Contact: Kenneth White, 435-797-2149, kwhite@cc.usu.edu
Writer: Jacob Roskelley, 435-797-1350, jacobr@cc.usu.edu
LOGAN - Kenneth White, a Utah State University professor, has been
named associate director for research at the Center for Integrated
BioSystems at Utah State.
The Center for Integrated BioSystems is a research facility serving
agriculture and life sciences. The center also collaborates with and
trains scientists in academia, industry and national laboratories.
White is a professor of reproductive and embryo biology in the
animal, dairy and veterinary sciences department at Utah State.
Most recently, he directed and conducted nuclear transfer work to
produce the first cloned mules in the world.
“Ken’s world-class research and his work with students have had a
profound effect on our university and the academic research
community,” said Noelle Cockett, dean of the College of
Agriculture. “I look forward to many more great things as he takes
on this new position.”
White has authored or co-authored approximately 80 scientific
papers and five book chapters in the area of embryo and
developmental biology. In 2004, he received the Best of State Statue
in Agriculture for his work in cloning.
White replaces Daryll DeWald who has been named head of the
biology department at USU.
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View the press release as it appeared in Utah State Today.
View the article in the Herald Journal on August 6, 2006.
