Zoe BowdenUndergraduate Advisor and Communication Specialist |
Renee Parks-JamesGraduate Advisor |
Allyson TrimblePrimary Undergraduate Advisor |
Karen F. WebbAcademic Department Receptionist |
Pam KruegerAdministrative Assistant to the Department Chair |
Kenny SchubelIT Professional |
Audy SpellOperations Manager |
Shelby ThomasCommunications and Engagement Manager |
Tracy CawleyFiscal Assistant |
Jasmine CorbitAdministrative Support Assistant |
Hal CoursonHuman Resources Generalist |
Linda P. CowartBusiness Office Manager |
Michelle DriverOffice Assistant, Business Office |
Melony Gay HaleResearch Administrator |
Debra W. NagyOffice Assistant |
Angela ChandlerHorse Teaching Unit and Equine Sciences Center Manager |
Byron DavisMeats Lab Manager |
Danny DriverBeef Unit Manager |
Jesse SavellBeef Teaching Unit Manager |
Clay WhiteheadSwine and Sheep Unit Manager |
Eric WilliamsDairy Unit Manager |
Beef | Dairy | Equine | Meat | Youth | Small Ruminant - Sheep and Goats
John ArthingtonBeef Cattle Management |
Range Cattle REC- Ona |
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Mario BinelliAssistant Professor of Physiology |
Department of Animal Sciences |
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Nicolas DiLorenzoBeef Cattle Specialist |
Department of Animal Sciences |
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Angela M. Gonella D.Beef Cattle Reproduction Specialist |
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Philipe MorielBeef Cattle Nutrition Specialist |
Range Cattle Research and Education Center
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Todd ThriftBeef Cattle Management |
Department of Animal Sciences |
Albert De VriesEconomics |
Department of Animal Sciences |
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Colleen LarsonRegional Dairy Extension Agent, South Florida |
Okeechobee Extension Office |
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Francisco PeñagaricanoGenetics |
Department of Animal Sciences |
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Jose Eduardo SantosDairy Nutritionist |
Department of Animal Sciences |
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Izabella ToledoRegional Dairy Extension Agent, North Central Florida |
Lafayette County Extension Office |
Saundra TenBroeckEquine Extension Specialist |
Department of Animal Sciences |
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Carissa WickensEquine Extension Specialist |
Department of Animal Sciences |
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Joel McQuaggeInstructor |
PO Box 110910 |
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Wendy DeVitoSupport Staff |
PO Box 110910 |
Chad Carr, Ph.D.Meat Science Extension |
Department of Animal Sciences |
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Jason M. Scheffler, Ph.D.Assistant Professor |
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Tracy L. Scheffler, Ph.D.Assistant Professor |
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Sally Williams, Ph.D.Associate Professor |
Department of Animal Sciences |
Izabella Toledo
Regional Dairy Extension Agent, North Central Florida
Lafayette County Extension Office
176 SW Comm Cir Ste D
Mayo, FL 32066-1901
Phone: (386) 294-1279
Wendy DeVitoAcademic Program Specialist II, M.S. |
Department of Animal Sciences |
Kyle MendesEducation/Training Specialist II, M.S. |
Department of Animal Sciences |
Felipe Alves Correa Carvalho da Silva |
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Thiago Fernandes Amaral |
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Norman Andino |
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Ana Margarita Arias Esquivel |
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Usman Arshad |
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Aneesa Bahman |
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Jessica Brown |
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Leticia Casarotto Trevisan |
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Camila José Cuéllar Del Cid |
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Wilmer Cuervo |
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Federico Cunha |
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Mackenzie Dickson |
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Samantha Doyle |
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Eliab Estrada Cortés |
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Samia Farooq |
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Michael Fioretto |
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Kaitlin Gingerich |
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Weihong Gu |
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McKenzie Lane Haimon |
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Briana Hawryluk |
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Aakilah S. Hernandez |
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Ali Husnain |
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Surawich Jeensuk |
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Emily Lindner |
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Ting Liu |
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Richard Roberto Lobo |
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Gabriela Alejandra Macay Hernandez |
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Ana Carolina Macedo da Silva |
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Darling Mélany de Carvalho Madrid |
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Marcela Marrero-Pérez |
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Gleise Medeiros Da Silva |
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Paula Cristina Cardoso Molinari |
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Hugo Fernando Monteiro |
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Mariana Nehme Marinho |
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Alexandra Morrison |
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Andrea Nicole Nunez Andrade |
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Carlos Nino de Guzman Cerna |
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Adeoye Oyebade |
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Jaylen Parks |
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Pornpamol Pattamanont |
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Kylie Philipps |
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Phillip M. G. Peixoto |
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Michael Poindexter |
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Master Student
B.S.: University of Florida- Animal Sciences
Research area: Ruminant Nutrition
Major Professor: Dr. Antonio Faciola
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Eduardo Rodriguez |
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Gabriel Zayas Santiago |
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Efstathios Sarmikasoglou |
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Tessa Schulmeister |
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Zachary Seekford |
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Froylan Sosa Hernandez |
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Daniel Stanton |
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Lin Teng |
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Brittney L. Thompson |
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Leticia Casarotto Trevisan |
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Caroline C. Vasco |
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James Vinyard |
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Yuhan Wen |
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Teri Williams |
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Felipe Xavier Amaro |
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Undergraduate Coordinator | Phone | |
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Dr. Saundra TenBroeck ANS Bldg., 459, Room 100C |
sht@ufl.edu | 352-392-2186 |
Undergraduate Program Advisors | Phone | |
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Ms. Allyson Trimble ANS Bldg., 459, Room 100A Book an appointment |
trimbleak@ufl.edu | 352-392-9739 |
Ms. Zoe Bowden ANS Bldg., 459, Room 100B Book an appointment |
zoebowden@ufl.edu | 352-392-2455 |
Graduate Advisor | Phone | |
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Renee Parks-James ANS Bldg., 459, Room 100D |
rpj@ufl.edu | 352-392-5615 |
First visit should be with Dr. TenBroeck, Allyson Trimble or Zoe Bowden. Subsequently, you may choose an advisor to serve as a faculty mentor for the remainder of your program from the list below.
