President

Obioha (Obi) Durunna, PhD
Livestock Research Scientist
Lakeland College Canada
5707 College Drive
Vermilion, Alberta, Canada T9X 1K5
Email: obioha.durunna@lakelandcollege.ca

Vice-President

Gabriel Ribeiro, PhD
Assistant Professor
Saskatchewan Beef Industry Chair
University of Saskatchewan
51 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 5A8
Email: gabriel.ribeiro@usask.ca

President-Elect

Angela Canovas, PhD
Professor
University of Guelph
50 Stone Road East
Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
Email: acanovas@uoguelph.ca

Past-President

Younes Miar, PhD
Assistant Professor
Industry Research Chair in Mink Genomics
Dalhousie University
Department of Animal Science and Aquaculture
Haley Institute 100-1
58 River Road
Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada B2N 5E3
Email: miar@dal.ca

Secretary/Treasurer

Stephanie Terry, PhD
Research Scientist, Beef Cattle Systems Science
Lethbridge Research and Development Centre
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
5403 1st Avenue South
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1J 4B1
Email: stephanie.terry@agr.gc.ca

Awards Program Chair

Nuria Prieto-Benavidas, PhD
Research Scientist, Meat Quality and Sensory Chemometrics
Lacombe Research Centre
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
6000 C&E Trail
Lacombe, Alberta, Canada, T4L 1W1
Email: nuria.prietobenavides@AGR.GC.CA

Membership & Communications Committee Chair

Renée M. Petri, PhD
Research Scientist, Gastrointestinal Microbiome
Sherbrooke Research and Development Centre
Science and Technology Branch
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada / Government of Canada
Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada J1M 1Z7
Email: renee.petri@agr.gc.ca

Director-At-Large (Industry Rep)

Francesca Malchiodi, PhD
Research Geneticist
Semex Alliance
5653 ON-6
Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1H 6J2
Email: fmalchiodi@semex.com

Director-At-Large

Greg Penner, PhD
Associate Professor
U of S Centennial Enhancement Chair in Ruminant Nutritional Physiology
University of Saskatchewan
6D18 - Agriculture Building
Agriculture Building 51 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 5A8
Email: greg.penner@usask.ca

Director-at-Large

Mohsen Jafarikia, PhD
Geneticist, Research & Development, Canadian Centre for Swine Improvement Inc.
Adjunct Professor
Department of Animal Biosciences
University of Guelph
50 Stone Road East
Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 2W1
Email: mjafarik@uoguelph.ca

Eastern Director

Stephanie Collins, PhD
Associate Professor
Dalhousie University
Department of Animal Science and Aquaculture
Haley Institute 100-1
58 River Road
Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada B2N 5E3
Email: s.collins@dal.ca

Western Director

Gleise Medeiros da Silva, PhD
Assistant Professor
BCRC-Hays Chair in Beef Production Systems
University of Alberta
410 Agriculture/Forestry Centre
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2P5
Email: gleise.silva@ualberta.ca

Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Tim McAllister, PhD
Research Scientist, Ruminant Nutrition and Microbiology
Lethbridge Research and Development Centre
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
5403 1st Avenue South
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1J 4B1
Email: tim.mcallister@agr.gc.ca

Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Greg Penner, PhD
Associate Professor, U of S Centennial Enhancement Chair in Ruminant Nutritional Physiology
University of Saskatchewan
6D18 - Agriculture Building
Agriculture Building 51 Campus Drive
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 5A8
Email: greg.penner@usask.ca

Eastern Student Ambassador

Faith Omonijo
Department of Animal Science
McGill University
Macdonald Campus
211111 Lakeshore Road
Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada H9X 3V9

Western Student Ambassador

Amir Behrouzi
Department of Animal Science
University of Alberta
Agriculture/Forestry Centre, 5116 St and 85 Ave
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2R3

ASAS Staff Support

Membership Manager CSAS/Director of Meetings and Membership

Melissa Burnett
American Society of Animal Science
PO Box 7410
Champaign, Illinois, United States 61826-7410
Email: melissab@asas.org

CSAS Website Coordinator/ASAS Chief Operations Officer

Justin Bartlett
American Society of Animal Science
PO Box 7410
Champaign, Illinois, United States 61826-7410
Email: justinb@asas.org