Douglas Buhler

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Associate Vice President for Research and Innovation

As Associate Vice President for Research and Innovation, Buhler supports the broad research and innovation mission at Michigan State University. His work focuses on the food, environment and international research portfolios of the university.

Buhler, who is also professor of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, joined MSU in 2000 following positions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. Since joining MSU, he has served as the chair of the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, associate director and director of MSU AgBioResearch, senior associate dean for research for the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR), as well as interim Dean of the CANR.

Buhler's professional activities have generated more than 330 publications, including 130 refereed articles. Buhler has been an author or editor of three books and presented more than 100 invited seminars, symposia and workshops. He has made presentations or represented MSU in more than 20 countries. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Weed Science Society of America and is a Distinguished Alumni of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.