# Faculty By Area of Research

**Source**: https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/faculty-by-area-research.html
**Parent**: https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/scholarships.html

# Faculty By Area of Research

## Research Overview

Animal Sciences focuses on research and technology transfer for efficient and sustainable production of high quality animal products optimizing animal well-being, enhancement of the human diet and advancement of \
sound environmental practices.

Our faculty has expertise in the disciplines of growth and development, nutrition, breeding and genetics, physiology, management and animal well-being and behavior.

## Faculty by Research Area

Animal Behavior and Well-Being

- [Luiz Brito](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/britol)
- [Heng-Wei Cheng](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/cheng5)
- [Candace Croney](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/ccroney)
- [Marisa Erasmus](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/merasmus)
- [Gregory Fraley](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/gfraley)
- [Heather Neave](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/hneave)

Behavioral Neuroendocrinology

- [Gregory Fraley](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/gfraley)

Cell and Molecular Biology

- [Kolapo Ajuwon](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/kajuwon)
- [Ryan Cabot](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/rcabot)
- [Theresa Casey](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/tmanders)
- [Heng-Wei Cheng](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/cheng5)
- [Paul Ebner](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/pebner)
- [Timothy Johnson](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/john2185)
- [Zoltan Machaty](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/zmachaty)
- [James Markworth](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/jmarkwor)

Endocrinology

- [Kalopo Ajuwon](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/kajuwon)
- [Rod Allrich](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/rallrich)
- [Theresa Casey](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/tmanders)
- [Heng-Wei Cheng](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/cheng5)
- [Gregory Fraley](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/gfraley)
- [James Markworth](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/jmarkwor)

Genetics and Genomics

- [Luiz Brito](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/britol)
- [Hinayah Rojas de Oliveira](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/hrojasde)

Growth and Development

- [Kalopo Ajuwon](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/kajuwon)
- [Ryan Cabot](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/rcabot)
- [Gregory Fraley](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/gfraley)
- [James Markworth](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/jmarkwor)
- [Jon Schoonmaker](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/jschoonm)

Immunology

- [James Markworth](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/jmarkwor)

Management

- [Rod Allrich](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/rallrich) - companion animal
- [Jacquelyn Boerman](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/jboerma)​ - dairy
- [Darrin Karcher](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/dkarcher) - poultry
- [Ron Lemenager](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/rpl) - beef
- [Julie Mahoney](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/jfeldpau) - swine
- [Heather Neave](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/hneave) - dairy
- [Brian Richert](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/brichert) - swine
- [Jon Schoonmaker](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/jschoonm) - beef

Meat Science

- [Brad (Yuan H) Kim](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/kim1689)

Microbiology

- [Paul Ebner](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/pebner)
- [Timothy Johnson​](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/john2185)
- [Tingting Ju](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/ju48)

Nutrition

- [Olayiwola Adeola](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/ladeola) - non-ruminant, swine
- [Kolapo Ajuwon](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/kajuwon)
- [Jacquelyn Boerman](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/jboerma) - ruminant, dairy
- [Dale Forsyth](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/dforsyth) - non-ruminant, swine (concluded his research and is not accepting anymore graduate students)
- [Jinsu Hong](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/hong566) - non-ruminant
- [Ron Lemenager](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/rpl) - ruminant, beef
- [Julie Mahoney](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/jfeldpau) - swine
- [James Markworth](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/jmarkwor)
- [Brian Richert](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/brichert) - swine
- [Jon Schoonmaker](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/jschoonm) - ruminant, beef

Reproductive Physiology

- [Rod Allrich](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/rallrich)
- [Casie Bass](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/csbass)
- [Ryan Cabot](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/rcabot)
- [Gregory Fraley](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/gfraley)
- [Zoltan Machaty](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/zmachaty)

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

- [Casie Bass](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/csbass)
- [Julie Mahoney](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/ansc/directory.html#/jfeldpau)