33rd Annual Australian Poultry Science Symposium

Deana Jones / USDA Agricultural Research Service

 

Deana Jones - Ph.D., is a research food technologist in the Egg Safety and Quality Research Unit of the U.S. National Poultry Research Center, USDA-ARS, in Athens, GA. Jones serves as part of the faculty for the National Egg Quality and National Egg Product schools, and is also an instructor in poultry products for the Midwest Poultry Consortium Center of Excellence Program. She has received multiple awards from the Poultry Science Association and been recognized as an outstanding alumnus for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at North Carolina State University. As a member of the Poultry Science Association, Jones encourages people in research to find their passions. For Jones, her passions lie in egg quality, safety and security on a national and international level.

Wendy Muir / The University Of Sydney

 

Wendy (Muir) has undertaken research in poultry (both layer hen and meat chickens) across several disciplines including immunology, disease, production and bird well being. Currently Wendy is leading research with a focus on approaches to extending layer hen production towards 100 weeks of age within the Australian context.

Jason Sands / Ocean Harvest Technology

 

Jason is Head of Nutrition at Ocean Harvest Technology Ltd. In this role Jason is responsible for leading research to develop technical documentation, strengthen the OceanFeed brand and support OHT’s sales and distribution teams by providing technical guidance for the OceanFeed range of products. Prior to Joining OHT, Jason worked various research and technical roles with public, academic and private companies. Jason holds a Bachelor and Master of science degrees in Animal Science from Tuskegee University and The University of Tennessee, respectively, and a PhD in Animal Nutrition from Purdue University.

Amy Moss / University Of New England

 

Dr Moss is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of New England researching nutritional strategies to improve the efficiency and sustainability of poultry production.

Erikson Raimundo / Phytus Feed Agroindustrial S.A

 

I am a technician in agriculture, graduated from Colégio Agrícola Vidal de Negreiros. Graduated in Agroecology from the Federal University of Paraíba and a master's degree in Agroecology and Rural Development from the Federal University of São Carlos. I am a Ph.D. student in Animal Science at the State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho.

Manisha Kolakshyapati / University of New England

 

Dr. Manisha is a postdoctoral researcher at University of New England currently working with laying hens.

Manisha Kolakshyapati / University of New England

 

Dr. Manisha is a postdoctoral researcher at University of New England currently working with laying hens.

Dana Stanley / Central Queensland University

 

Dana Stanley - was awarded a PhD in Molecular Microbiology from Victoria University, Melbourne, 2009. Following graduation, she started a postdoctoral position in CSIRO’s Animal Health Laboratories (AAHL), in poultry intestinal health research. Dana specialised in gut microbiota and genetics during her time at AAHL. She moved to Central Queensland University in 2013 and is now a leader of the Molecular Microbiology and Poultry Health research cluster in the Institute for Future Farming Systems, focusing on human and livestock intestinal health and nutrition, probiotics, next-generation antibiotics development and pathogen control. Dana is also investigating the ways to reduce and control antimicrobial resistance on farms. She recently started working on pigs’ microbiota as well. Several of Dana’s projects are running directly on farms under full production conditions. Majority of her publications are in the world’s top 10% journals and among 10% most cited in the world. Dana is very passionate about nature conservation, animal ethics, exercise and nutrition.

Maxine Rice / The Animal Welfare Science Centre - The University of Melbourne

 

Maxine is PhD candidate from the Animal Welfare Science Centre in the University of Melbourne studying piling behaviour in Australian free-range laying hens. This research is being conducted within a large epidemiological study investigating smothering in Australian free-range laying hens.

Md Sohel Rana / CSIRO

 

Md. Sohel Rana is a Civil servant of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh and a veterinarian by profession. He is serving as a ‘Veterinary Surgeon’ under the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh. Sohel is now a 3rd year PhD candidate and working in collaboration with the UNE Poultry Health Research Group and the Animal Behavior and Welfare Group of CSIRO, Armidale site, Australia. He is passionate about developing new technologies for sustainable layer production systems by improving laying hen behaviour and welfare. Traveling and sightseeing are his hobbies because he loves natural creature and their beauty.

Mark Stevenson / Faculty Of Veterinary And Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne

 

Mark Stevenson is a veterinary epidemiologist with expertise in the area of infectious disease epidemiology, spatial epidemiology and simulation modelling of infectious disease spread. He is currently Professor of Veterinary Epidemiology (One Health) at The University of Melbourne.

 

 

Jian Zhang / University of Technology Sydney

 

As Director of the Multimedia Data Analytics Lab in the Global Big Data Technologies Centre at UTS, A/Prof Jian Zhang built an award-winning, cross-disciplinary UTS research and engineering team, uniquely focusing on computer vision research for the Agri-food sector. He led the establishment of a solid UTS project pipeline, from his lab research to technology development and commercialisation pathway. These projects are funded by Australian Rural Research and Development Corporations (RDCs) including Meat & Livestock Australia/LiveCorp and Australian Eggs.

Jian Zhang / University of Technology Sydney

 

Jian Zhang is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and IT at UTS working on cutting-edge research in Computer Vision. As Director of the Multimedia Data Analytics Lab in the Global Big Data Technologies Centre at UTS, Jian built an award-winning, cross-disciplinary UTS research and engineering team, uniquely focusing on computer vision research for the Agri-food sector. He led the establishment of a solid UTS project pipeline, from his lab research to technology development and commercialisation pathway. These projects are funded by Australian Rural Research and Development Corporations (RDCs) including Meat & Livestock Australia/LiveCorp and Australian Eggs.

Cheryl McCarthy / University Of Southern Queensland

 

Cheryl is a senior research fellow in mechatronic engineering. She completed her PhD in 2009 and has been a full time researcher since then. Her research involves development of machine vision technologies for agriculture. She has led projects for the cotton, sugar, beef and poultry industries.