Dr. Daniela Lourenco is an Associate Professor in Animal Breeding, Genetics, and Genomics at The University of Georgia. Her research has focused on improving livestock production, health, fitness, and efficiency using genomic information, developing statistical methods and software for genetic evaluation and genome-wide association, and addressing issues related to using big data and multi-omics information. She has been actively working with several US and international breeding companies and breed associations. Her multispecies genetic research program has secured over $10 million in grant funds from government and private sources since 2015. Dr. Lourenco oversees a team of 20 graduate students, postdocs, and researchers and received the UGA Fred C. Davis Early Career Award in 2020. She has authored over 275 conference proceedings, 165 peer-reviewed publications, including 40 in the Journal of Animal Science, and 85 invited talks on five continents. She has taught several short courses and trained geneticists globally.