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Executive Director
John D. Weete,
PhD
Executive Director
Auburn Research and Technology Foundation
570 Devall Drive, Suite 101
Auburn, Alabama
36832
Phone: 334.844.7480; Fax
334.844.7444
weetejd@auburn.edu
Dr. Weete joined the Auburn Research and Technology Foundation (ARTF) as its Executive Director
on September 1, 2007. The ARTF is responsible for the overall development and operation of the
Auburn Research Park and Auburn Business Incubator located on the Auburn University campus. Dr.
Weete's responsibilities include strategic planning, marketing and communications, budget development
and management, overseeing construction projects, and recruiting tenants to the park. He also serves
as the liaison for the ARTF with the stakeholders for the research park, i.e., Auburn University, the
City of Auburn, and the State of Alabama.
Previously, Dr. Weete served as the Vice President for Research and
Economic Development at West Virginia University and President of the
West Virginia University Research Corporation. As Vice President, he
served on the President's Cabinet and provided the institution-wide
leadership for strategic planning for the research enterprise, and
growing the institution's research programs, including
university-centers and institutes.
As President of the WVU Research Corporation, he oversaw budget,
personnel, and activities of the WVU Research Office relating to federal
compliance, technology transfer, economic development, sponsored
programs, and development of the WVU Research Park. He was also
the liaison between the university and West Virginia federal
congressional delegation in Washington, D.C. He also served on several
corporate boards.
Prior to going to West Virginia University, Dr. Weete served on the
faculty and as an administrator at Auburn University. He was a Professor
in the Department of Botany and Microbiology (now Department of Biological Sciences) and Associate Dean for
Research in the College of Science and Mathematics. He currently has
professor and associate dean emeritus status.
During his tenure at Auburn University, he held invited and visiting
professorships at universities in Switzerland and France. He has
authored two books, and has numerous other publications in the field of
plant and fungal biochemistry and several U.S. and international
patents.
He received his BS and MS degrees at Stephen F. Austin State College
in Nacogdoches, Texas and PhD at the University of Houston. He was as a
Post-doctoral Fellow at the Baylor College of Medicine and Visiting
Scientist at the Lunar Science Institute in Houston, Texas prior to
joining the faculty at Auburn University.
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