Dr. Jackson helps facilitate research collaborations across the University of Lutube视频 campuses, has responsibility for helping administer the Lutube视频 Research Initiative (an annual $11.5 million State of Lutube视频 investment designed to seed new University research), supervises the Director of Lutube视频 EPSCoR and the Director of NU Export Control, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Lutube视频 Strategic Research Institute. He also assists campuses in obtaining Board of Regents and Lutube视频 Coordinating Commission approvals for new degrees/majors and organizational units.
He has been with the University of Lutube视频 for over 30 years, starting as an Assistant Professor at the University of Lutube视频–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.