Cheng-i Wei

Public Seminar and Reception Scheduled for Vice Chancellor of IANR Candidate

A series of visits is planned with four candidates identified by a search committee seeking to hire the new vice president and vice chancellor for the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at UNL. From 3:30 - 5:30 p.m., a public seminar and reception will be held for Cheng-i Wei in the Nebraska East Union.

Wei is dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at University of Maryland, College Park; and director of the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station and University of Maryland Extension. Previously, Wei was associate dean for research and graduate studies in the College of Human Environmental Sciences at Oklahoma State University (2002-2005), Bruno professor and head of the department of Nutrition and Food Science at Auburn University (1998-2992); and professor of food science and human nutrition at the University of Florida (1981-1998), including several acting and interim leadership appointments. He earned a bachelor's in biology at Tunghai University in Taiwan, a master's in medical microbiology at National Taiwan University and a Ph.D in microbiology at University of California, Davis.