Mark McLellan Email Address

Portland State University

Founded in 1888, Utah State University is Utah's only land grant institution, offering 168 undergraduate degrees, 143 graduate degrees and serving over 28,000 students in Logan and around the state at Distance Education campuses and learning centers, as well as at USU Eastern. Known for its robust and cutting edge research, Utah State challenges students to pursue academic opportunities that will change the world.

•Over 30 years across six university systems, including professorial promotion and tenure and dept. chair (Cornell University), 6 years as director of a university multi-college research center (Texas A&M University), 6 years as dean for research/experiment station director (University of Florida), over 7 years as Vice President for Research & Dean of the School of Graduate Studies (Utah State University) and as Vice President for Research & Graduate Studies at a young urban research University, Portland State University and most recently Vice President for Research & Innovation at the University of North Texas. • McLellan currently serves, as the 2017 Chair of the US Food and Drug Administration Science Board. • Strong work ethic - highly motivated, achievement-oriented with commitment to a science-based, high-quality education of students and new scientists, a commitment to delivery of effective solutions to clientele, and the discovery of new knowledge. •A commitment to diversity and inclusiveness – by seeking diverse leaders among the faculty and staff with varied backgrounds, training, and experiences so that discussions are explorative, thorough and lead to solid decision-making. I am committed to learning from my own mistakes, learning from others and improving my own skills. •McLellan has published more than 46 peer-reviewed journal articles, 10 book chapters, and 38 published abstracts. His international expertise in food processing led to McLellan being recognized as a Fellow by the Institute of Food Technologists. Specialties: Research Innovation, Research Management, Graduate Education, Policy Analysis