College of Agriculture & Natural ResourcesDepartment of Animal Science

• • Aierken Abudu
  • Research Associate
  • 517-353-1414
  • abudu@msu.edu
• • Michael Allen
  • University Distinguished Professor
  • 517-755-0725
  • allenm@msu.edu

• • Denise Altemose
  • Coordinator, Institute of Agricultural Technology Livestock Program
  • 517-432-4302
  • altemose@msu.edu
• • Belcy Angarita Barajas
  • Visiting Scholar
  • 517-432-2457
  • angarit1@msu.edu

• • Nick Babcock
  • 4-H Livestock and Veterinary Science Statewide Educator
  • 517-432-1626
  • babco116@msu.edu
• • Paige Bittner
  • Assistant Instructor
  • 517-355-7484
  • bittnerp@msu.edu

• • Steven Bursian
  • Professor
  • Toxicology
  • 517-355-8415
  • bursian@msu.edu
• • Daniel Buskirk, PhD
  • Associate Professor, Animal Science
  • Beef Cattle Nutrition and Management
  • 517-432-0400
  • buskirk@msu.edu

• • Beatriz Castro Dias
  • Research Associate
  • 517-432-4584
  • castrod7@msu.edu
• • Ching-Wen Chang
  • Visiting Scholar
  • 517-353-1421
  • changc92@msu.edu

• • Chen Chen
  • Associate Professor
  • 517-353-3149
  • chen2@msu.edu
• • Karen Chou
  • Associate Professor
  • Toxicology
  • 517-432-1392
  • chouk@msu.edu

• • Jose Cibelli
  • Professor
  • Animal Biotechnology
  • 517-432-9206
  • cibelli@msu.edu
• • Zara Clark
  • Visiting Scholar
  • 517-432-1379
  • clarkzar@msu.edu

• • Paul Coussens
  • Professor
  • Molecular Biology and Molecular Virology
  • 517-353-3158
  • coussens@msu.edu
• • Andrea Da Silva Romera
  • Visiting Scholar
  • dasilv13@msu.edu

• • Brad Daigneault
  • Research Associate
  • 517-432-0671
  • daignea4@msu.edu
• • Isabella DeFaria Maciel
  • Research Associate
  • 517-355-0327
  • defariam@msu.edu

• • Rongrong Ding
  • Visiting Scholar
  • 517-353-8518
  • dingrong@msu.edu
• • Deqiang Ding
  • Research Associate
  • 517-343-1421
  • dingdq@msu.edu

• • Patricia Do Rosario Rodrigues
  • Visiting Scholar
  • 517-355-0327
  • dorosari@msu.edu
• • Joe Domecq
  • Academic Specialist
  • Ag Tech Dairy Management Program, Teaching and Advising, Extension Dairy Youth Specialist
  • 517-353-7855
  • domecqjo@msu.edu

• • Jose Dos Santos Neto
  • Visiting Scholar
  • 517-355-0327
  • dossan12@msu.edu
• • Richard Ehrhardt, PhD
  • Extension Specialist
  • Small Ruminants
  • 517-353-2906
  • ehrhard5@msu.edu

• • Melissa Elischer
  • Youth Dairy Educator
  • Dairy Youth Programs
  • 517-432-4306
  • elischer@msu.edu
• • Catherine W. Ernst
  • Professor; Director of Genetics Graduate Program; ANS Associate Chair for Graduate Training and Research
  • Molecular Genetics
  • 517-432-1941
  • ernstc@msu.edu

• • Taylor Fabus
  • Equine Educator
  • Equine
  • 517-353-1748
  • tenlenta@msu.edu
• • Ted Ferris
  • Professor
  • Dairy
  • 517-355-8442
  • ferris@msu.edu

• • Joseph Folger
  • Senior Research Associate
  • 517-432-2360
  • folgerjo@msu.edu
• • Ramjee Ghimire
  • Research Associate
  • ghimirer@msu.edu

• • Cedric Gondro
  • Professor
  • 517-432-1387
  • gondroce@msu.edu
• • Hanne Hoffmann
  • Assistant Professor
  • 517-353-1415
  • hanne@msu.edu

• • Wen Huang
  • Assistant Professor
  • Animal Genetics and Genomics
  • 517-353-9136
  • huangw53@msu.edu
• • Jim Ireland
  • Professor
  • Reproductive Physiology
  • 517-432-1384
  • ireland@msu.edu

• • Jacquelyn Jacobs
  • Assistant Professor
  • 517-432-6165
  • jacob175@msu.edu
• • Nanda Joshi
  • Associate Professor, Animal Science – International Outreach
  • 517-432-6167
  • joshin@msu.edu

• • Jessica Kiesling
  • Advisor / Academic Specialist
  • 517-353-4570
  • jessicak@msu.edu
• • Jason Knott
  • Associate Professor
  • Developmental Epigenetics & Reproductive Biology
  • 517-432-5446
  • knottj@msu.edu

• • Juliana Laguna
  • Visiting Scholar
  • 517-353-9593
  • lagunaju@msu.edu
• • Keith Latham
  • Professor
  • 517-353-7750
  • lathamk1@msu.edu

• • Jinding Liu
  • Visiting Scholar
  • 517-432-0671
  • liujind1@msu.edu
• • Adam Lock
  • Associate Professor
  • Dairy Cattle Nutrition
  • 517-802-8124
  • allock@msu.edu

• • Don Martell
  • Assistant Instructor
  • martel36@msu.edu
• • Junru Miao
  • Visiting Scholar
  • 517-353-1421
  • miaojunr@msu.edu

