David Gray

Dr David Gray is the inaugural Provost and Vice-President (Academic) at The University of Niagara Falls, Canada. Prior to becoming, Provost David held the position of Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and Principal of the Agricultural Campus of Dlhousie University, Nova Scotia for 10 years (2013-23). Before 2013 David had held Dean and Senior Leadership positions at 3 other Universities including Hartpury University, The University of Derby, and The NAFC Marine Centre – University of the Highlands & Islands, Shetland.

David’s academic interests lie in aquaculture and fisheries management, but he has a passion and enthusiasm for sustainable food production systems and feeding a global population of 10 billion people by 2050. He has held the position of Chair of the Nova Scotia Provincial Aquaculture Science Advisory Committee (2015-23); Chair of the International Agriculture Section of the North American Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (2019-21); a founding member of the North American Agricultural Advisory Network Steering Committee (2021-23); member of the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council taskforce (2021-23)

David gained his B.Sc (Hons) in Marine Biology from the University College of North Wales, Bangor, and his Ph.D from Rhodes University in South Africa. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee medal for services to agriculture and higher education in 2022.