Jason Hubbart

Dr. Jason Hubbart is interim associate dean for research in the Division for Land-Grant Engagement at West Virginia University, which includes the Davis College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, WVU Extension, and the Center for Community Engagement. He also serves as associate director of the West Virginia Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station.  

In these roles, Hubbart is the primary research point of contact for the Division's faculty, staff and administrators. He oversees formula-funded projects, facilitates faculty engagement in National Information Management & Support System (Hatch Multistate) projects, and submits annual experiment station productivity reports for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Hubbart manages annual Davis College research expenditures that exceed $25 million. He also directs WVU farms, forests and controlled environments; leads graduate student programming and international programs; assesses faculty productivity for promotion and tenure; and supervises Division facilities.  

Hubbart leads federal funding agency interactions and strategic research planning for the USDA workplan and represents WVU in regional agricultural experiment station meetings. He represents West Virginia as the gubernatorial appointee to the Chesapeake Bay Program Science and Technical Advisory Committee, as well as the West Virginia member of the Northeast Climate Hub and the state's ambassador to the World Bank Global Water Partnership.  

Hubbart is a formally trained forest and physical hydrologist and is a full professor in the Davis College School of Natural Resources and the Environment. He has been awarded (as PI or Co-PI) more than $46M in external grants. Hubbart has authored over 155 peer-reviewed articles ranging from hydrological processes to water quality, many with his 30+ completed master’s and doctorate students. He also studies and publishes on organizational development and change.