| Dr. Olayiwola (Layi) Adeola received the Bachelor of Agriculture degree in Animal Science from University of Ife, Nigeria in 1982, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from University of Guelph in 1986 and 1989, respectively. He is a professor at Purdue University and has authored 305 refereed papers and 290 other publications. He served as Section Editor, Journal of Animal Science (2001-2006; 2016-2019); Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Animal Sciences (2009-2012), on the NRC Committee that wrote the Nutrient Requirements of Swine (11th ed.), and currently a Section Editor for Poultry Science. He received the American Feed Industry Association Poultry Nutrition Research Award, 2005; the Maple Leaf Duck Research Award, 2007; the AFIA Nonruminant Nutrition Research Award, 2007; the Evonik Poultry Research Award, 2010; the National Broiler Chicken Council Research Award, 2012; and the Gary L. Cromwell Award for Research in Minerals, 2022. Layi and his wife, Mope, have one son and 2 grandkids. |
Olayiwola Adeola
Purdue University |
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| Dr. Geoffrey E. Dahl is the Harriet B. Weeks Professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Florida. Dr. Dahl conducts applied and basic research with direct impact on animal production and health. His program focuses on understanding the physiological impact of management interventions, particularly heat stress abatement and photoperiod manipulation, at various stages of the lactation cycle, and using that knowledge to optimize cow health and performance. Fundamental aspects of Geoff’s work have led to application in sheep, goats and pigs. His career provides an excellent example of how animal science research can be performed to develop an understanding of biological processes that deepens our knowledge of animal function while leading to practical advances that improve the efficiency of production. |
Dr. Geoffrey E. Dahl
University of Florida |
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| Dr. Tim A. McAllister and his team have made a significant contribution to beef cattle microbiology, nutrition, food safety and sustainability in North America and beyond. He is one of few scientists to have published scientific manuscripts on all life forms, including livestock, plants, viruses, bacteria, protozoa, fungi and even prions. His work has spanned a range of scientific disciplines from applied on-farm studies to basic studies on genomics, microbiomes and mechanistic aspects of antibiotic resistance. He has authored over 900 peer-reviewed papers with a cumulative H index of 111. Dr. McAllister has been an engaged member of the American Society of Animal Science for over 20 years, serving as an Associate Editor and publishing 145 manuscripts in American Society of Animal Science journals. Many of the graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from his laboratory now hold faculty or research scientist positions in national and international universities, governments and industry. |
Dr. Tim A. McAllister
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada |
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| Dr. Luis O. Tedeschi has gained international recognition for his growth and bioenergetic research and decision-support system in ruminants to help stakeholders achieve profitable animal production. Since the 1990s, Tedeschi has published 282 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 76 editor-reviewed manuscripts, 42 books or book chapters, and more than 289 abstracts, totaling more than 732 scientific publications on the impact of the composition of growth of growing cattle. He postulated that an animal’s body gain composition to its energy deposition efficiency in beef cattle’s tissues rather than the traditional dietary components approach. His forward-thinking approach to partitioning energy in growing cattle led him to develop the fundamentals and calculation logic behind a computer model used to determine the necessary days on feed to achieve the maximum profit for group-fed animals. Tedeschi has received numerous praises from feedlot-related enterprises for his computer models and books. |
Dr. Luis O. Tedeschi
Texas A&M University |
