Dr. Ranjith Ramanathan has been a faculty member in the Department of Animal and Food Sciences at Oklahoma State University since 2012. Dr. Ramanathan’s research focuses on fundamental and applied factors that influence fresh meat quality, specifically postmortem biochemistry and meat color. Dr. Ramanathan has secured a total of $6.8 million in research grants. In addition, he has published 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and 155-refereed abstracts. Dr. Ramanathan has mentored 19 graduate students as a chair, served on 54 M.S./Ph.D. committees as a member, and mentored 32 undergraduate research scholars. Dr. Ramanathan has given 46 invited talks in 12 states and 4 countries. He has been recognized by the American Society of Animal Science, the United States Department of Agriculture-Association of Public Land Grant Universities, the American Meat Science Association, the American Chemical Society, and NACTA for his teaching and research excellence.