Faculty

Ermias Kebreab

  • Associate Dean of Global Engagement, CA&ES /Professor and Sesnon Endowed Chair
  • Director, World Food Center
  • Department of Animal Science
Modeling sustainable agricultural production. Energy and nutrient requirements of cattle, swine, and poultry. Empirical, mechanistic, and simulation models of nutrient utilization. Modeling of nutrient dynamics in manure; and greenhouse gas emissions of animals, manure and soil.
2111 Meyer Hall

Matthias Hess

  • Associate Professor
  • Department of Animal Science
  • Helman Fellow
Systems microbiology, microbial proceses in natural and artificial ecosystems, microbes and microbial enzymes for agricultural, medical, and industrial applications, microbe-host interaction, gastrointestinal microbiology, biofuels, bioproducts, bioremediation, microbial dark matter.
2123 Meyer Hall

Rodrigo A. Gallardo

  • Assistant Professor
  • Population Health and Reproduction
  • Assistant Professor
  • Poultry Medicine - School of Veterinary Medicine
Avian diseases, production and management, preventive measures to improve flock health, preventive veterinary medicine, vaccine design, molecular virology, food safety, commercial poultry improvement and international poultry development programs.
4009 Vet Med 3B

Andrea J. Fascetti

  • Professor
  • Department of Molecular Biosciences - School of Veterinary Medicine
Companion animal nutrition: trace mineral and amino acid metabolism, feline and canine nutrient requirements, obesity, improvement of pet foods, the role of clinical nutrition in the management and prevention of disease.