Animal Sciences Research Overview

Research Overview

Animal Sciences focuses on research and technology transfer for efficient and sustainable production of high quality animal products optimizing animal well-being, enhancement of the human diet, and advancement of sound environmental practices.

Our faculty has expertise in the disciplines of growth and development, nutrition, breeding and genetics, physiology, management, and animal well-being and behavior.

Research Areas

Animal Production & Management Systems

• Nutrient Utilization
• Environmental Stewardship
• Efficiency Production
• Food Animal Product Development
• Animal Behavior and Welfare
• Improvement in Reproduction
• Genomic Selection
• Physiology
• Facility Design

Gene Regulation, Stem Cell & Developmental Biology

• Quantitaive Genetics
• Genomics
• Transgenic Biology
• Comparative Animal Health & Disease

Molecular Animal Physiology & Metabolism

• Nutrient Utilization & Partitioning
• Digestive Physiology & Absorption
• Obesity/Diabetes
• Tissue Growth Regulation
• Physiology of Reproduction & Lactation
• Meat Science and Muscle Biology

Food Quality & Food Safety

• Pre-harvest Intervention Strategies
• Microbiome Systems
• Stress and Immunology
• Enhanced Nutrient Profiling

Adeola, Olayiwola     ladeola@purdue.edu
Nutrition (non-ruminant)

Ajuwon, Kolapo     kajuwon@purdue.edu
Adipose Biology/Nutritional Physiology

Allrich, Rodney D     rallrich@purdue.edu
Reproduction Physiology

Boerman, Jacquelyn     jboerma@purdue.edu
Dairy Nutrition and Management

Brito, Luiz F     britol@purdue.edu
Quantitative Genetics and Genomics

Cabot, Ryan A     rcabot@purdue.edu
Molecular Biology and Reproductive Physiology

Casey, Theresa M     theresa-casey@purdue.edu
Mammary Development and Neoplasia, Regulation of Lactation

Cheng, Heng-wei     Heng-Wei.Cheng@usda.gov
Animal Behavior and Well-Being

Croney, Candace C     ccroney@purdue.edu 
Animal Behavior and Well-Being

Ebner, Paul D     pebner@purdue.edu 
Microbiology, Microbiology, Pre-harvest Food Safety

Erasmus, Marisa A     merasmus@purdue.edu 
Animal Behavior and Welfare

Forsyth, Dale M     dforsyth@purdue.edu 
Nutrition (non-ruminant)

Fraley, Greg     gfraley@purdue.edu 
Poultry Neuroendocrinology and Welfare

Hong, Jinsu     hong566@purdue.edu 
Nutrition (non-ruminant) and Nutrient Management

Johnson, Timothy     john2185@purdue.edu 
Food Animal Microbiome, Microbial Ecology

Ju, Tingting     ju48@purdue.edu 
Microbiome and Antimicrobial Resistance

Karcher, Darrin M     dkarcher@purdue.edu 
Poultry Management

Karcher, Elizabeth L     ekarcher@purdue.edu 
Undergraduate Coordinator, Immunobiology and Nutrition Science (dairy)

Kim, Yuan “Brad” bradkim@purdue.edu 
Muscle Biology and Meat Science

Lemenager, Ronald P     rpl@purdue.edu 
Ruminant Nutrition and Management, Beef

Machaty, Zoltan     zmachaty@purdue.edu 
Graduate Coordinator
Reproductive Physiology and Developmental Biology

Markworth, James     jmarkwor@purdue.edu 
Muscle Biology

Minton, Nicholas     nminton@purdue.edu 
Beef Cattle Systems and Beef Evaluation

Neave, Heather     hneave@purdue.edu 
Animal Behavior and Welfare

Richert, Brian T     brichert@purdue.edu 
Swine Nutrition and Management

Rojas, Hinayah     hrojasde@purdue.edu 
Genomics and Animal Breeding

Schoonmaker, Jon P     jschoonm@purdue.edu 
Beef Cattle Nutrition