• Dr. Leanne Dillard (Forages) – Introduction of annual forages into perennial systems to extend the grazing systems and increase forage quality. Integrated crop-livestock systems and their effects on the agroecosystem.
• Dr. Paul Dyce (Reproductive Biology) – Studying the ability of fetal porcine and postnatal mouse skin isolated stem cells to form germ cells under various in vitro culture conditions.
• Dr. Courtney Heaton (Equine Nutrition, Physiology) – Past research focused on: Dietary starch and glycogen replenishment, Equine fecal microbiome, Probiotic and prebiotic supplementation.
• Dr. Carolyn Huntington (Lecturer) – Undergraduate Program Officer for the Department of Animal Sciences.
• Dr. Kim Mullenix (Beef Systems) – Optimizing beef production systems through forage utilization and co-product supplementation, soil-plant-animal interactions in beef cattle systems.
• Dr. Rishi Prasad (Livestock Production, Nutrition) –Development of best management practices for nutrients (N&P) in crop and animal systems aimed to protect the water, soil and air quality, variable rate manure and fertilizer prescription technology for crops, mineralization, greenhouse gas.
• Dr. Soren Rodning (Herd Health) – Livestock reproductive management and herd health.
• Dr. Marko Rudar (Nutrition) – Protein and amino acid nutrition and metabolism in swine.

• Dr. Leanne Dillard (Forages) – Introduction of annual forages into perennial systems to extend the grazing systems and increase forage quality. Integrated crop-livestock systems and their effects on the agroecosystem.
• Dr. Carolyn Huntington (Lecturer) – Undergraduate Program Officer for the Department of Animal Sciences.
• Dr. Kim Mullenix (Beef Systems) – Optimizing beef production systems through forage utilization and co-product supplementation, soil-plant-animal interactions in beef cattle systems.
• Dr. Marko Rudar (Nutrition) – Protein and amino acid nutrition and metabolism in swine.

Investigations in muscle tissue biology, new and innovative food products, and novel processing technologies as well as the safety of foods of animal origin.

• Dr. Aeriel Belk – Research focuses on the relationship between meat and food products, the production environment, and the animal host by investigating the microbial communities associated with them. She is particularly interested in how the native microbiome of a product, animal, or environment can impact the ability of pathogens to grow or persist on a food product.
• Dr. Don Mulvaney (Production, Beef Systems, Food Science) – Research interest is in the discovery of nutritional, pharmacological and endocrinological strategies for altering embryonic development of muscle tissue with the intention of improving the efficiency of postnatal growth of offspring and ultimate profitability for producers.
• Dr. Jason Sawyer (Production, Packaging, Food Science) – Capturing the qualities and characteristics of postmortem changes that occur in fresh and cooked meat products. Specific emphasis is placed on shelf-life stability as it pertains to surface color, packaging methodology, and sensory taste.

Investigations into fundamental mechanisms of cell and molecular biology regulating animal life processes and protein production.

• Dr. Priyanka Banerjee (Biochem & Biotech) – Investigating the molecular interactions between maternal hormones, their regulation by trophoblasts, maternal immune responses, and pregnancy establishment in bovines.
• Dr. Terry Brandebourg (Genetics) – Investigating what gene is responsible for intramuscular fat deposition.
• Dr. Paul Dyce (Reproductive Biology) – Studying the ability of fetal porcine and postnatal mouse skin isolated stem cells to form germ cells under various in vitro culture conditions.
• Dr. Don Mulvaney (Production, Beef Systems, Food Science) – Research interest is in discovery of nutritional, pharmacological and endocrinological strategies for altering embryonic development of muscle tissue with intention of improving the efficiency of postnatal growth of offspring and ultimate profitability for producers.
• Dr. Marko Rudar (Swine Nutrition, Metabolism, Biology) – Research is to enhance the capacity of piglets to adapt to weaning-induced nutritional stress by targeting sulfur amino acid nutrition.
• Dr. Jacek Wower (Genetics) – Lab is focused on the architecture and function of TmRNP on the ribosome. Dr. Wower’s research team is also working on the development of novel antiviral drugs against Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV) and Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus (BVDV). His team is also investigating biosensing of non-coding RNA using nucleic acid based technology. Other research in the Wower lab focuses on nucleic acid aptamer particulate drug delivery.