Michael J. Boehm will join the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as vice chancellor for the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the university announced Tuesday.
Boehm, 51, vice provost for academic and strategic planning at Ohio State University since 2010 as well as a professor of plant pathology, will also serve as the vice president for Agriculture and Natural Resources at the NU system level.
"Many of you met Mike during the selection process, and input from across campus was overwhelmingly supportive of his vision, passion and experience," UNL Chancellor Ronnie Green said in a blog post Tuesday afternoon.
"It's a big job, and one where I am confident Mike will excel."
At Ohio State, Boehm is responsible for strategic planning for 15 colleges and six campuses, as well as the university's K-12 partnerships, the University Libraries System, College of Public Affairs and Office of Institutional Research and Planning.
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He is also responsible for overseeing OSU's Discovery Themes initiative, which has the goal of solving "challenges of the 21st century."
"The University of Nebraska is well-known for its leading work and contributions in ag and natural resource and human sciences, and I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to build on that work," Boehm said in a statement.
"The people of Nebraska and the university are deeply committed to advancement in agriculture and sustainable use of natural resources, and there's an inherent understanding that what happens in Nebraska influences lives around the world," he added.
Boehm's appointment will be on the Nov. 17 NU Board of Regents agenda.
If approved, he'll join NU in January and will be responsible for UNL's College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, the Agricultural Research Division, Nebraska Extension and IANR's research and extension components.
That will put him in charge of more than 1,600 full-time employees, 330 tenure-track faculty and 40,000 acres of land across the state and a budget of more than $215 million.
As vice president of the NU system, Boehm will coordinate all agricultural, natural resources and related issues.
NU President Hank Bounds called Boehm a great addition to the university.
"The area of ag and natural resources has always been vital for our state and the work done here is of growing importance globally," he said. "Having Mike in this leadership role will further our contributions, elevating and accelerating research and collaboration needed to make a bigger impact on some of the world's most pressing challenges."
Boehm will take over leadership of IANR from Ron Yoder, who was appointed as the interim vice president and interim vice chancellor by Green, who vacated both positions when he was named UNL's chancellor earlier this year.