Executive

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Executive

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

Membership & Communications Committee Chair

Lee-Anne Huber, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Guelph
Department of Animal Biosciences
50 Stone Road East
Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
Email: huberl@uoguelph.ca

President-Elect

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

Awards Program Chair

Devin Holman, PhD
Research Scientist
Lacombe Research and Development Centre
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
6000 C & E Trail, Lacombe, Alberta, T4L 1W1
Email: devin.holman@agr.gc.ca

Vice-President

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

Director-At-Large (Industry Rep)

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

Past-President

Oscar Lopez Campos
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Lacombe research and Development Centre
6000 C&E Trail
Lacombe, Alberta, Canada T4L 1W1
Email: oscar.lopezcampos@agr.gc.ca

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

Secretary/Treasurer

Stephanie Terry, PhD
Research Scientist, 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

Director-at-Large

Michael Steele, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Animal Biosciences (ABSc)
University of Guelph
50 Stone Road East
Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
Email: masteele@uoguelph.ca

Eastern Director

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

Western Director

Nuria Prieto-Benavidas, PhD
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Lacombe Research Centre
6000 C&E Trail
Lacombe, Alberta, Canada, T4L 1W1
Email: nuria.prietobenavides@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

CSAS Executive Assistant

Jennifer Mitchell
Fitzgerald & Co.
195 St. David Street South
3rd Floor, Office 1, 2, 3
Fergus, ON  N1M 2L4
Email: jennmitchell.tfio@bellnet.ca

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

Kees Plazier, PhD
Professor
Department of Animal Science - University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3T 2N2
Email: Kees.Plaizier@umanitoba.ca

Western Student Ambassador

Faith Omonijo
University of Alberta
Department of Animal Science
Agriculture/Forestry Centre, 5116 St and 85 Ave
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2R3
Email: 

Eastern Student Ambassador

Amir Behrouzi
Department of Animal Science
McGill University
Macdonald Campus
211111 Lakeshore Road
Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada H9X 3V9
Email:

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

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