Ithaca, New York
September 12, 2005
Michael
P. Hoffmann has been named associate dean of
Cornell University's
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), and
director of the
Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
(CUAES) in Ithaca. Hoffmann has served as associate director
of Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) since January 2003,
and the director of the NYS Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
Program since November 1999. The appointment was effective
September 1.
"It is
truly an honor to be selected for this position," said
Hoffmann, professor of entomology. "I look forward to being
a member of the college's leadership team and working with
faculty, stakeholders and others to help achieve our land
grant mission. I enjoyed my leadership roles with Cornell
Cooperative Extension and the NYS IPM Program and am looking
forward to contributing at a new and even more challenging
level."
Hoffmann's research expertise is in the development and
implementation of integrated pest management strategies for
vegetable crops. He specializes in biological control,
development and application of insect behavior modifying
chemicals, and alternative pest management tactics.
"Mike
Hoffmann brings exceptional administrative skills to this
position, as well as a thorough understanding of the very
complex mechanisms by which so much of the university's
research programs are funded," said Susan A. Henry, Ronald
P. Lynch dean of CALS. "He will oversee the allocation of
Federal Formula Fund research funding, respond to the needs
of applied research and extension, and act as liaison to
several state committees, programs, universities, and
agencies relevant to the mission of CALS, and the colleges
of Human Ecology and Veterinary Medicine."
As the
land grant university for New York State, Cornell discharges
its responsibility for research in the agricultural and
related sciences through the CUAES in Ithaca and the New
York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva. The
mission of the experiment stations is to provide the
fundamental knowledge and research base to sustain
agriculture and food systems, protect the environment and
natural resources, improve communities throughout New York
State, and contribute to the national agricultural research
base.
CUAES achieves this mission through the investment of
Federal Formula Funds (Hatch, McIntire-Stennis, and Animal
Health Act) in stakeholder-relevant and scientist-reviewed
research activities that are then interpreted and extended
for the greater benefit of society.
Hoffmann
received his B.S. in ecosystems analysis from the University
of Wisconsin at Green Bay in 1975, his M.S. in entomology
from the University of Arizona in 1978, and his Ph.D. in
entomology in 1990 from the University of California-Davis.
He was named assistant professor in the department of
entomology at Cornell in 1990, and became a full professor
in 2003. Under his tenure, in 2002, the NYS IPM program
received the Environmental Quality Award from the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency.
Hoffmann
succeeds Daniel Decker, who served as director of the CUAES
from April 2001 to August 2005, and Ronnie Coffman, who
served as director from 1993 to 2001. CUAES was established
in 1879.
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