Max Cheng, Department of Plant Sciences

SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY, THE PUBLIC, AND THE PROFESSION

University Level:

University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture:

Governor Chair Search Committee, 2007-present
Committee Member of the National Agricultural Biotechnology Council to organize the 2005 meeting in Nashville, TN
Member of four-member committee for Biotechnology Building Teaching Facility Committee, 2001-2003
Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station Representative for the Capital Campaign Kickoff

Department Level:

Facility and Equipment Committee: Chair, 2009
Departmental Liaison for Communication of basic research to popular media, 2008-present
Committee Chair: information technology, 2007/2008
Computational Biology Faculty Search Committee member, 2008
Graduate Program Committee member, 2001-present
Seminar Committee member, 2002-2005/6
Commencement, 2003
Greenhouse Committee member, 2002
Special Assignment for assessing the impact of the Botany department merge, 2002

Service to the Profession (since 1997 when the Candidate was tenured and promoted to Associate professor at North Dakota State University):

Secretariat of Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research (CPBR), Inc., 2003-present
North Dakota State University Representative to the CPBR
Service for the American Society for Horticultural Sciences (ASHS):

Endowment Committee 2009-2013
Membership Committee: 2009-2013
International Horticulturalist Selection Committee, Chair, 2011
Organized Workshop, Title: Fruit functional genomics. Annual Meeting of ASHS, July 19-24, 2009
Organizer for Colloquium. Title: Systems Biology for Horticultural Crops and How to Participate. Annual Meeting, July 19-24, 2008. The second most prestigious technical program at the ASHS annual meeting next to the Plenary Section
Member of National Issues Committee, 2007-2010
Member of the Advisory Committee of the VP for Research, 2008-2009
Initiated the Bioenergy Crops Working Group, Chair, 2007-2008, 2008-2009
Member of Endowment Fund Committee, ASHS, 2006-2009
Ornamental Publication Award Selection Committee:

Co-organizer for the Workshop: Funding Horticultural Plant Biotech Research at the ASHS conference, 2005
Organizer for Horticultural Biotechnology Workshop. Title: Advances of Biotechnologies in Ornamental Horticulture, ASHS, 2004
Chair, the Biotechnology Working Group, 2003-2004
Chair-elect, the Biotechnology Working Group, 2000-2002
Secretary, the Biotechnology Working Group, 1998-2000
Member, the International Horticulture Advisory Council, 1997-2003
Member, the Outstanding Graduate Educator Award Committee, 1997-1999
Chair, the Outstanding International Horticulturist Award Committee, 2000-2001
Member, the Outstanding International Horticulturist Award Committee, 1997-2000
Member, the Nursery Industry Educator Award Committee, 1997-1999
Original Organizer, Oriental Horticulture (previously Chinese Horticulture Working Group) 1996
Chairman, Oriental Horticulture, 1997, 1998

Peer-Reviewed Proposals for National and other funding agencies (only those at UT):

Regularly review manuscripts for the following journals:

Service to the Public/Community:

Oversee Chinese Education Foundation: East Tennessee Chapter
Vice President for Membership, Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA), a civil rights organization, 2007-2009
OCA Leader for Adopt a Highway: 2005-2008
A member of Board of Directors, OCA, Secretary, 2005-2006
Council Chair, East Tennessee Chinese Association, 2006/2007
A member of Board of Directors for the East TN Chinese School, 2003-2005
A member of Board of Directors for the Knoxville Chapter of the National Conference of Community Justice (NCCJ), now, Knox Area Conference of Community Justice (KACCJ), 2004-2005

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