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Mississippi State's newly appointed vice president of research is earning an international award for contributions to developing nations.
Colin G. Scanes, whose appointment was announced last month by MSU President Charles Lee, is receiving the 2004 Bouffault International Animal Agriculture Award during the annual meeting of the American Society of Animal Science.
It recognizes distinguished service to animal agriculture in developing areas of the world over a period of five or more years. Specifically cited were Scanes' efforts in countries with transforming economies and work to increase access to U.S. exports by encouraging science-based regulation.
Scanes, who begins his MSU duties June 1, has been a professor of animal science since 1995 at Iowa State University. He served there as interim director of the Center for Designing Food for Human Nutrition, interim director of the Plant Sciences Institute, and executive associate director of the Iowa Agricultural and Home Economics Experiment Station.
As interim director of ISU's Plant Sciences Institute, Scanes established partnerships between the institute and institutions in China, Germany and the United Kingdom. He also has provided professional presentations to media, government officials and policy-makers in the Eastern European nations of Estonia, Finland and Latvia.
In addition, he has been named an honorary professor for the National Agricultural University of Ukraine.
A fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Scanes holds advanced degrees from the University of Wales and Hull University in the United Kingdom, where he began his academic career.