Here’s a list of CALS academic department chairs for the 2023-2024 year. Departments with new chairs this year are in bold.

Agricultural and Applied Economics: Guanming Shi
Animal and Dairy Sciences: Kent A. Weigel
Bacteriology: Katrina Forest
Biochemistry: Brian G. Fox
Biological Systems Engineering: Anita Thompson
Community and Environmental Sociology: Nan Enstad
Entomology: Russell Groves
Food Science: Scott A. Rankin
Forest and Wildlife Ecology: Eric L. Kruger
Genetics: Francisco J. Pelegri
Life Sciences Communication: Dominique Brossard
Nutritional Sciences: David J. Eide
Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences: Patrick J. Krysan
Plant Pathology: Amanda J. Gevens
Soil Science: Doug Soldat