{"id":62730,"date":"2017-07-25T10:51:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T20:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=62730"},"modified":"2019-03-08T16:57:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T02:57:36","slug":"nicholas-comerford-ctahr-dean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/07\/25\/nicholas-comerford-ctahr-dean\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicholas Comerford to serve as <abbr title=\"College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources\">CTAHR<\/abbr> dean"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_62737\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62737\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/manoa-comerford-n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"356\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/manoa-comerford-n.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/manoa-comerford-n-183x260.jpg 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62737\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicholas Comerford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Nicholas Comerford<\/strong> will start his new role as dean of the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctahr.hawaii.edu\/site\/\">College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources<\/a> and director for Research and Cooperative Extension effective September 1, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Comerford is currently director of <a href=\"http:\/\/nfrec.ifas.ufl.edu\/\">North Florida Research and Education Center<\/a>, University of Florida, where he also is a professor in the soil and water science department. He oversees 2,300 acres of infrastructure, along with research and extension programs of faculty representing nine campus departments. In his early career, Comerford was employed as a forest soil specialist by the State of Washington, mapping forested soils in the foothills of Mount Rainier and along the Skagit River Valley.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are very excited about Dr. Comerford joining the leadership team at M\u0101noa,&rdquo; said <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/ovcr\/bio-bruno.html\"><strong>Michael Bruno<\/strong><\/a>. &ldquo;His impressive and varied accomplishments in the field, his expertise in tropical soils science, and his experience working closely with both faculty and the community via vibrant extension programs all add up to a terrific background for the new dean of <abbr title=\"College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources\">CTAHR<\/abbr>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>More on Nicholas Comerford<\/h2>\n<p>Comerford\u2019s research expertise is in the area of forest soils, with an emphasis in tropical and subtropical regions. His work concentrated on soil-tree root interactions, the measurement and modeling of soil nutrient bioavailability and general aspects of forest soil management. As an active member of the Soil Science Society of America, he was elected president of the society and served in that capacity in 2010. Comerford was a past board member and chair of the related Alliance of Crop, Soil and Environmental Science SocietiesCorporation.<\/p>\n<p>Comerford earned his <abbr title=\"Doctor of Philosophy\">PhD<\/abbr> in silviculture and forest influences from the State University of New York and Syracuse University, his master\u2019s degree in forestry from the University of Maine and his bachelor\u2019s degree in forestry from the University of Illinois.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comerford will also serve as director for Research and Cooperative Extension effective September 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193,28],"tags":[691,212,9],"class_list":["post-62730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","category-governance","tag-administration","tag-college-of-tropical-agriculture-and-human-resilience","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62730"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92266,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62730\/revisions\/92266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}