CURRICULUM VITAE

  • AFE day at the Research farm on April 12, 2016. - featured live paddlefish and paddlefish research at Kentucky State University.
  • Represented KSU Aquaculture at the Transfer summit 2.0 held at Bluegrass Community & Technical College on February 8, 2017.
  • Substituted for Dr. Tidwell presentation “School of Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences” to the AFE 116 class on 10/4/2019.
  • Represent KSU Aquaculture at the Earth Day Celebration at Somerset Community College on April 1, 2016 - featured live paddlefish and paddlefish research.
  • Represented KSU Aquaculture at a meeting with representatives from the University Center of the Mountains and economic development organizations in Hazard, Ky on August 4, 2016 to explore aquaculture as a means of rural community development.
  • Represented KSU Aquaculture at a meeting with representatives from the University Center of the Mountains and economic development organizations in Hazard, KY on September 12, 2016 to explore aquaculture as a means of rural community development.
  • Participated in a panel discussion on agriculture during the “Big Idea Fest for Appalachia: Education, Workforce, and Economic Development: visionary Thinking and Doing”, a meeting in Hazard, Kentucky on Friday, September 16, 2016.
  • Participated in the 1890 Institution Teaching, Research and Extension Capacity Building Grants (CBG) Program Project Director Meeting, July 10-11, 2018 at NIFA in Washington DC.
  • Lecture, Evaluation of Three Inducing Agents for Artificial Propagation of Largemouth Bass, Micropterus salmoides. AFE 401 class, 10/18/2018.
  • Participated in the Third Thursday Sustainable Agriculture Field Day on June 20, 2019 at the Harold R. Benson Research and Demonstration Farm.
  • Participated in the summer STEM Field Day on July 20, 2019 at the Harold R. Benson Research and Demonstration Farm.
  • Represented School of Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences at the KYSU display at the State Fair on 8/21/2019

Service to Profession:

Kentucky State University.

  • Judged oral presentations in the Agricultural Sciences session at KAS meeting at the University of Louisville on November 5, 2016.
  • Represent Aquaculture Research for Kentucky on the Technical Committee of the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center, 2016-2019.
  • Panel member, Small Business Innovation Research. Review, score, and collaborate with investigators around the country to rank 44 proposals for funding by USDA. February 9 & 10, 2016.
  • Chaired a session on water quality at a national aquaculture meeting, Aquaculture, 2016. The meeting was held in Las Vegas, Nevada. February 22 – 26, 2016.
  • Moderated a session on Aquaculture Systems at the World Aquaculture Society meeting in San Antonio on 2/20/2017.
  • Volunteered to serve as a session chair at the Aquaculture America 2018 meeting in Las Vegas, NV.

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Kenneth J. Semmens