Dr. Xingen Lei

Xingen Lei, Professor of Molecular Nutrition at Cornell University, has an international reputation for his pioneering research on phytase, selenium, and alternative protein nutrition. He received his B.S. and M.S. in China, Ph.D. from Michigan State University, and a postdoc at University Missouri.He is currently attempting to convert poultry feathers and microalgal biofuel biomass into new sources of feed proteins.