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AMES, Iowa — Steve Jungst, professor in Iowa State University’s Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, will become interim department chair July 1.

His term will be for up to two years, while a directed search for a chair is conducted.

From 1985 to 1995, Jungst served as chair of the forestry department, which combined with the animal ecology department in 2002 to form natural resource ecology and management.

Jungst earned bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees in forestry from Iowa State and joined the Iowa State faculty in 1974.

He takes over for Rick Hall, natural resource ecology and management, who has been serving as interim chair since 2008.