After receiving his B.S. in Animal Science from the University of Tennessee (UT), Knoxville, Dr. Daniel J. Mathew received a M.S. and Ph.D. in Animal Science with a focus in Reproductive Physiology from the University of Missouri. Dr. Mathew then studied as a Post-doctoral Fellow at the University College Dublin, Ireland, before his appointment as an Assistant Professor at West Virginia University (WVU). Dr. Mathew is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Animal Science at UT, where he serves as the department’s Undergraduate Committee Chair, teaches the department’s undergraduate Animal Anatomy and Physiology course, and conducts research aimed at mitigating reproductive failure in large animal livestock. Since 2017, Dr. Mathew has served as primary instructor for over 840 students in 7 courses, published 15 journal articles, produced 23 conference abstracts, and mentored 6 graduate and 25 undergraduate students in research. In 2020 he received a USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) award to investigate early embryonic loss associated with in vitro produced cattle embryos. In 2022, he also received two teaching awards including the W.F. and Golda Moss Outstanding Teaching Award from the UT Herbert College of Agriculture and the UT Gamma Sigma Delta Teaching Award.