BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — A researcher and scientist at the University of Montreal in Canada has been named director of the Agricultural Experiment Station within SDSU.

Daniel Scholl will become the AES director and an associate dean in the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences on Aug. 22.

As director, Scholl will oversee the research of the Agricultural Experiment Station and facilitate communication between SDSU researchers, stakeholders and clients.

The appointment was announced by Barry Dunn, dean of the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences at SDSU, subject to approval of the South Dakota Board of Regents.

Scholl served as the scientific director of the Canadian Bovine Mastitis Research Network and on the faculty of veterinary medicine at the University of Montreal since 2002. Prior to that, he spent 10 years in research and instruction at Louisiana State University. Earlier, he was a member of the faculty of veterinary medicine at the State University of Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Scholl completed three degrees from the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis, including a bachelor of science in veterinary science in 1985, a doctorate in veterinary medicine, in 1987, and master of preventive veterinary medicine in epidemiology in the department of epidemiology and preventive medicine. He received his Ph.D. in epidemiology from the Department of Herd Health and Reproduction State University of Utrecht, the Netherlands.

The Agricultural Experiment Station was created in 1887 to conduct research.

John Kirby resigned as the director last summer to join the University of Rhode Island.