# Emeritus Faculty
**Source**: https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/emeritus-faculty.html
**Parent**: https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/scholarships.html
## Professors emeriti
Christopher A. Bidwell, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Animal Sciences
[cbidwell@purdue.edu](mailto:cbidwell@purdue.edu)
Expertise: molecular genetics, gene expression and functional genomics
Paul Collodi, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Animal Sciences
[pcollodi@purdue.edu](mailto:pcollodi@purdue.edu)
Expertise: Growth and Development
Mark Diekman, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Animal Sciences
[mdiekman@purdue.edu](mailto:mdiekman@purdue.edu)
765.237.7548 (cell)
Expertise: Reproductive Physiology
J. Marcos Fernandez, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Animal Sciences
[mfernandez@purdue.edu](mailto:mfernandez@purdue.edu)
Kern Hendrix, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Animal Sciences
[khendrix@purdue.edu](mailto:khendrix@purdue.edu)
765.427.9076
Expertise: Beef cow-calf and growing and finishing nutrition and management
Patricia "Scotti" Hester, PhD
Professor Emerita of Animal Sciences
[phester@purdue.edu](mailto:phester@purdue.edu)
Expertise: Poultry Management and Endocrinology
Shihuan Kuang, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Animal Sciences
[skuang@purdue.edu](mailto:skuang@purdue.edu)
Alan Mathew, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Animal Sciences
[agmathew@purdue.edu](mailto:agmathew@purdue.edu)
Expertise: Microbiology and Pre-Harvest Food Safety
Vern Mayrose, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Animal Sciences
[s.d.mayrose@comcast.net](mailto:s.d.mayrose@comcast.net)
765.583.4343
Expertise: Extension Swine Specialist
Scott Mills, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Animal Sciences
[smills@purdue.edu](mailto:smills@purdue.edu)
Expertise: Growth physiology
William Muir, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Animal Sciences
[bmuir@purdue.edu](mailto:bmuir@purdue.edu)
Expertise: Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Animal Behavior
John Patterson, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Animal Sciences
[jpatters@purdue.edu](mailto:jpatters@purdue.edu)
Expertise: Ruminant Nutrition and Microbiology
Karen Plaut, PhD
Executive Vice President for Research and Professor Emerita of Animal Sciences
[kplaut@purdue.edu](mailto:kplaut@purdue.edu)
765.494.6209
Allan Schinckel, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Animal Sciences
[aschinck@purdue.edu](mailto:aschinck@purdue.edu)
Wayne Singleton, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Animal Sciences
[wsinglet@purdue.edu](mailto:wsinglet@purdue.edu)
765.490.1214
Expertise: Reproductive Physiology
Terry Stewart, PhD
[tstewart@purdue.edu](mailto:tstewart@purdue.edu)
Expertise: Animal Breeding and Genomics