Call for Applications 2022

Animal and Veterinary Sciences - University of Maine, USA

Animal Nutrition M.Sc. and Ph.D. Assistantships

Requirements: B.Sc. in Animal, Biological, Crop, Food, or Veterinary Sciences. Applicants are required
to have a TOEFL score higher than 80 and ideally a driver license for at least 2 years. Research area: In
the U.S., it is calculated that $3 billion are lost each year due to hay spoilage. Accepted students will be
expected to conduct groundbreaking research to understand the susceptibility of legume hay to
spoilage, relative to grasses, and to develop novel approaches to optimize the use of feed preservatives
Next-generation sequencing techniques will be used for the first time to describe the hay spoilage
process and isolate the major molds causing it, so they can be used for the development of novel
preservatives.

Deadline: August 22nd, 2022

Send CVs to:

Juan J. Romero, M.Sc., Ph.D., PAS

Associate Professor | Dairy Cattle Nutrition.

Graduate Coordinator

Animal and Veterinary Sciences

School of Food & Agriculture

University of Maine

Tel: +1 (207) 581-2925

E-mail: juan.romero@maine.edu
https://umaine.edu/foodandagriculture/romero2/