Posted: July 29, 2019

Mark Boudreau, professor of biology at Penn State Brandywine, has been promoted to associate teaching professor, effective July 1, 2019. Boudreau also serves as a courtesy faculty member for the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.

Mark Boudreau

Mark Boudreau

MEDIA, Pa. - Mark Boudreau, professor of biology at Penn State Brandywine, has been promoted to associate teaching professor, effective July 1, 2019. Boudreau also serves as a courtesy faculty member for the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.

To be considered for tenure or promotion, a faculty member should have demonstrated accomplishments in the areas of scholarship of teaching and learning; scholarship of research and creative accomplishments; and service and the scholarship of service to the University, society and the profession.

Boudreau received his bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Illinois - Urbana, master's in plant pathology from University of Wisconsin - Madison, and doctorate in plant pathology from Oregon State University.

After joining Penn State in 2013, Boudreau began as an instructor supporting the biology education effort through course contributions involving plants, ecology and human-environment interactions. Currently, Boudreau represents the Department of Biology at Brandywine as biology liaison where he is active in sustainability efforts. In his role as a courtesy faculty member for the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, Boudreau continues to serve the department in numerous ways, including recruiting talented students and serving on search committees related to his expertise.