University of Florida

Education, Experience and Current Grants

Education

B.S. (Agriculture), High Honors, 1978, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL
M.S. (Endocrinology-Reproductive Physiology), 1980, University of Wisconsin, Madison (E.R. Hauser, Major Professor), WI
Ph.D. (Endocrinology-Reproductive Physiology), 1983, University of Wisconsin, Madison (E.R. Hauser, Major  Professor), WI
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Florida, 1983-1984 (R.M. Roberts, Supervisor), Gainesville, FL
Sabbatical, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, 1993 (in the laboratory of W.A. King), Canada

Present and Past Positions

Present Position, Distinguished Professor and L.E. "Red" Larson Professor, Department of Animal Sciences and Affiliate Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
August, 1993-March, 2010; Professor, Dairy Science Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
August, 1989-August, 1993; Associate Professor, Dairy Science Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
July, 1986-August, 1989; Assistant Professor, Dairy Science Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
1988-1996; Associated Graduate Faculty, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
July, 1985-July 1986;  Assistant Professor, Department of Reproduction, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
September, 1984-July, 1985; Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Reproduction, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
April, 1983-September, 1984; Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
January, 1978-April, 1983; Research Assistant and NIH Predoctoral Trainee, Department of Meat and Animal Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Current Grant Support

USDA-NIFA AFRI, Developmental programming during preimplantation development. Grant No. 2011-67015-30688. P.J. Hansen, J. Block, A.D. Ealy, P. Hyttel, S.E. Johnson, O. Østrup, and N. Terada; $1,794,872. 9/1/2011-8/31/2015.

USDA-NIFA AFRI, Improving fertility of dairy cattle using translational genomics. Grant No. 2013-68004-20365. T.E. Spencer, P.J. Hansen, H. Neibergs, JC. Dalton,  A. de Vries and J.B. Cole, $2,984,255; 1/1/13-12/31/17.

Southeast Milk Inc. Milk Checkoff Program, Validation of discovery of genes controlling fertility in dairy cattle”, P.J. Hansen and S. Dikmen, $6,500. 7/1/20143-6/30/2015.

National Institutes of Health, Sexual dimorphism in embryo responses to maternal regulatory factors, Grant R03 HD080855-01. P.J. Hansen, $139,232. 7/25/2014-7/24/2016.

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