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Vice President for Research & Economic Development

Dr. Howard Grimes, Ph.D. Biography

Dr. Grimes currently serves as the Vice President for Research and Economic Development at Idaho State University where he leads initiatives in biomedical research, renewable energy research, nano-material development for innovative sensor design, and environmental, geoscience, and geospatial data networks. Southeastern ID is an ideal location for expanding commercial efforts in renewable energy (esp. wind and geothermal). As the former V.P. for Research & Dean of the Graduate School, he led the largest growth in grant funding in WSU history (85%, since FY08). Other achievements include: Expanded graduate student enrollment & interdisciplinary programs at WSU; Integrated research & grad. school programs, resulting in new NSF & NIH funded multidisciplinary Ph.D. training grants; Created new international education & research opportunities through university exchange programs established with China & others; Served on Gov. Gregoire’s 2010 China trade delegation; Achieved international recognition for WSU, a leader in basic & transitional plant science research (ranked #2/#8); Acquired unique infrastructure to facilitate studies spanning the array of the “-omics”; genomics, proteomics, metabolomics & phenomics; and forged a network of government, universities, the DOD, national labs & the private sector to advance research to the private sector. To facilitate innovative research, Grimes has led the development of collaborative teams able to provide solutions for major problems facing our planet and its inhabitants. Dr. Grimes is an elected Fellow of the AAAS. He has published extensively on areas ranging from molecular biosciences to developing new paradigms for facilitating plant biotechnology development in the developing world.

Contacting Dr. Grimes: PHONE (208) 282-3714 Click here to view a photo of the VP.