Faculty Advisors | Location | |
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Dr. Samantha Brooks | samantha.brooks@ufl.edu | ANS Bldg., 459, Room 231F |
Dr. Chad Carr | chadcarr@ufl.edu | ANS Bldg., 459, Room 224B |
Dr. Albert De Vries | devries@ufl.edul | Red Larson Bldg., 499, Room 104F |
Ms. Amie Imler Internship Coordinator |
amie.taylor@ufl.edu Book an appointment |
ANS Bldg., 459, Room 231E |
Dr. Antonio Faciola Honors Coordinator |
afaciola@ufl.edu | Red Larson Bldg., 499, Room 204B |
Mr. Joel McQuagge | mcquagge@ufl.edu | ANS Blg., 459, Room 210B |
Dr. Emily Miller-Cushon | emillerc@ufl.edu | Red Larson Bldg., 499, Room 104E |
Dr. Jason Scheffler | jmscheff@ufl.edu | ANS Bldg., 459, Room 231G |
Dr. Tracy Scheffler | tscheffler@ufl.edu | ANS Bldg., 459, Room 210F |
Dr. Todd Thrift | tathrift@ufl.edu | ANS Bldg., 459, Room 210C |
Dr. Lori Warren | lkwarren@ufl.edu | ANS Bldg., 459, Room 210F |
Dr. Carissa Wickens | cwickens@ufl.edu | ANS Blidg., 459, Room 231B |
Dr. Sally Williams | wsallyk@ufl.edu | ANS Bldg., 459, Room 224C |
The Department of Animal Sciences depends upon collaborations with scientists from other organizations throughout the world to achieve its commitments in research, extension and teaching. A select group of scientists are appointed as Sustaining Courtesy Faculty because of a continuous record of service and collaboration with the department.
Dr. Bilby is currently an Associate Director of Cattle Technical Services for Merck Animal Health. He manages a team of dairy-focused veterinarians and PhDs across the US who support the Merck cattle division with technical expertise on a variety of topics. He also specializes in cattle reproduction and provide technical support for both beef and dairy cattle. He obtained the PhD in dairy cattle reproduction from the University of Florida under the direction of Dr. Bill Thatcher. Current interests include cattle reproduction, heat stress, transition cow health and new product development.
Dr. Block is an assistant professor in the Department of Animal Science at the University of Wyoming with interests in reproduction in ruminant species. Previously, he was a research scientist at Zoetis. He also provides commercial assisted reproduction services. He received the B.S in Animal Science from the University of Missouri and the MS and PhD degrees from Animal Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Florida.
John Cole is PEAK senior VP of research and development at URUS Group, joined the URUS Group in December. URUS is a holding company for leading agricultural organizations including Alta Genetics, GENEX, Jetstream Genetics, PEAK/SCCL and VAS that together bring genetics and other agricultural technologies to producers in 15 countries. Previously Cole was acting research leader for the Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service. His formal education was at Louisiana State University and University of Minnesota.
Dr. Dikmen serves as Professor and Head of the Department of Animal Science in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bursa Uludağ University in Bursa, Turkey. He received his DVM (1999) and Ph.D. (2004) degrees at that university and has been on the faculty since 2004. His research interests are focused on heat stress management in dairy and beef cattle and the development of improvement strategies for genetic selection of production traits. He spent a one-year sabbatical at the University of Florida in 2007 and returns to the department yearly to conduct collaborative research on the genetic basis for thermotolerance in cattle.
Dr. Ipharraguerre is a Senior Scientist at the Institute of Human Nutrition and Food Science, University of Kiel, Germany. He received a degree in Agricultural Sciences (1996) from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and an M.S. (2001) and Ph.D. (2004) in Animal Sciences focused on nutritional physiology of dairy cows from the University of Illinois, USA. In his current position, he leads research on the impact of diet on the enterohepatic system and the resulting immunometabolic implications for the host, with special emphasis on bile acid metabolism and signaling. He is also deeply interested in developing and expanding the use of Drosophila melanogaster in nutritional research and health.
Sha Tao is an associate professor in the Department of Animal and Dairy Science at the University of Georgia. A native of Kaifeng, China, Tao obtained the B.S. in Agriculture in 2004 and M.S. in Animal Sciences in 2007 from Henan University of Technology, China. He completed the Ph.D. in Animal Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Florida in 2012. Current research is focused on the impact of heat stress on mammary gland development and health in dairy cows, the association among environment, body temperature and behavior of cows in confinement and grazing dairies, and nutritional and management strategies to minimize the negative impacts of heat stress during summer.
Dr. Zenobi serves as Technical Services Manager for Balchem LATAM, is the Director of Continued Education for Dairy Production at the Instituto de Reproducción de Córdoba (Argentina) and has a faculty appointment at the National University of Córdoba. A native of Argentina, Marcos’s passions for cows started early, coming from a family that operates a dairy farm. He studied as an Agricultural Engineer in Argentina, specialized in reproduction, completed the MSc degree at the University of Saskatchewan in animal nutrition, and obtained the PhD in animal sciences from the University of Florida. Marcos describes himself as a dairy production consultant who loves science.