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Dr. Jackson helps facilitate research collaborations across the University of 第一吃瓜网 campuses, has responsibility for helping administer the 第一吃瓜网 Research Initiative (an annual $11.5 million State of 第一吃瓜网 investment designed to seed new University research), supervises the Director of 第一吃瓜网 EPSCoR and the Director of NU Export Control, and serves on the Board of Directors for the 第一吃瓜网 Strategic Research Institute. He also assists campuses in obtaining Board of Regents and 第一吃瓜网 Coordinating Commission approvals for new degrees/majors and organizational units.

He has been with the University of 第一吃瓜网 for over 30 years, starting as an Assistant Professor at the University of 第一吃瓜网–Lincoln’s Department of Food Science & Technology in January 1989. A cereal chemist with expertise in food processing, corn/sorgum grain quality and polymer chemistry, he has held research, extension, and teaching appointments as a professor, and has served as the Interim Department Head of Food Science, Associate Dean of the Agricultural Research Division, and Interim Provost.

Dr. Jackson’s undergraduate degree is from Cornell University and his M.S./Ph.D. degrees are from Texas A&M University.