ISU professor Moulay Tidriri said he will appeal a recommendation that he be fired, The Des Moines Register reported.  

Judge Carol Greta, administrative law judge, recommended Tidriri be fired for consistently not meeting expectations and performing poorly. 

Greta found Tidriri, a tenured associate math professor, showed “persistent and manifest neglect of faculty duties as presented in the faculty member’s position responsibility statement,” according to the judge’s findings.

In early August 2013, Beate Schmittmann, dean for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, filed a formal complaint to Jonathan Wickert, senior vice president and provost, against Tidriri that outlined a “pattern of alleged unacceptable performance in teaching, research and service.”

Schmittmann said Tidriri had been underperforming since 2008.

On Jan. 8, the Faculty Review Board, which is made up of tenured professors, found that Tidriri’s “performance of duties in all three categories — teaching, research and service — had been unacceptable,” according to the court document.

Tidriri has 20 days to appeal the decision President Steven Leath. According to the Register, Tidriri claims the university’s case against him was malicious and unwarranted.