New Brunswick, NJ--Larry Katz, chair of the Department of Animal Sciences, has been named the new director of Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (NJAES) Cooperative Extension and associate director of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, effective July 1, 2008. Katz will succeed Karyn Malinowski, who has served with distinction in this leadership role for the past six years. 
Katz received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Cornell, and his doctorate from the University of California–Davis. He joined Rutgers in 1989 and has chaired the department of Animal Sciences since 2001, during a period of significant enrollment growth in the major and in the number of graduates who go on to veterinary school. Katz’s scientific expertise is in behavioral endocrinology, reproductive biology, and the behavior of domestic animals. As such, he has served on committees at the university, state, and national level regarding agricultural animal care and wildlife damage control. Over the years, he has received numerous awards for his teaching, including being named Outstanding Teacher seven times by the Cook College Leadership Committee on Teaching and Advising Excellence.
“Larry brings his stature as a scientist, his gift as a communicator, his passion for service to society, and his considerable people skills to this new role at a time when Rutgers Cooperative Extension is experiencing growth in county support and seeing new opportunities and challenges in its state-wide role of service to all of New Jersey’s residents,” Robert M. Goodman, executive director of NJAES, remarked.
“I am honored to follow in Dr. Malinowski’s footsteps and look forward to getting to know the excellent leadership team already in place at Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension,” Katz said. “I am deeply committed to the land-grant mission and to educating the public about food, nutrition, health, and agriculture, and I see tremendous opportunities to use both basic and applied science to advance the well-being of New Jersey’s residents.”
Katz received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Cornell, and his doctorate from the University of California–Davis. He joined Rutgers in 1989 and has chaired the department of Animal Sciences since 2001, during a period of significant enrollment growth in the major and in the number of graduates who go on to veterinary school. Katz’s scientific expertise is in behavioral endocrinology, reproductive biology, and the behavior of domestic animals. As such, he has served on committees at the university, state, and national level regarding agricultural animal care and wildlife damage control. Over the years, he has received numerous awards for his teaching, including being named Outstanding Teacher seven times by the Cook College Leadership Committee on Teaching and Advising Excellence.
“Larry brings his stature as a scientist, his gift as a communicator, his passion for service to society, and his considerable people skills to this new role at a time when Rutgers Cooperative Extension is experiencing growth in county support and seeing new opportunities and challenges in its state-wide role of service to all of New Jersey’s residents,” Robert M. Goodman, executive director of NJAES, remarked.
“I am honored to follow in Dr. Malinowski’s footsteps and look forward to getting to know the excellent leadership team already in place at Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension,” Katz said. “I am deeply committed to the land-grant mission and to educating the public about food, nutrition, health, and agriculture, and I see tremendous opportunities to use both basic and applied science to advance the well-being of New Jersey’s residents.”
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