Guilherma Rosa
Guilherma Rosa obtained in M.S. in Animal Sciences and Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Sao Paulo. He served on faculty there from 1994-2001 until he moved to the US as a faculty member at Michigan State University from 2002-2006. He has been on faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 2006 where he has taught courses conducted research focused on statistical and computational tools for analyzing livestock data, specifically looking to optimize management practices at the farm-level, high-throughput phenotyping, and quantitative genetics and genomics.
Jingyi Huang
Jingyi Huang earned his Ph.D. from the University of New South Wales in Australia and completed a Postdoc at the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales. He then joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Department of Soil Sciences. There he is the PI for the Soil Sensing and Monitoring lab where his research focuses on the physical and hydrological aspects of soil, its properties, processes, and relationship with the environment through the use of data-model integration frameworks.
Daniela Laurenco
Daniela Laurenco earned her M.S. and Ph.D. in animal breeding and genetics at Maringa State University in Brazil. She has been on faculty at the University of Georgia since 2015 as an Associate Professor in Animal Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics. Her research there has been focused on improving livestock production through the use of genomic information and addressing issues related to the implementation of genomic selection in beef and dairy cattle, poultry, swine, and fish.
Luiz Brito
Luiz Brito earned is M.S. in Genetics and Animal Breeding from Federal University of Vicosa in Brazil and his Ph.D. in Quantitative Genetics and Genomics from the University of Guelph in Canada. He has been on faculty at Purdue University in the Animal Sciences Department since 2018. His research there focuses on complex traits association with animal behavior and welfare and environmental efficiency and adaptation for livestock species with a long-term goal of integrating different data sources to better understand the genetic basis of these complex traits.
Cedric Gondro
Cedric Gondro holds degrees from the Federal University of Parana in Brazil and the University of New England in Australia. He is a Professor in the Department of Animal Science at Michigan State University. There, the three main areas for his research interest are: Evolutionary Computation and Artificial Life for optimization of biological problems, computational methods and statistical analysis of high-throughput genomic data, and evolution, diversity, and population genetics.
Simone Valle de Souza
Simone Valle de Souza hold degrees from the Federal University of Parana in Brazil and the University of New England in Australia. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Horticulture at Michigan State University with expertise in horticulture economics as applied to controlled environment agriculture (CEA). Her research focuses on the economic viability and sustainability of CEA systems, specifically the profitability, cost-effectiveness of technologies, and economic benefits of sustainable agriculture.
Kelli Retallick
Kelli Retallick is the President of Angus Genetics Incorporated where she has previously served in toles as a Genetic Service Director and Directors of Genetic and Genomic Programs. She holds degrees from University of Wisconsin-Madison and Kansas State University. At AGI, she works to ensure that Angus producers have the tools they need to make genetic selection decisions and better understand the science behind these tools.
Andre Garcia
Andre Garcia is a Senior Geneticist with Angus Genetics Incorporated and has been with AGI since 2021. He earned his Ph.D. in Animal Breeding and Genetics from the University of Georgia in 2020 and stayed there as a Postdoctoral Research Associate before joining the staff at AGI as a Geneticist.
Troy Rowan
Troy Rowan earned his Ph.D. in Genetics from the University of Missouri in 2020 and joined the faculty in the Department of Animal Science at the University of Tennessee in 2021 as an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in Beef Genetics. At Tennessee, his research focuses on uncovering the genetic architecture of complex traits, especially those related to cow efficiency, and improving understanding for the molecular basis of heterosis in beef cattle.