Cheryl Palm

Cheryl Ann Palm
Palm in 2014
Born(1954-01-06)January 6, 1954
DiedJanuary 24, 2024(2024-01-24) (aged 70)
Alma materUniversity of California, Davis
North Carolina State University
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Florida
Columbia University
ThesisMulch quality and nitrogen dynamics in an alley cropping system in the Peruvian Amazon (1988)

Cheryl Palm (January 6, 1954 – January 24, 2024) was an American agricultural scientist who was Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at the University of Florida. Her research considers tropical land use and ecosystem function, including carbon and nutrient dynamics. She was the former Chair of the International Nitrogen Initiative and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and American Society of Agronomists.