Category: Improving Food-Animal Health, Well-Being and Management

Adnan Alrubaye
Assistant Professor, Poultry Science
aakhalaf@uark.edu

Specialties: Poultry Cell BiologyPoultry MicrobiologyMolecular Biology

Beth Kegley
Professor, Animal Science
ekegley@uark.edu

Specialties: Meat and Muscle BiologyFood Animal ProductionNutritional Sciences

Billy Hargis
Distinguished Professor, Poultry Science
bhargis@uark.edu

Specialties: Poultry Health and PhysiologyPoultry MicrobiomePoultry Intestinal Health

Brittni Littlejohn
Assistant Professor, Animal Science
bplitt@uark.edu

Specialties: Reproduction and GeneticsBreedingReproduction and GeneticsPhysiological Systems

Bryan Kutz
Assistant Professor, Animal Science
bkutz@uark.edu

Specialties: Reproduction and GeneticsFood Animal ProductionLive Animal Evaluation

Casey Owens
Professor, Poultry Science
cmowens@uark.edu

Specialties: Poultry Meat QualityPoultry Processing

Charles Looney
Professor, Animal Science
clooney@uada.edu

Specialties: Meat and Muscle BiologyFood Animal ProductionReproduction and GeneticsBreedingPhysiological Systems

Charles Maxwell
Professor, Animal Science
cmaxwell@uark.edu

Specialties: Forage and AgronomyMeat and Muscle BiologyFood Animal ProductionNutritional SciencesReproduction and GeneticsPhysiological Systems

Craig Coon
Professor, Poultry Science
ccoon@uark.edu

Specialties: Poultry NutritionPoultry Production

Dan Quadros
Assistant Professor, Animal Science
dquadros@uada.edu

Specialties: Small Ruminants (Sheep & Goats)Livestock Nutrition

Daniel Rivera
Associate Professor, Animal Science
drivera@uada.edu

Specialties: Ruminant NutritionHealth and HusbandryForage and Agronomy

Danielle Graham
Assistant Professor, Poultry Science
bmahaffe@uark.edu

Specialties: Poultry Intestinal HealthPoultry Parasitology

Derico Setyabrata
Assistant Professor, Animal Science
dericos@uark.edu

Specialties: Meat and Muscle BiologyFood Animal Production

Dirk Philipp
Associate Professor, Animal Science
dphilipp@uark.edu

Specialties: Forage and AgronomyAgroforestrySilvopasturesPrairie ReconstructionEnvironmental Quality

Fred Dustan Clark
Professor, Poultry Science
fdclark@uark.edu

Specialties: Poultry Veterinary MedicineDiagnostics

Gisela Erf
Professor, Poultry Science
gferf@uark.edu

Specialties: Poultry ImmunologyPoultry Health and Physiology

Guillermo Tellez-Isaias
Professor, Poultry Science
gtellez@uark.edu

Specialties: Poultry Intestinal HealthPoultry Health and Physiology

Heidi Ward
Associate Professor, Animal Science
hward@uada.edu

Specialties: Health and Husbandry

Jeremy Powell
Professor, Animal Science
jerpow@uark.edu

Specialties: Health and HusbandryAnimal WelfareFood Animal ProductionReproduction and GeneticsPhysiological Systems

Jiangchao Zhao
Associate Professor, Animal Science
jzhao77@uark.edu

Specialties: Forage and AgronomyHealth and HusbandryMeat and Muscle BiologyFood Animal ProductionNutritional Sciences

John Jennings
Professor, Animal Science
jjennings@uada.edu

Specialties: Forage and Agronomy

John Marcy
Professor, Poultry Science
jmarcy@uark.edu

Specialties: Poultry Food SafetyPoultry Processing

Karl VanDevender
Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
kvandeve@uark.edu

Specialties: Ag and Biological EngineeringLivestock ManagementSustainable AgricultureWater Quality

Kathi Jogan
Instructor, Animal Science
kjogan@uark.edu

Specialties: Equine Breeding and ManagementEquine Assisted Therapies

Kelly Vierck
Assistant Professor, Animal Science
vierck@uark.edu

Specialties: Meat and Muscle BiologyFood Animal Production

Ken Coffey
Professor, Animal Science
kcoffey@uark.edu

Specialties: Forage and AgronomyMeat and Muscle BiologyFood Animal ProductionNutritional Sciences

Lauren R Rogers
Clinical Assistant Professor, Veterinarian, Animal Science
lrt03@uark.edu

Specialties: Veterinary Sciences

Mark Russell
Associate Professor, Animal Science
mrrussell@uada.edu

Specialties: Meat and Muscle BiologyFood Animal Production

Michael Kidd
Professor, Poultry Science
mkidd@uark.edu

Specialties: Poultry NutritionPoultry Production

Michael Looper
Department Chair, Animal Science
looper@uark.edu

Specialties: Reproduction and GeneticsPhysiological Systems

Randy Moore
Associate Professor, Veterinarian, Veterinary Diagnostic Lab
randle.moore@uark.edu

Specialties: Veterinary SciencesAnimal Disease Diagnostics

Sami Dridi
Professor, Poultry Science
dridi@uark.edu

Specialties: Poultry Molecular GeneticsAvian Endocrinology

Sara Orlowski
Assistant Professor, Poultry Science
orlowski@uark.edu

Specialties: Poultry Breeding and Genetics

Shane Gadberry
Professor, Animal Science
sgadberry@uada.edu

Specialties: Health and HusbandryMeat and Muscle BiologyFood Animal ProductionNutritional Sciences

Shawna Weimer
Assistant Professor, Poultry Science
sweimer@uark.edu

Specialties: Animal WelfarePoultry Health and Physiology

Thomas Costello
Associate Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
tac@uark.edu

Specialties: Ag and Biological EngineeringPoultry HousingAgricultural EfficiencyEnergy Efficiency

Tomi Obe
Assistant Professor, Poultry Science, Food Science
toobe@uark.edu

Specialties: Poultry Food SafetyPoultry Microbiology

Walter Bottje
Professor, Poultry Science
wbottje@uark.edu

Specialties: Poultry Health and PhysiologyMolecular Biology

Wayne Kuenzel
Professor, Poultry Science
wkuenzel@uark.edu

Specialties: Poultry Stress RegulationAvian Neurobiology

Xiaolun Sun
Assistant Professor, Poultry Science
xiaoluns@uark.edu

Specialties: Poultry Health and PhysiologyPoultry MicrobiomePoultry Intestinal Health

Yan Huang
Assistant Professor, Animal Science
yxh010@uark.edu

Specialties: Meat and Muscle BiologyNutrition and MetabolismAnimal Growth and DevelopmentCell and Molecular Biology

Yi Liang
Associate Professor, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
yliang@uark.edu

Specialties: Ag and Biological EngineeringPoultry HousingAir QualityEnergy Efficiency

Young Min Kwon
Professor, Poultry Science
ykwon@uark.edu

Specialties: Poultry Food SafetyPoultry MicrobiomePoultry Intestinal Health

Zac Williams
Assistant Professor, Poultry Science
zacw@uark.edu

Specialties: Poultry Litter MicrobiologyPoultry mortality compostingPoultry HusbandryPoultry Management