Announcement by Nicholas Polanin, chair of the Department of Agricultural and Natural Resources
Patrick McMullen
Please join me in welcoming Patrick McMullen as our newest tenure-track faculty member. Patrick joins us from Cornell University, where he recently completed his PhD focused on soilborne pathogen management and healthy crop establishment. He earned a
bachelor’s degree in biology from Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania. He joins our faculty and staff at the Atlantic County office of Rutgers Cooperative Extension in Mays Landing, where his outreach and Extension practice will focus on sustainable commercial vegetable production.
I wish to thank the search committee, chaired by Gary Pavlis, for their diligence in recruiting, reviewing, and interviewing candidates.
A big “Thank You” goes out to local growers John Vanni and Jennifer LaMonaca, members of the search committee, and all the members of the Atlantic County Board of Agriculture for their commitment to filling this position and providing farm visits for all of our candidates.
