Chuck Staben
Chuck Staben | |
|---|---|
| 18th President of the University of Idaho | |
| In office March 1, 2014 – January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Duane Nellis |
| Succeeded by | C. Scott Green |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 3, 1958 Waukegan, Illinois, U.S. |
| Spouse | Mary Beth Staben |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (BS) University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | Characterization of the yeast ADE3 gene product, C(,1)-tetrahydrofolate synthase (folate, ADE15) (1984) |
| Doctoral advisor | Jesse Rabinowitz |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | |
Charles Alan Staben (born May 3, 1958) is an American academic professor who served as the 18th president of the University of Idaho from 2014 to 2020. Selected by the State Board of Education on November 18, 2013, Staben succeeded interim president Donald Burnett on March 1, 2014. He was previously provost at the University of South Dakota and the acting vice president for research at the University of Kentucky.