Category: Profile

Profile – Dr. David Dowdy

6/5/2018

Country Representative for Uganda

David received his Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry. He worked for British Gas from 1983 to 1993 as a research scientist.

David has spent the past 24 years living in Uganda. From 1993 to 2009, he headed JOY Youth Training Centre which was also a goat farm that supplied breeding stock throughout over Uganda, and to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda & Burundi.

Profile – Dr. Francisco de Asis Ruiz Morales

5/29/2018

Francisco obtained a Ph.D. in Animal Science and Sustainable Management as well a degree in Technical Agricultural Engineering from the University of Seville. He also received a degree in Environmental Sciences from the University Pable de Olavide.

Francisco’s research experience is focused in the field of sustainable management of small ruminant systems and the marketing of their products. He has developed his work in different research centers and universities, including the University of Seville (Spain), the Agency for Agricultural Research in Sardinia (Italy), the French Livestock Institute (France) and in his current research center, the Andalusian Institute of Agricultural Research and Training.

Profile – Dr. Sun Haizhou

5/28/2018

Country Representative for Northwest China and Inner Mongolia

Sun Haizhou is a researcher and the Director of the Institute of Animal Nutrition and Feed Research of the Inner Mongolia Academy of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Sciences in Hohhot. He holds a Ph.D. in Animal Nutrition from the Inner Mongolia Agriculture University.

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Profile – Dr. Yongju Zhao

5/22/2018

Country Representative for Southwest China

Yongju Zhao graduated with a Bachelors degree in Animal Science from Qingdao Agricultural University and received a Masters of Science in Animal Genetics, Breeding and Reproduction from the Gansu Agricultural University. He obtained an MD from the Third Military Medical School University, focusing in Models of Transgenic Animals.

After his medical degree, he attended Northeast Wales Institute (NEWI), United Kingdom, as a Visiting Scholar in Forensic Science and Technology. Then, he attended Aarhus University, Denmark, as a Visiting Scholar in Molecular Genetics, as well as Purdue University, USA, as a Visiting Scholar in Animal Behavior and Well-Being.

Profile – Dr. Jun Luo

5/21/2018

Regional Director for Asia (China)

Jun Luo obtained his B.S. degree in Animal Husbandry, M.S. degree in Animal Production and Ph.D. degree in Animal Genetics and Breeding from Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University of China. He is currently a professor in the College of Animal Science and Technology of NWAFU and the director of the Dairy Goat Committee of the China Dairy Association. Jun Luo is a member of the Sheep and Goat Resource Committee.

Profile – Clara Viviana Rúa Bustamante

5/17/2018

Co-Country Representative for Colombia

Clara Viviana graduated with a Masters degree in Biology and an Undergraduate degree in Animal Science from the University of Antioquia, Colombia. She presently works as a Master Researcher for the Colombian Corporation for Agricultural Research (Corpoica) at the Motilonia Research Center. Her lines of research are nutrition and animal feeds and the productive and socioeconomic evaluation of sheep and goat production systems.

Profile – Dr. Alexander K. Kahi

5/9/2018

Country Representative for Kenya

Alexander is a Professor of Animal Breeding and Genomics at Egerton University, Department of Animal Sciences, and a member of the Permanent International Committee of the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production. He holds a BSc in Animal Production and MSc in Animal Breeding and Genetics from Egerton University, Kenya and Doctor of Agricultural Sciences degree from the University of Hohenheim, Germany.

Profile – Dr. Angel Trejo González

5/7/2018

Country Representative for Mexico

Arturo received a Veterinary Medicine degree as well as a MSc in Animal Reproduction from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico – UNAM). He also underwent research training in sheep and goat reproduction in the USA at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Arturo specializes in sheep and goat reproduction with a special interest in puberty in males, semen production and conservation, and hormonal control of the estrus cycle to improve artificial insemination. During his career, he has directed 10 MSc and 90 undergraduate theses.

Profile – Dr. Farhad Mirzaei

5/1/2018

Country Representative for Iran

Farhad graduated with a B.Sc. in Animal Science and M.Sc. in Animal Husbandry Economics from Iran and was awarded a Ph.D. in Livestock Production Management from the National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India. His Ph.D. research focused on goat and kid rearing and breeding.

Profile – Dr. Stephan Wildeus

4/30/2018

Regional Director for USA, Canada, and Puerto Rico

Stephan received his B.S. in Animal Science from Montana State University, USA, a Ph.D. in Animal Reproduction from James Cook University, Australia, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Texas A&M University.