USDA has tabbed Simon Liu to be administrator of the Agricultural Analysis Service. He had been serving because the performing administrator since June 2022 earlier than being formally named to the function on Jan. 4.
USDA Beneath Secretary for Analysis, Training, and Economics and Chief Scientist Chavonda Jacobs-Younger says Liu’s expertise, experience and dedication in each program and administration will proceed to serve ARS and scientific organizations properly.
“The division, nation and the world look to ARS to supply cutting-edge discoveries and options which can be rooted in high quality, goal science,” Jacobs-Younger says. “Analysis is the important thing to strengthening and adapting agriculture to fulfill the wants of immediately and the challenges we face tomorrow. Dr. Liu’s many years of public service and former management roles inside ARS make him the right match to steer the company into the long run.”
The Agricultural Analysis Service is USDA’s in-house analysis company. It’s tasked with growing scientific options to agricultural challenges. The $1.7 billion company at present oversees greater than 660 analysis tasks inside 15 nationwide applications.
Liu joined ARS in 2010 as director of the Nationwide Agricultural Library. For the previous seven years, he has served because the affiliate administrator for Analysis Administration and Operations.
Previous to this time at ARS, he was the affiliate director of the Nationwide Library of Medication and director of the NLM Pc and Communications System. He’s additionally held management positions with the U.S. Departments of Justice and Treasury and labored within the non-public sector to assist NASA missions and operations.
“It is an honor to be part of such an revolutionary analysis company that gives scientific excellence by agricultural discoveries,” Liu mentioned. “These discoveries assist the nourishment of all folks whereas sustaining our nation’s agroecosystem and pure assets. As administrator, I’ll proceed supporting and advancing the nice work that our greater than 8,000 workers do every single day.”
