Faculty
Paul Bartell
Associate Professor of Avian Biology
The regulation of biological clocks in birds at the systems level.
Rita Castro
Associate Research and Teaching Professor of Nutritional Sciences
How nutrition, including maternal nutrition, shapes vascular and metabolic health and influences disease risk
Nikki Crowley
Director, Neuroscience Institute – University Park; Huck Early Career Chair in Neurobiology & Neural Engineering; Associate Professor of Biology; Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Associate Director for Postdoctoral Training and Leadership, Center for Neural Engineering
Investigation of peptidergic transmission throughout the brain, using cell-specific and pathway-specific manipulations to understand how peptides alter neuronal signaling and behavior, particularly in the context of stress and drug use.
Mary Jane De Souza
Distinguished Professor of Kinesiology
The etiology of and treatment of the Female Athlete Triad, skeletal health in exercising women and athletes, reproductive endocrinology of menstrual disorders in exercising women, and RCTs of increased food intake in exercising women.
Francisco Diaz
Director of the Center for Reproductive Health and Biology; Associate Professor of Reproductive Biology
Ovarian physiology. Role of SMAD-mediated signaling in follicular and female germ cell (oocyte) development.
Erika Ganda
Emphasis Area Representative, Microbiome Sciences; Associate Professor of Food Animal Microbiomes
Developing practical ways to leverage the microbiome to improve food safety and improve food production animals' production efficiency.
Alison Gernand
Ann Atherton Hertzler Early Career Professor in Global Health; Assistant Professor of Nutritional Sciences
Camilla Hughes
Assistant Professor of Reproductive Biology
Reproductive biology, ovarian function, and reproductive-immune interaction
Tae Hyun Kim
Huck Early Career Chair; Assistant Professor of Avian Biology
Improving poultry health by applying modern genetic approaches including gene editing. Particular focus on identifying key genes and regulatory elements associated with improved economic traits.
Wansheng Liu
Professor of Genomics
Functional annotation of farm animal genomes, structure and function of mammalian sex (X and Y) chromosome, spermatogenesis and male fertility.
Troy Ott
Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences; C. Lee Rumberger and Family Chair in Agricultural Sciences; Professor of Reproductive Physiology
Reproductive immunology and the physiology of early pregnancy.
David Puts
Professor of Anthropology
Understanding both the endocrine mechanisms underlying human sexual differentiation and the evolution of these mechanisms, particularly the influence of sexual selection.
Ramesh Ramachandran
Professor of Molecular Endocrinology
The influence of hypothalamic neurotransmitters, hormones, and their receptors on avian reproduction.
Claire Stenhouse
Assistant Professor of Animal Science
Reproductive Biology, Uterine and Placental Biology, Developmental Biology, Fetal Development, Endocrinology
Rachel Walker
Assistant Research Professor
The influence of maternal health on lactation and pregnancy, using the placenta and prenatal biomarkers to predict milk volume and early unplanned weaning