Emeriti

Emeriti

Trish Berger

Trish Berger, Ph.D.

  • Distinguished Professor
Trish Berger's research interests include fertilization and fertility; gamete membrane interaction at the molecular level, including species comparisons and species variation; effect of environmental stresses; Sertoli cell proliferation and testicular development. Graduate Groups: Animal Biology
2147 Meyer Hall
Edward DePeters

Edward DePeters, Ph.D.

  • Distinguished Professor
Ed DePeters' research interests include ruminant nutrition of dairy cattle; mammary gland synthesis of milk protein and fat; nutrient digestion, absorption, and metabolism; evaluation of by-product feedstuffs and forage quality. Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; Nutritional Biology
2149 Meyer Hall
John Dunbar

John Dunbar

  • Emeritus Extension Specialist: Livestock Nutrition
James Fadel

James Fadel, Ph.D.

  • Professor Emeritus
Jim Fadel's research interests include mathematical and statistical applications mainly in nutrition, environment, sustainability, and management systems. Research incorporates information from modeling, in vitro, and in vivo experiments as well as other datasets. Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; International Agricultural Development; Nutritional Biology
2115 Meyer Hall
Kirk Klasing

Kirk Klasing, Ph.D.

  • Professor Emeritus
Kirk Klasing's research interests include impact of nutrition on immunobiology and disease resistance; immunologic basis of stress; nutrition and metabolic adaptation required by carnivorous, granivorous, and nectivorous birds. Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; Avian Sciences; Immunology
2131B Meyer Hall
Elizabeth Maga

Elizabeth Maga, Ph.D.

  • Professor Emeritus
Elizabeth Maga's research interests include applied genetic engineering and gene editing; development and use of animal models of disease, translation of the use of genetically engineered ruminant milk to improve animal and human health, health and well- being of transgenic animals, role of intestinal microbiota on health and resistance to infection; relationship between casein genotypes and goat milk quality. Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; Food Science
2125 Meyer Hall
James Murray

James Murray, Ph.D.

  • Professor Emeritus
Jim Murray's research interests include genetic engineering and gene editing of animals for use in agriculture, improving the technologies associated with cloning and the production of transgenic animals, modification of anti- microbial, functional and lipid characteristics of milk, characterization of and applications of mesenchymal stem cells; equine genomics. Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; Integrative Genetics and Genomics
2119 Meyer Hall
Anita Oberbauer

Anita Oberbauer, Ph.D.

  • Distinguished Professor Emeritus
  • Executive Associate Dean College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences
Anita Oberbauer's research interests include cell and molecular control of animal growth; investigation of the genetic causes of traits especially disease in cattle and dogs. Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; Integrative Genetics and Genomics; Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology; Forensics
1301 Meyer Hall
James Oltjen

James Oltjen, Ph.D.

  • Professor Emeritus
James Oltjen's research interests included animal management systems; resource use in animal agriculture; beef cattle growth. Outreach programs included: Computer decision support software; beef quality assurance; life cycle analysis for cattle and sheep ranches. Graduate Groups: Animal Biology; Nutritional Biology, International Agricultural Development
2153 Meyer Hall