Dr. Chad B. Paulk grew up in Waycross, Georgia and completed his B.S. at the University of Georgia in 2009 and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Swine Nutrition at Kansas State University in 2011 and 2014. Currently, he is an Associate of Feed Science and Management Program at Kansas State University. Dr. Paulk’s research uses a multidisciplinary approach to enhance monogastric nutrition through research focused on feed manufacturing, applied nutrition, and feed safety. In the past 8 years, Dr. Paulk has been awarded numerous grants totaling >$3.7 million, authored 60 refereed articles, and trained 37 graduate students. Dr. Paulk resides in Manhattan, KS with his wife, Shannon, daughter, Eleanor, and son, Brigham.