• • Mohamed Ashry Mohamed
  • Research Associate
  • 517-353-1421
  • ashry@msu.edu
• • John Newsted
  • Adjunct Associate Professor
  • newsted@msu.edu

• • Brian Nielsen
  • Professor
  • Equine Exercise Physiology
  • 517-432-1378
  • bdn@msu.edu
• • Carly O'Malley
  • Research Associate
  • omalle50@msu.edu

• • Rodrigo Pelicioni Savegnago
  • Research Associate
  • pelicion@msu.edu
• • Arnulfo Pineda Baide
  • Research Associate
  • 517-432-5400
  • pinedaba@msu.edu

• • Yong Pu
  • Scholar
  • 517-432-7066
  • puyong@msu.edu
• • J. Richard Pursley
  • Professor
  • Reproductive Management of Dairy Cattle
  • 517-281-7289
  • pursleyr@msu.edu

• • Jianping Quan
  • Visiting Scholar
  • quanjian@msu.edu
• • Lilian Rigatto Martins
  • Visiting Scholar
  • rigattom@msu.edu

• • Jason Rowntree
  • Associate Professor, Animal Science
  • Beef Cattle and Forage Utilization
  • 517-355-8443
  • rowntre1@msu.edu
• • Sambit Roy
  • Research Associate
  • 517-353-1421
  • roysambi@msu.edu

• • Dale Rozeboom, PhD
  • Professor, Extension Specialist; ANS Associate Chair for Farm Operations and Stakeholder Relations
  • Swine Nutrition & Production Management
  • 517-355-8398
  • rozeboom@msu.edu
• • Meghan Ruebel
  • Research Associate
  • 517-432-4449
  • ruebelme@msu.edu

• • Pamela Ruegg
  • Professor; Chair, Department of Animal Science
  • 517-355-8384
  • plruegg@msu.edu
• • Steven Rust
  • Professor
  • Beef Cattle Nutrition & Management
  • 517-432-1390
  • rust@msu.edu

• • Aritro Sen
  • Assistant Professor
  • 517-432-4585
  • aritros@msu.edu
• • Marie-Claude Senut
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor
  • 517-432-7065
  • senut@msu.edu

• • Janice Siegford, PhD
  • Professor
  • Animal Behavior and Animal Welfare
  • 517-432-1388
  • siegford@msu.edu
• • Niharika Sinha
  • Research Associate
  • 517-353-1421
  • sinhani1@msu.edu

• • Christine Skelly
  • Associate Professor
  • Adult Equine Extension Program
  • 810-338-8200
  • skellych@msu.edu
• • George Smith
  • Associate Director, MSU AgBioResearch; Associate Dean for Research, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • 517-355-0123
  • smithge7@msu.edu

• • Juan Steibel
  • Associate Professor
  • 517-353-5102
  • steibelj@msu.edu
• • Steven Suhr
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor
  • 517-432-7065
  • suhrs@msu.edu

• • Janice Swanson
  • Professor, Director of Animal Welfare and Professor
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare
  • 517-353-8714
  • swansoj@msu.edu
• • Suxu Tan
  • Research Associate
  • 517-432-2457
  • tansuxu@msu.edu

• • Tasia Taxis
  • Assistant Professor
  • 517-432-2703
  • taxistas@msu.edu
• • Robert Tempelman
  • Professor
  • Statistical Genetics and Animal Breeding
  • 517-355-8445
  • tempelma@msu.edu

• • Roger Thomson
  • Academic Specialist
  • Dairy Challenge; Dairy Herd Management; Milk Quality; Dairy Herd Health
  • 517-432-1395
  • thomso75@msu.edu
• • Elvis Ticiani
  • Postdoctoral Fellow
  • 517-432-7066
  • ticianie@msu.edu

• • Nathalie Trottier
  • Professor
  • Monogastric Animal Nutrition
  • 517-432-5140
  • trottier@msu.edu
• • Mike VandeHaar
  • Professor
  • Dairy Nutrition & Metabolism
  • 517-355-8489
  • mikevh@msu.edu

• • Almudena Veiga-Lopez
  • Assistant Professor
  • 517-432-7084
  • veiga@msu.edu
• • Andre Vieira Do Nascimento
  • Visiting Scholar
  • 517-432-2457
  • vieirado@msu.edu

• • Karen Waite
  • Academic Specialist, Coordinator of the Undergraduate Program
  • 517-432-0383
  • kwaite@msu.edu
• • Yuan Wang
  • Assistant Professor
  • Stem Cell Biology & Developmental Biology
  • 517-353-1416
  • wangyu81@msu.edu

• • Miriam Weber Nielsen
  • Associate Professor
  • Dairy Management & Physiology
  • 517-432-5443
  • msw@msu.edu
• • Toree Williams
  • Instructor
  • will3435@msu.edu

• • Zac Williams
  • Poultry Outreach Specialist
  • 517-355-8383
  • will3343@msu.edu
• • Katie Wilson
  • Professional Aide
  • 517-353-7291
  • wilso833@msu.edu

• • Kaitlin Wurtz
  • Research Associate
  • 614-355-8319
  • wurtzkai@msu.edu
• • Mingyuan Yang
  • Assistant Professor
  • 517-432-5401
  • yangmi21@msu.edu

• • Alexandra Yaw
  • Research Associate
  • yawalexa@msu.edu
• • Zheng Zhou
  • Assistant Professor
  • 517-432-0803
  • zhouzz@msu.edu

• • Matt Zwiernik
  • Assistant Professor
  • Environmental Toxicology
  • 517-353-9518
  • zwiernik@msu.edu