Gregory Roth, professor of crop and soil sciences, has been named state program leader for renewable and alternative energy for Penn State Cooperative Extension, on a half-time basis.

As state program leader, Roth will provide leadership for renewable and alternative energy extension programming in Pennsylvania, working to unify existing renewable energy extension efforts into a focused state program. He will collaborate with faculty reserachers in Penn State's Biomass Energy Center to facilitate the translation of new knowledge into extension educational programming, and to develop networks with other organizations and institutions interested in renewable and alternative energy.

Roth also will help identify funding and other resources for renewable and alternative energy.