Administrative Responsibilities

Dr. Jinglu Tan is jointly appointed and has administrative responsibilities in both the College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources (CAFNR) and the College of Engineering (CoE). The joint appointment is partially due to the fact that the two colleges co-own the Dept. of Biological Engineering. Since the two colleges have different administrative structures, he wears a different administrative "hat" and has a somewhat different scope of responsibilities in each college.

In CAFNR, he is the Director for the Division of Food Systems & Bioengineering. CAFNR divides its 16 departments into six administrative Divisions, of which Food Systems & Bioengineering is one. The other five Divisions are: Animal Sciences, Biochemistry, Natural Resources, Plant Sciences, and Applied Social Sciences. Each division has a Director who reports to the Vice Chancellor and Dean of the college.

The Division of Food Systems & Bioengineering includes multiple academic departments and programs. There are four academic programs and an extension program in the Division:

· Ag Systems Management,

· Biological Engineering,

· Food Science,

· Hotel and Restaurant Management, and

· Extension.

Each of the programs is led by a department chair or leader and Dr. Tan is also the chair for Biological Engineering. Academically, the Biological Engineering program is administered by the College of Engineering, and the other three programs are managed by the College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources. The extension programs residing in the Division cover an array of outreach activities ranging from water quality, precision agriculture, rural safety and health, waste management, value-added processing, to food safety. More details can be found on the Division website.

In the College of Engineering, Dr. Tan is Chair of the Dept. of Biological Engineering, and Interim Chair of the Dept. of Chemical Engineering. The other five departments in the college are: Computer Science, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering, and Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering.

In addition, Dr. Tan is Co-Director of the Bioprocessing & Biosensing Center (BBC), which is one of the four clusters of the prominent University of Missouri Food for the 21^st Century (F21C) program. The F21C program is funded by the state government. BBC consists of many researchers from different divisions across the campus.