Award:
Extension Award
Univeristy:
University of Florida
Year:
2023
Section Awarded:
Southern
Philipe Moriel, Extension Award
Dr. Philipe Moriel holds a 60% Research and 40% Extension Associate Professor position at the University of Florida–Range Cattle Research & Education Center. His extension programs provide clear objectives and metrics to quantify impacts identified via communication with stakeholders and county faculty. More specifically, his program explores: (1) novel supplementation methods to enhance reproduction of beef females; (2) gestational nutrition to explore epigenetics and modulate cattle performance; and (3) strategic management practices to boost health and productivity of growing beef calves. To this date, his efforts contributed with 91 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 77 abstracts, 174 oral presentations at producer and scientific meetings, 8 in-service trainings, 18 webinars, 10 field days, >7,000 YouTube views, 93 proceedings and popular press articles, 2 websites, 4 research and 4 extension awards, and >$11 million in total funding ($1.9 million allocated to his program).