PeopleAboutProfessor and ChairAs Chair of the Department of Agronomy, I provide leadership and direction to the department in the areas of education, research, and extension. I advocate for and set priorities for the academic and research portfolio of the department through shared governance with the faculty. In cooperation with Associate Dean for Extension and Outreach in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, I also advocate for and set priorities for extension and outreach in crops, soils, and climatology. I have responsibility for representing the department as I interact with the public in Iowa and at the national and international level. I am responsible for understanding and being able to articulate the broad education, research, and extension capabilities of each of the faculty in the department. I oversee the departmental budget, evaluate faculty, set salaries, hire faculty, and provide faculty, staff, and students with the support they need to be successful. I am also responsible for providing leadership in the expenditure of earnings from our endowments, which total around $2.5 million per year.Contactkrlamkey@iastate.edu(515) 294-78402104b Agronomy 716 Farm House LnAmesIA50011-1051 Teaching: Agronomy 410: Senior ForumCV: kendall_r._lamkey_vita.pdfTags: plant breedinggeneticscorn breeding; cornmaize breedingmaize PeoplePeople: Tracy Schlater Debra L Hop Dr. Andrew Manu Stephanie K Zumbach Dr. Mahdi M Al-Kaisi Dr. Sotirios Archontoulis Dr. Mark A Licht Dr. Antonio P Mallarino Dr. John E Sawyer Dr. C. Lee Burras Dr. Anthony A Mahama Aaron P Brand Dr. Allen D Knapp Dr. Andrew W Lenssen Amber D Anderson Dr. Andy Vanloocke Dr. Arti Singh Dr. Brian K Hornbuckle Dr. Michael Castellano Dr. David Kwaw-Mensah Fred A Engstrom Dr. Fernando E Miguez Dr. Eugene S Takle Dr. Kan Wang Dr. Kenneth J Moore Lisa K McEnaney Dr. Laura C Merrick Dr. Marshall D McDaniel Dr. Madan K Bhattacharyya Dr. Maria G Salas-Fernandez Dr. Bradley A Miller Dr. Matt Liebman Dr. Michael L Thompson Patrick J Golus Dr. Robert Horton Dr. Richard M Cruse Dr. Renuka R Mathur Dr. Asheesh K Singh Dr. Thomas Lübberstedt Dr. William D Beavis Dr. Mark E Westgate Dr. Walter Suza Matthew W Breitzman Patrick Mireku Dr. Mindy L Devries-Gelder Dr. Prashant Jha Heidi M Ackerman PublicationsPublications: Google Scholar https://publons.com/researcher/2654471/kendall-r-lamkey