About the role:

• Worked with Dean Hilderbrand on Information Technology initiatives.
• Developed and managed the first Intellectual Property webpage at SDSU.
• Oversaw gene patent issues related to research on winter wheat freeze survival.

Positions held:

• Research Advisory Council
• SDSU President’s Advisory Council for Diversity
• Institutional Biosafety Committee (1993-2014)
• Distinguished Professor Committee (1996 – 2012)
• Member of University Academic Senate
• Chair of Burris Distinguished Lecture Series (1996-2005)
• Member of several Graduate Advisory Committees (1993 – 2014)
• Co-Chair SD Plant Biochemistry/Plant Physiology Symposium (2003)