Craig Beyrouty

Dr. Beyrouty joined the University of Maryland in 2015 as Dean and Director of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and stepped away after completing his ten year term in that position. Prior to his arrival in Maryland, Craig served as Dean and Director of the College of Agricultural Sciences at Colorado State University. He has held positions as professor and head of Agronomy at Purdue University and professor at the University of Arkansas. He has led and participated in international research, teaching and administrative activities all across the world, in places such as Africa, India, China, the Philippines, Japan, Russia, Central and South America.

Dr. Beyrouty is a fellow of the Soil Science Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy. He has served as vice chair of the International Rice Root Working Group and president of the Plant Root Environment Working Group. In 1983, he received the George Scarseth Research Award. He earned his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in soil chemistry from Purdue University and a B.S. in soil science from Cal Poly State University. Prior to pursuing graduate studies, he mapped soils for the Soil Conservation Service and was a research scientist for Castle and Cooke Foods in Illinois.