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Employment and Service
Employment History ~
College and University Service ~
Professional Service
Director, Ohio State
Food
Safety and Security Center, CFAES, OSU, 2005
to present.
Advancing the food safety mission of Ohio State
to help reduce the estimated 5,000 deaths per year from food borne illness.
Established a competitive Ag Bioscience Initiative Center, $400k /3y, to help
commercialize food safety technologies. Won three United States Department of
Agriculture National Needs Fellowships, $250k / 3y, that funds doctoral training
of the next generation of food safety scientists. One of six co-investigators
that formed a six-college inter-university targeted investment in excellence
that is awarded $4.7M /5y to build a world-class center of excellence in public
health preparedness. In its first year 107 faculty have affiliated, twelve new
faculty positions created and several grants are in process. Representing Ohio
State as a national media expert in local and national (ABC News) programming.
Professor and Chair, Department of
Food Science and Technology,
OSU 1990 - 2005
Built a world-class program in food science. Hired of 15 faculty members,
including two endowed chairs. Created the most diverse academic unit in the
college, hiring seven female, two African-American, and four Latino-American
faculty members, with accompanying diversification of students and staff.
Helped mentor faculty advancement resulting in 14/15 successful tenure or
promotions. Launched a campaign for a new $17.5M building that was occupied
in 2001. Academic leader of the development campaign that earned $6.2M in
private gifts for the building and another $6M in endowments, scholarships
and multipurpose gifts. Nominated colleagues for major awards, leading to
ten years consecutive national achievement awards from professional
societies. Provided national visibility to the program in professional
service including election to the Board of Directors of two societies and
chairing several national committees. Lee helped restructure elements from
four academic units under a single mission that led to major awards, key
hires and a successful capital campaign.
Interim Director, Ohio State University Food Industries Center 2001 -
2002
Outreach and engagement to the food industry, the largest contributor to
the gross domestic product in the manufacturing sector. Improved relations
with the Ohio industry and helped obtain federal earmarks specific to food
manufacture ($1.2M). Provided expert testimony resulting in a federal
conviction for an unapproved new drug (U.S. versus Coleman).
Associate Professor of Food Science, Dept. of
Food
Science, UW-Madison 1985 - 1990
Assistant Professor of Food Science, Dept. of
Food
Science, UW-Madison 1980 - 1985
Earned academic ranks based on scholarly excellence in research (45
publications) and excellence in teaching (popular high enrollment course).
Chaired the research committee for the UW Dairy Center and the facilities
committee that designed and built the addition to Babcock Hall. Frequent invited
speaker on food risk-benefit issues. Extensive media experience on current food
issues. Instructed Science of Food, a large enrollment course of >1000/y that
was first at UW-Madison to be broadcast live on cable television.
College and University Service
Chair, University Senate Faculty Hearing Committee, 2007-8. Conduct
hearings on faculty appeals of promotion, tenure or other non-renewal cases.
This 24-member committee serves as an independent review body that helps
ensure integrity of personnel actions..
Chair, Ohio State Senate Legislative Affairs Committee (LAC), 2003-4.
The LAC created these goals for academic year 2004: 1- Recommend to the
Senate resolutions of support or criticism of legislation affecting higher
education and the Ohio State University. 2- Work closely with the office of
the Vice President of Government Relations to advance issues of collective
benefit. 3- Facilitate effective communication of legislative issues to or
from faculty, staff and students. The LAC passed two resolutions ratified by
Senate in 2004, one in support of HB290 and the other opposing key
provisions in legislation affecting Ohio public retirement systems.
OAA Departmental Teaching Excellence Award Committee, 2004. Selection
jury for meritorious academic units. Lee was an author of a successful
nomination that made food science one of the only six academic units (out of
105) at Ohio State to win this department-wide recognition for excellence.
Search for the Director, College Information Technology, CFAES, 2005.
Ronald Harris Distinguished Lectureship Award, 2004-p.
OSU Student Judiciary Panel, 2006-p. Hearings on non-academic
student misconduct. Panels consist of one faculty, one staff, and two
student members meeting whenever an accused requests a peer (rather than
administrative) judgement. Majority of cases are alcohol related.
