Faculty
- Vernon E. Norris Faculty Fellow of Poultry Nutrition
- Assistant Professor of Poultry Science
jxb2002@psu.edu
814-863-8934
Areas of Expertise
- Poultry Nutrition
- Feed Manufacturing
- Pellet Quality
- Meat Extension Specialist
- Assistant Professor - Animal Science
meatscience@psu.edu
814-867-2880
Areas of Expertise
- Processed Meats
- Food Safety
- Thermal Processing & Smoking
- Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point Systems
- Assistant Teaching Professor, Poultry Science
- 4-H Youth Poultry Program Coordinator
- Undergraduate Adviser
- Penn State Poultry Science Club Adviser
- Penn State Collegiate Poultry Judging Team Coach
pclauer@psu.edu
814-863-8960
Areas of Expertise
- Embryology in the Classroom
- Poultry Judging
- Purebred and Exhibition Poultry
- Incubation
- Small Specialty Poultry Production
- General Poultry Production Management
- Associate Professor of Dairy Cattle Genetics
- Undergraduate Adviser, Dairy, Genetics
cdechow@psu.edu
814-863-3659
- Associate Professor of Reproductive Biology
fjd10@psu.edu
814-865-1499
Areas of Expertise
- Reproductive Biology
- Nutrition and Reproduction
- Ovarian Function
- Oocyte Development
- Associate Teaching Professor, Small Animal Science
- Undergraduate Adviser
- Adviser for the Small and Exotic Animals Club (SEAC)
nad5@psu.edu
814-863-4197
Areas of Expertise
- Companion Animal Science
- Animal Behavior
- Animal Welfare and Stress
- Veterinary Medicine
- Online teaching
- Assistant Teaching Professor, Equine Science
- Penn State Horse Farm Coordinator
- Penn State Horse Judging Team Coach
began@psu.edu
814-863-0569
- Professor of Avian Nutritional Biochemistry
- Director of Graduate Studies - Animal Science Program
- Poultry and Avian Science Minor Coordinator
relkin@psu.edu
814-863-2102
Areas of Expertise
- Avian amino acid and lipid nutrition and metabolism
- Modification of poultry meat and eggs to enhance human health
- Department Head
- Distinguished Professor of Animal Nutrition
tde@psu.edu
814-863-3665
- Assistant Professor
- Beef Extension Specialist
tfelix@psu.edu
814-865-0065
Areas of Expertise
- Beef cattle nutrition
- Beef cattle metabolism
- Beef cattle management
- Feedlot nutrition and management
- Associate Professor of Nutritional Physiology
kjh182@psu.edu
814-865-6334
Areas of Expertise
- Milk fat synthesis
- Rumen fatty acid metabolism
- Omega-3 fatty acids
- Professor of Dairy Science
ajh@psu.edu
814-863-3916
Areas of Expertise
- Heifer nutrition and management
- Effective fiber for dairy cows
- Assistant Professor of Animal Science
- Livestock Extension, Swine Specialist
eah405@psu.edu
814-865-3267
Areas of Expertise
- Swine Production and Management
- Swine Growth and Development
- Swine Reproductive Physiology
- Nutritional Influences on Growth and Development
- Associate Professor of Dairy Science
- Cooperative Extension, Undergraduate Adviser, Dairy Management
lah7@psu.edu
814-863-3672
Areas of Expertise
- Dairy Advisory Teams
- Integrated Dairy Management
- Professor of Dairy Nutrition
anh13@psu.edu
814-863-3669
Areas of Expertise
- Dairy Nutrition
- Protein Nutrition of Dairy Cows
- Rumen Fermentation
- Nitrogen Utilization
- Methane Mitigation
- Environment
- Professor of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
- Huck Distinguished Chair in Global Health
- Associate Director, Huck Institutes of Life Sciences
- Adjunct Professor, Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology (Arusha, Tanzania)
vkapur@psu.edu
814-865-9788
- Assistant Professor of Animal Science
- Undergraduate Adviser, Beef Cattle
- Block and Bridle Club Adviser
- Collegiate Cattlewomen Adviser
dkniffen@psu.edu
814-865-7809
- Instructor of Equine Science and Equine Extension Specialist
- Undergraduate Adviser
agraeff@psu.edu
814-863-3957
Areas of Expertise
- Equine Science
- Youth Equine Education
- Equine Management
- Horsemanship
- Professor of Animal Genomics
- Undergraduate Adviser
- Graduate Faculty in Animal Science, Bioinformatics and Genomics (BG), and Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences (MCIBS) programs.
wul12@psu.edu
814-867-1673
Areas of Expertise
- Structural, functional and comparative genomics
- Animal breeding and genetics
- Epigenetics/epigenomics
- Mammalian sex (X and Y) chromosome and evolution
- Ruminant Y-linked genes and male fertility
- Testis development and spermatogenesis
- Assistant Professor of Poultry Science and Avian Health
Areas of Expertise
- Diseases of Broilers
- Coccidiosis
- Necrotic Enteritis
- Ascites
- Senior Instructor
- Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Animal Science Major
rem9@psu.edu
814-865-2987
- Associate Professor of Meat Science
- Undergraduate Adviser
emills@psu.edu
814-865-2394
- Assistant Teaching Professor, Dairy and Animal Science
- Undergraduate Adviser, Dairy
dro105@psu.edu
814-863-3914
- Professor of Reproductive Physiology
- Associate Director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
tlo12@psu.edu
814-441-2657
Areas of Expertise
- Reproductive Biology
- Assisted Reproductive Technologies
- Animal Science
- Dairy production
- Agricultural Biotechnology
- Agricultural Sustainability
- Graduate Training
- Undergraduate Instruction
- C. Lee Rumberger and Family Chair in Agricultural Sciences
- Professor of Reproductive Physiology
jlp36@psu.edu
814-863-0558
Areas of Expertise
- Reproductive Biology
- Reproductive Immunology
- Ovarian Function
- Professor of Molecular Endocrinology
rameshr@psu.edu
814-865-5202
Areas of Expertise
- Endocrinology
- Ovarian Cancer Research
- Reproductive Biology
- Associate Professor of Molecular and Developmental Biology
- Assistant Director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
- Program Director, Computation, Bioinformatics and Statistics (CBIOS) Predoctoral Training Program
- Co-Director, Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Bioinformatics and Genomics, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
css13@psu.edu
814-883-5572
- Assistant Professor of Equine Science
- Equine Extension Specialist
dxs1172@psu.edu
814-865-7810
- Associate Professor of Equine Science
wstaniar@psu.edu
814-865-0698
Areas of Expertise
- Nutritional Influences on Growth and Development
- Mammalian Patterns of Growth
- Dietary Energy Sources Impact on Metabolism
- Gastrointestinal Permeability
- Gastrointestinal Health and Inflammation
- Grazing Strategies for Horse Health and Performance
- Equine Pasture and Manure Management Practices
- Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate School
- Professor of Poultry Science, Endocrine Physiology, and Nutrition
rxv@psu.edu
814-865-2516
- Assistant Professor of Veterinary Medicine and
- Dairy and Animal Science
jrw140@psu.edu
814-865-1495
- Instructor of Animal Science
- Livestock Judging Team Coach
- Adviser, Collegiate Cattlewomen
bcw13@psu.edu
814-867-4917