Duane Wulf, born in Morris, MN, received his B.S. and M.S. from South Dakota State University and his Ph.D. from Colorado State University, all in Animal Science. Dr. Wulf held faculty positions at The Ohio State University 3 yrs) and SDSU 11 yrs) where he attained the rank of Full Professor. His university research focused on ante- and post-mortem factors affecting beef and pork quality, attracted numerous graduate students, and resulted in 43 refereed journal articles. Dr. Wulf was honored several times for his teaching excellence, highlighted by the Distinguished Teaching Award from the American Meat Science Association. For the past ten years, Dr. Wulf has served as a missionary businessman in Sonora, Mexico where he started a meat processing plant, a cattle ranch, and a restaurant, all with the purpose of providing training and career opportunities to the fatherless and underprivileged. In addition to these positions, Dr. Wulf has worked across all production and processing phases of the meat industry and has been hired as a consultant both domestically and internationally by both small and large companies. Dr. Wulf’s position at U of Arizona will be 40/40/20 Research/Teaching/Service. His research will focus on improving meat quality and safety and his teaching responsibilities will include ACBS 210 and ACBS 420. Dr. Wulf is fascinated with the Sonoran Desert ecosystem and has grown very fond of the culture and environment living in this unique section of earth for the past 10 years. He is excited to be back in academia and part of the land-grant mission at the University of Arizona.