Graduate Faculty for Animal Sciences
ANSC

Link to ANSC Program Description

Angel, C. Roselina Regular Member
B.S., Iowa State University, 1984;M.S., 1987; Ph.D., 1990.
- Associate Professor, Animal Sciences
   website: http://ansc.umd.edu/Faculty/roselina.html

Baldwin, Ransom Adjunct Member
B.S., University of California,Davis, 1987; M.S., University of California,Davis, 1988; Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1992.
- DEFAULT, Animal Sciences

Bequette, Brian J. Regular Member
B.S., University of Illinois, 1983; M.S., Southern Illinois University, 1986; Ph.D., University of Missouri, 1990.
- Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences
   website: http://ansc.umd.edu/Faculty/BrianB.html

Bossis, Ioannis Regular Member
BSc-MSc Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural University of Athens (Greece); Ph.D Animal Breeding and Reproduction, Oklahoma State University.
- Assistant Professor, Veterinary Medical Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences

Burk, Amy L. Regular Member
B.S., James Madison University, 1995; M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1998; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2001.
- Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences

Capuco, Anthony V. Adjunct Member
B.A., Hobart College, 1970; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1977.
- DEFAULT, Animal Sciences

Childs-Sanford, Sara E. Adjunct Member
B.A., Hamilton College, 1995; M.A., University of Maryland College Park, 2005; D.V.M., Cornell University, 1999.
- DEFAULT, Animal Sciences

Comizzoli, Pierre Adjunct Member
D.V.M., Veterinary College of Maisons-Alfort, 1994; M.S., University of Paris VI, 1997; Ph.D., University of Tours, 2000.
- DEFAULT, Animal Sciences

Connor, Erin E. Adjunct Member
B.S., University of Maryland College Park, 1989; M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1993; Ph.D., University of Maryland College Park, 1999.
- DEFAULT, Animal Sciences

Erdman, Richard A. Regular Member
B.S.,University of Wisconsin-River Falls, 1974; M.S., University of Kentucky, 1977; Ph.D., 1979.
- Professor, Animal Sciences
   website: http://ansc.umd.edu/Faculty/richard.html

Hamza, Iqbal Regular Member
B.S., Bombay University, 1989; M.S., 1991; PhD, SUNY, Buffalo, 1998
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Associate Professor, Animal Sciences
   website: ansc.umd.edu/Faculty/Hamza.html - 2003-02-21

Howard, Jo Gayle Adjunct Member
B.S., Texas A&M University, 1979; D.V.M., 1980.
- Research Associate, Reproductive Physiologist, National Zoological Park
- Adjunct Professor, Animal Sciences

Keefer, Carol L. Regular Member
B.S., University of South Caroliuna, 1974; PhD, University of Delaware, 1981
- Associate Professor, Animal Sciences
   website: http://ansc.umd.edu/2003Final/Faculty/CarolKR.html

Kohn, Richard A. Regular Member
B.S., Cornell University, 1985;M.S., University of New Hampshire-Durham, 1987; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1993.
- Professor, Animal Sciences
   website: http://ansc.umd.edu/Faculty/Rick.html

Koutsos, Elizabeth A. Adjunct Member
B.A., University of Maryland College Park, 1998; M.A., University of California, Davis, 2000; Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 2002
- DEFAULT, Animal Sciences
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences

Liu, Ge Adjunct Member
B.S., Nankai University, 1991; M.S., Nankai University, 1994; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 2001.
- DEFAULT, Animal Sciences

Mather, Ian H. Regular Member
B.Sc., University of Wales, 1966; Ph.D., 1971.
- Affiliate Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
- Director, Animal Sciences
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Animal Sciences
   website: http://ansc.umd.edu/Faculty/ian.html#anchor377584
- Professor, Biological Sciences

Orlando, Edward F. Regular Member
B.S., University of Florida, 1987; M.S., 1997; Ph.D., 2001.
- Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences

Ottinger, Mary A. Regular Member
B.S., University of Maryland-College Park, 1972; M.S., 1974; Ph.D., 1977.
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Professor, Animal Sciences
   website: http://ansc.umd.edu/Faculty/maryann.html
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Pal, Utpal Regular Member
Ph.D., University of Calcutta, India.
- Assistant Professor, Veterinary Medical Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences

