Dr. Michael ‘Mike’ Boehm leads efforts across the University of Nebraska system for all agricultural, natural resources, rural economic prosperity and related affairs. He holds the dual role of Harlan Vice Chancellor for the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and vice president for Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska.

As vice president, Dr. Boehm oversees the executive director of the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute, the dean of the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture at Curtis, and the director of Rural Prosperity Nebraska. As vice chancellor, he oversees the deans of UNL’s College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, its Agricultural Research Division, Nebraska Extension, and the IANR research and extension components of UNL’s College of Education and Human Sciences.

Prior to joining UNL, Dr. Boehm was professor of plant pathology and vice provost for academic and strategic planning at The Ohio State University.