyzes "Big" agronomic data to improve the way the world fertilizes crops.
DIFM works with participating farmers, using GPS-reliant precision agriculture technology to
conduct large-scale agronomic field trials on farmers' own fields, to generate yield, input
management, and field characteristics data in quantities and of quality only recently imaginable.
DIFM's research also looks at the effects of fertilizer management practices on water quality,
with the aim of discovering efficient means of reducing the loss of nitrogen fertilizer into the 
Mississippi River basin.

Education:
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1989
M.A., University of Chicago, 1985

Academic Positions:
Professor

Project Coordinator, Carli J. Miller

Carli J. Miller
Email: cjmille5@illinois.edu
Phone: (217) 300-9335

Carli joined the DIFM team in November 2018. Coming from a strong agricultural background, 
she is the fifth generation of her family farm in West Central Illinois- primarily raising corn, soybeans, 
and beef cattle. 

Education:
B.S., University of Illinois, 2017

Field Trial Supervisor, Bob Dunker

Bob Dunker
Email: redunker@illinois.edu
Phone: (217) 369-3012

◦Retired Agronomist and Superintendent, 
University of Illinois Crop Science Research and Education Center (”South Farms”)

◦40 plus years experience in field trial experiments of crops and soils 
including management of the Morrow Plots