Revenue Generation Advisory Committee, 1997. Chaired by Prof. Paul
Beck of Economics, created part of the framework later needed in our revenue
based budgeting system now in use at Ohio State.
Public Health Preparedness, Targeted Investment in Excellence Steering
Committee, 2006-p. Administer a $4.7M competitive award to achieve
preeminence in this already recognized cluster of competence. We will fill
twelve new faculty positions jointly appointed across six colleges, welcome
affiliation by hundreds of established faculty members, award pilot grants,
award doctoral fellowships, and compete for major extramural awards. Our
objective is to raise the stature of the university and improve the human
condition with scholarly solutions to public health, infectious disease and
food safety.
Academic Leader, Campaign for Food Science, 1995-2000. A private
sector campaign to raise $6.2 million in gifts supporting a major capital
investment in food science. Provided leadership to an academic, industry and
alumni partnership to raise requisite funds. We exceeded the building fund
goal by 100%, raising an additional $6M in gifts for two more endowed
chairs, scholarship funds, and multipurpose gift and endowments ensuring
future support for excellence in food disciplines.
CFAES Diversity Catalyst Team, 2007. Help ensure diversity is a core
value of our college. Team members selected based on commitment and track
record. College diversity survey underway in Feb 2008.
Board of Directors, Center for Innovative Food Technology (CIFT)
Edison Industrial Systems Center, Toledo, OH, 1996-p. CIFT administers a
$1.7m federal special appropriation to assist food industry competitiveness.
More than 35 sponsored projects at OSU were completed through a decade in
this partnership.
Center for Food Defense, 2004. Provided leadership to a five
university team proposing a post-harvest food defense center in response to
a call from the Department of Homeland Security. Lee was the proposed center
director from a team consisting of Ohio State, North Carolina State
University, The University of Georgia, Illinois Institute of Technology, and
Michigan State. Our team was one of three finalists, earning a site visit
but missing the final award.
Elected Positions
Conference Chair, Northern Regional Research Center,
1982;
Program Chair, Wisconsin IFT, 1982;
Chair, Wisconsin IFT, 1983;
Councilor, National IFT 1984-1990;
IFT Committee on Nominations and Elections (1990-93).
IFT Executive Committee, 1996-98.
President, The Food Update Foundation, 2000-1.
Appointed Positions
Conference Chair, Midwest Food Processing Conference, 1984;
Chair Wisconsin IFT Nominations 1988;
IFT Science Communicator, 1980-90;
IFT Long Range Planning Subcommittee, 1987-89;
Chair, IFT Long Range Planning Committee, 1990;
Chair, OSPA Journalism Awards Jury (1989-91);
IFT Headquarters Committee (1990);
IFT Strategic Planning Ad Hoc (1990);
IFT Washington Presence (1990);
CRC Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition Editorial Board, 1987-p.
Chair, IFT Chang Award Jury (1993, 1994);
IFT Annual Meeting Committee, 1994.
Chair, IFT National Awards Committee, 1996.
Aspen Publishing Company Editorial Board, 1995-02.
Food Update Foundation Board of Directors, 1996 to present.
National Academy of Sciences Doctoral Review Planning Committee, 1996.
Chair, Samuel Cate Prescott Award 1997;
Chair, Task Force on Leadership Through Education, 1997;
IFT Outcome-based Education Committee, 1998.
AACC Professional Development Panel, 1999.
Chair, IFT Consumer Outreach Task Force, 2000.
Chair, IFT Consumer Enhancement and Communications Task Force, 2001.
Food Advisory Committee, Toxicant and Contaminants Subcommittee, U.S. Food and
Drug Administration, 2002-2006.
Senior Food Officials Committee, 2002-06.
Cornell University food sciences comprehensive external review team 2004.
Virgo Publishing Company Food Science Advisory Board, 2006-p
Lifelong Learning IFT Management Committee, 2007
Chair, IFT Continuing Education Advisory Committee, 2007.
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