Interim department head leadership appointed
Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences taps animal science, biological and agricultural engineering interim leaders
Interim leadership has been appointed for two key departments in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University in College Station:
- Patricia Smith, Ph.D., has been appointed interim head of the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering.
- Andy Herring, Ph.D., has been appointed interim head of the Department of Animal Science.
Research emphasis
Smith currently serves as associate department head and directs the undergraduate program. She is a recipient of the 2019 Margaret Annette Peters Award for advising. Her research focuses on hydrologic modeling, land use and cover effects on hydrologic processes. These lead to the development of total maximum daily loads for bacterial impairment of streams.
Herring is the John K. Riggs ’41 Beef Cattle Professor and member of the Texas A&M intercollegiate faculty of genetics. Herring handles both teaching and research, with research interests focusing on increasing production efficiencies for cow-calf producers through breeding systems, environmental resources and marketing strategies.
John Tracy, director of the Texas Water Resources Institute, was serving as interim department head for the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering. Cliff Lamb, Ph.D., previously served as head of the Department of Animal Science until his appointment as director of Texas A&M AgriLife Research in February by The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents.
