Chuck Staben | |
|---|---|
| 18th President of the University of Idaho | |
| In office March 1, 2014 – January 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Duane Nellis |
| Succeeded by | C. Scott Green |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 3, 1958 Waukegan, Illinois, U.S. |
| Spouse | Mary Beth Staben |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (BS) University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
| Academic background | |
| Thesis | Characterization of the yeast ADE3 gene product, C(,1)-tetrahydrofolate synthase (folate, ADE15) (1984) |
| Doctoral advisor | Jesse Rabinowitz |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Biochemistry |
| Institutions | |
Charles Alan Staben (born May 3, 1958) is an American academic professor who served as the 18th president of the University of Idaho from 2014 to 2020.[1] Selected by the State Board of Education on November 18, 2013, Staben succeeded interim president Donald Burnett on March 1, 2014.[2][3] He was previously provost at the University of South Dakota and the acting vice president for research at the University of Kentucky.