A productive scholar and active contributor to numerous professional societies, I further offer demonstrated capability in securing extramural funding, academic rigor in designing agricultural research activities, and a cross-cutting teaching approach that leads to transferable skills development across disciplines.From my profile, you will notice that I have attained numerous awards and scholarships such as the Graduate School Preeminence Award, have delivered several publications and presentations and have solid experience in designing and delivering face-to-face and distance delivered courses.If you’re looking for a dedicated, high achieving educator to develop and teach undergraduate and graduate students in agricultural systems design and management, then we should start a conversation.Please reach out to me at nferand@vt.edu.