David Held - profile information

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Prior to becoming Chair in 2020, Dr. David Held had 75% research and 25% teaching appointment in the department. His faculty appointment at Auburn was preceded by almost 6 years as an Extension Specialist at the Mississippi State University, Coastal Research and Extension Center. His publications include 1 original book, 13 book chapters, 80 refereed papers, and about 100 non-referred publications (including Extension publication) mostly co-authored with graduate or undergraduate students and post-docs. Since 2017, he has been Director or Assistant Director of Alabama IPM programs. He has received an Endowed Alumni Professorship (2021 to 2024) and Distinguished Alumni (2022) award. As PI or co-PI, has worked on extramurally funded projects exceed $11 million including NSF, AFRI, and 3 awards from the SCRI program. This was recognized by a Dean's Grantsmanship Award. He has contributed to >50 students completing degrees including students at Utah State University and MS State University. As Major or co-Advisor, he currently mentors 4 students with 21 students completing degrees at Auburn University. His work on Japanese beetles has been recognized with two invited keynote addresses at international meetings. He served on the College Promotion and Tenure Committee from 2019 to 2020 and has provided independent reviews of 11 promotion dossiers. He has chaired many leadership Search and Administrator Review committees, and has negotiated, hired, and onboarded 5 faculty since becoming Chair.