Noelle E. Cockett

Noelle E. Cockett
16th President of Utah State University
Assumed office
January 2017
Preceded by Stan L. Albrecht

Noelle E. Cockett is an American geneticist who currently serves as president of Utah State University (USU).

Early life and education

Cockett grew up on a beef cattle ranch in Miles City, Montana.[1] She received a masters and a doctorate in animal breeding and genetics from Oregon State University.[1][2]

Career

Cockett worked as a research geneticist at the United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service U.S. Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, Nebraska.[2] She joined Utah State University in 1990 as a researcher and assistant professor in the Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences.

Cockett has been active in sheep genomics research. Her research program has centered on the identification of genetic markers associated with economically important traits in sheep, as well as the development of resources that advance research on the sheep genome. Cockett and her colleagues published an article describing the sheep genome sequence in Science in 2014.[3] Cockett has served as the United States coordinator for sheep genome mapping since 1993 and is a member of the International Sheep Genomics Consortium.

Cockett was dean of the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences at USU from 2002–2013, and director of the Utah Agriculture Experiment Station from 2009–2013.[4][5] She served USU as vice president for Extension from 2006 to 2013 and executive vice president and provost from 2013. She was appointed as Utah State University’s 16th president in October 2016, beginning her official tenure in January 2017. [6] She is USU's first female president.[6][1][2]

Awards and honors

Personal life

Cockett is married to John Cockett, director of technology in USU’s College of Education and Human Services. They have two children.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Opsahl, Kevin (7 January 2017). "Realizing responsibilities: Noelle Cockett talks USU presidency, life story". The Herald Journal. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Opsahl, Kevin (26 October 2016). "Provost Noelle Cockett tapped to be USU president". The Herald Journal. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Jiang, Yu; et.al (2014). "The sheep genome illuminates biology of the rumen and lipid metabolism". Science. 344.6188: 1168–1173.
  4. 1 2 "Utah State Appoints New Dean in Agriculture, Business, Colleges". The Utah Statesman. 6 May 2002. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Noelle Cockett Appointed UAES Director" (Press release). Utah State University.
  6. 1 2 Wood, Benjamin (27 October 2016). "Regents select Provost Noelle Cockett to be next Utah State University president". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  7. ↑ McLellan, Mark (26 November 2016). "Op-ed: New USU president will head a growing research institution". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
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