Perez, Daniel Regular Member
B.S./M.S., National University of Cordoba, Argentina; Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 1995.
- Associate Professor, Veterinary Medical Sciences
- Affiliate Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
- Associate Professor, Animal Sciences

Peters, Robert R. Regular Member
B.S., University of Minnesota-St. Paul, 1973; M.S., 1975; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1980.
- Professor, Animal Sciences
   website: http://ansc.umd.edu/Faculty/peters.html

Porter, Tom E. Regular Member
B.S.,University of Minnesota-Duluth, 1983; Ph.D., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 1988.
- Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Professor, Biological Sciences
- Professor, Animal Sciences
- Chair, Animal Sciences
   website: http://ansc.umd.edu/Faculty/porter.html
- Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Pukazhenthi, Budhan Adjunct Member
B.V.Sc., Madras Veterinary College, 1987; M.S., University of Maryland College Park, 1992; Ph.D., University of Maryland College Park, 1996
- DEFAULT, Animal Sciences
- Adjunct Professor, Animal Sciences

Rattner, Barnett A. Adjunct Member
B.S., University of Maryland-College Park, 1972; M.S.,1974; Ph.D., 1977.
- Adjunct Professor, Animal Sciences

Richards, Mark Adjunct Member
B.S., State University of New York, 1971; Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1977
- Adjunct Professor, Animal Sciences

Samal, Siba K. Regular Member
B.V.Sc., Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, 1976; M.S., Texas A&M University, 1981; Ph.D., Texas A&M University & Baylor College of Medicine, 1986.
- Associate Dean, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
   website: www.vetmed.vt.edu
- Professor, Veterinary Medical Sciences
- Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
- Associate Dean, Animal Sciences

Siewerdt, Frank Regular Member
M.Sc., Universidade Federal de Pelotas (Brazil), 1991; Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1998
- Assistant Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation
   website: http://ansc.umd.edu/siewerdt/
- Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Song, Jiuzhou Regular Member
Ph.D.; China Agr. University, 1996 M.Sc.; Northwestern Agri. Univ, 1986 B.A.; Northwestern Agr.Univ, 1983
- Assistant Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation
- Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences

Songsasen, Nucharin Adjunct Member
D.V.M., Kasetsart University, 1988; M.S., University of Guelph, 1993; Ph.D., University of Guelph, 1997.
- DEFAULT, Animal Sciences

Stricklin, William R. Regular Member
B.S.,University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1968; M.S., 1972; Ph.D.,Pennsylvania State University-University Park, 1975.
- Associate Professor, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
- Associate Professor, Animal Sciences
   website: http://ansc.umd.edu/Faculty/ray.html
- Associate Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science

Taneyhill, Lisa Regular Member
B.A., Western Maryland College (McDaniel College), 1995; M.S., Princeton University, 1997; Ph.D., Princeton University, 2000.
- Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
- Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences

Updike, Scott Regular Member
B.S., Virginia Tech, 2001; M.S., Ohio State University, 2003; Ph.D., Ohio State University, 2007.
- Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences

Varner, Mark A. Regular Member
B.S., University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 1975; M.S., Washington State University, 1977; Ph.D.,North Carolina State University, 1981.
- Professor, Animal Sciences
   website: http://ansc.umd.edu/Faculty/mark.html

Woods, L. Curry, III Regular Member
B.S., Murray State University, 1975; M.S., Ohio State University-Columbus, 1977; Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 1983.
- Associate Professor, Animal Sciences
   website: http://ansc.umd.edu/Faculty/curry.html

Xiao, Zhengguo Regular Member
D.V.M., Nanjing Agricultural University, 1988; M.S., Nanjing Agricultural University, 1991.
- Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences

Zhang, Yanjin Regular Member
D.V.M., Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China, 1984; M.S., The National Control Institute of Veterinary Bioproducts and Pharmaceuticlas, Beijing, China, 1989; Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1998.
- Assistant Professor, Veterinary Medical Sciences
- Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences

Zhu, Xiaoping Regular Member
D.V.M., Ningxia University, China, 1984; M.S., China Agricultural University, 1987; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997.
- Associate Professor, Veterinary Medical Sciences
- Associate Professor, Animal Sciences

Zimmermann, Nickolas G. Regular Member
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1972; M.S., 1975;Ph.D., 1981.
- Associate Professor, Animal Sciences
   website: http://ansc.umd.edu/Faculty/nick.html