Alexander Enyedi is a Canadian plant biologist and academic administrator serving as the 11th president of the

State University of New York at Plattsburgh The State University of New York at Plattsburgh (SUNY Plattsburgh) is a public university in Plattsburgh, New York, United States. The university was founded in 1889 and officially opened in 1890. The university is part of the State University ...

Early life and education

A native of

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, Enyedi earned a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science from

University of Guelph The University of Guelph (abbreviated U of G) is a comprehensive Public university, public research university in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1964 after the amalgamation of Ontario Agricultural College (1874), the MacDonald I ...

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. Enyedi then earned a doctorate in plant pathology and biochemistry from

Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsyl ...

Career

Enyedi began his career as an assistant professor of plant biology at

Western Michigan University Western Michigan University (Western Michigan, Western or WMU) is a Public university, public research university in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. It was initially established as Western State Normal School in 1903 by Governor Aaron T. B ...

. Serving as a member of the faculty for 22 years, he later became a dean of the WMU College of Arts and Sciences. Enyedi then relocated to

Northern California Northern California (commonly shortened to NorCal) is a geocultural region that comprises the northern portion of the U.S. state of California, spanning the northernmost 48 of the state's List of counties in California, 58 counties. Northern Ca ...

to serve as provost and vice president for academic affairs at

Humboldt State University California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt (Cal Poly Humboldt or Humboldt) is a public university in Arcata, California. It is one of Cal Poly (disambiguation), three polytechnic universities in the California State University (CSU) sys ...

. Enyedi was selected to serve as president of

by the State University of New York Board of Trustees on November 20, 2019. He took office on January 21, 2020, succeeding John Ettling.

References

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