Carmen Agouridis

Carmen Agouridis is Senior Associate Dean in the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food, and Environment and is an extension professor of ecosystem protection and restoration in the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering at the University of Kentucky. As Senior Associate Dean, Agouridis provides leadership for the college’s undergraduate and graduate programs managing a nearly $2M budget (with over $21M in scholarship endowments). She also provides leadership and support for program- and unit-level assessments, faculty hiring and retention efforts, the $100M Bill Gatton Foundation gift, and over $500M in new facilities development.

Agouridis’ Extension program focuses on using applied research to address current issues in natural resource management, particularly restoration of water systems impacted by agricultural, urban, or mining activities. She is a former member of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on Earth Resources.

Agouridis has served as principal or co-principal investigator on over $9.5 million in grants, authored over 50 refereed publications and more than 30 extension publications, and advised over 30 undergraduate and graduate research projects.

Agouridis has received numerous awards for her teaching, research, and extension programs including the American Society of Biological and Agricultural Engineers (ASABE) 2014 A.W. Farrall Young Educator Award, Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute 2021 William Barfield Award for Outstanding Contributions in Water Resources Research, and six ASABE Educational Aid Blue Ribbon Awards.

She is a certified professional engineer in Kentucky and holds a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering and a Master of Science in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering from the University of Tennessee. She holds a Master of Public Policy, a Master of Business Administration, and a Ph.D. in Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering from the University of Kentucky.

Ph.D. in Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, University of Kentucky, 2004
Master of Business Administration, University of Kentucky, 2020
Master of Public Policy, University of Kentucky, 2012
M.S. in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, University of Tennessee, 2000
B.S. in Agricultural Engineering, University of Tennessee, 1998