Simonich Named Dean Of Oregon State University’s College of Ag

Oregon State University has a new leader for the College of Agricultural Sciences. Edward Feser, OSU Provost and Executive Vice President announced late last week that Dr. Staci Simonich has been selected as OSU’s dean as well as the Director of the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station.

Her new role starts Monday March 28^th.

Simonich currently serves as acting dean, following Dr. Alan Sams’ recent acceptance of a position at Texas A&M University. She is a professor in environmental and molecular toxicology and chemistry and has served in several leadership roles at OSU, including executive associate dean in the College of Agricultural Sciences, associate vice president for research operations and integrity at OSU, associate dean for academic and student affairs in the College of Science, and associate department head in environmental and molecular toxicology.

Dr. Simonich received her Ph.D. in chemistry from Indiana University in 1995 and an MBA from OSU in 2020. She completed APLU's LEAD 21 training in 2017 and the Higher Education Resource Services Institute Leadership training, as a Clare Booth Luce STEM Scholarship Recipient in 2018. Prior to joining Oregon State University and the College of Agricultural Sciences in 2001, she worked in the consumer product industry with Procter & Gamble for six years. She is a recently named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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