Chang to lead department

Chang

Mississippi State University has named Sam K. Chang as the new head of the Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion. Chang has been a professor in the Department of Cereal and Food Sciences at North Dakota State University since 1997. Before joining NDSU in 1984, he served as a research fellow at the University of Arizona and associate professor and head at the Chinese Culture University in Taiwan.

Chang earned his doctorate and master’s degrees in food science and technology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in food and nutrition from the Chinese Culture University in Taiwan.

During his tenure at NDSU, he worked with others to produce five new cultivars for edible beans, a venture that generated revenue for the university.

Chang’s official start date will be June 1, pending approval by Mississippi’s Institutions of Higher Learning.