2) . Ph.D. in Plant Physiology. 2007. (Co-advised by Douglas Archbold and Kirk Pomper at UK). Currently looking for a position in Europe.

SERVICE, COMMITTEES, AWARDS

University and Community Service

  • Chaired the KSU Technology Committee Meeting. 2016.
  • Member of the KSU Strategic Plan Committee 2015-2016.
  • Chaired the KSU 130th Anniversary Sunflower Project. 2016.
  • Member, CAFSSS Farm Credit Scholarship Committee, 2013-2014.
  • Chaired the College of Agriculture, Food Science, and Sustainable Systems Risk Management and Safety Committee. 2014-2015.
  • Chaired the Atwood Renovation Committee. 2014-Present.
  • Member, KSU Land Grant Review Committee 2007.
  • Member, CAFSSS AFE Day Committee, 2012-present.
  • Served on the screening committee for Masters of Science in Environmental Studies students applying for the program. 2012-Present
  • Served on the College of Agriculture, Food Science, and Sustainable Systems Curriculum Committee. 2011-Present.
  • Served on the KSU Small Scale Farm Grant Review Committee. 2012-Present.
  • Served as KSU alternate member of the Kentucky Ag Development Board (serving as the KSU representative on most occasions). 2015-Present.
  • Member, KSU Organic Working Group, 2006-present.

Committees and Elected Positions

  1. Kentucky State Horticultural Society, advisor, 2006-present.
  2. Member: Board of Directors, The PawPaw Foundation (1998 -Present).
  3. President of the American Pomological Society (2012-2014).
  4. 1st Vice President of the American Pomological Society (2011-2012).
  5. 2nd Vice President of the American Pomological Society (2010-2011).
  6. Secretary of the American Pomological Society (2004-2009).
  7. President: The PawPaw Foundation, a non-profit organization (1999-2007).
  8. President of the Kentucky Nut Growers Association (2004 to 2007).
  9. Board Member of the Kentucky Nut Growers Association (2004 to present).
  10. Member: Wilder Medal Committee, American Pomological Society (1999-2007).
  11. ASHS Pomology Working Group: Chair-elect (2004) and Chair (2005).
  12. Elected the 2002 Chair of the Graduate Activities Committee of ASHS.
  13. Associate Editor of 2nd International Pawpaw Conference Proceedings published in HortTechnology in 2003.
  14. Chair: Agricultural Sciences Section, Kentucky Academy of Science (1999-2000); Secretary (1998).
  15. Occasional Reviewer: Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science, HortScience, HortTechnology.

Awards

  1. Pomper and Crabtree received the American Pomological Society’s award Shepard Award for the best research paper of the year in 2008. The researchers shared the award with colleagues at Clemson University and the University of Kentucky. The citation for the research paper that earned the prize is “K.W. Pomper, S.B. Crabtree, D.R. Layne, R.N. Peterson, J. Masabni, and D. Wolfe. 2008. The Kentucky pawpaw regional variety trial. J. Amer. Pom. Sci. 62(2):58-69.”
  2. Pomper,* Kirk W., and Marion F. Simon. 2005. “The Pawpaw Story: Cooperative Research and Extension Efforts Between Kentucky State University and SARE in Developing a New Fruit Crop” Presented at the AEA/ARD Joint Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, June 19-22, 2005. I received second-place honors in the Community and Economic Development category for my oral presentation.

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