Dr. Richard Robbins has been named interim associate dean for the Agricultural Research Program. Robbins moves over to the C. H. Moore Agricultural Research Station’s administrative offices from Carver Hall, where he served as interim chair of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Design fall semester. Robbins previous administrative experience with the SAES includes almost a decade as associate dean for instruction and a decade as chair of what was then (1982 - 1992) the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology. His professional service affiliations include terms as chair of both the Association of Directors of International Agricultural Programs, and the American Agricultural Economics Association’s Committee on Status and Opportunities for Blacks in Agriculture.
Dr. Louis E. N. Jackai will soon be joining the SAES as chair of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Design. Jackai comes to the SAES from Tuskegee University, where he was a research entomologist and an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) specialist. Jackai has conducted research into applications for biotechnology tools to crop improvement, and alternatives to pesticides that are best suited to small-scale agriculture. He received his bachelors in zoology and botany from the University of Cape Coast in Ghana. He then went on to complete work on a master’s in zoology at the University of Wisconsin-Superior and a doctorate in entomology at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana.
