Dean of the College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES)

The University of the District of Columbia has appointed Dr. Venu Kalavacharla as the new Dean of the College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES) and Director of Land-Grant Programs. He will begin on August 1, 2021. Dr. Kalavacharla currently serves as Associate Dean for Research in the College of Agriculture, Science and Technology (CAST) at Delaware State University. He also serves as Director of the Center for Integrated Biological & Environmental Research (CIBER) at DSU and is a Professor of Molecular Genetics and Genomics in the Department of Agriculture & Natural Resources. Dr. Kalavacharla earned a Ph.D. in Plant Science-Genetics and Molecular Genetics at North Dakota State University, an M.S. in Plant Science-Genetics and Plant Pathology at the University of Manitoba, and a B.Sc. in Agriculture at Punjabrao Agricultural University in Akola, India.