Chair
George Liu
USDA
Beltsville, MD United States

Term of service (2nd, 2023-2027)

George Liu is interested in cattle and small ruminant genomics, improving reference genomes, and developing tools to enhance health, production traits, and to map structural variation, DNA methylation, recombination, and expression quantitative trait loci for better livestock genome annotation.

Co-Chair
Luciana Regitano
Embrapa
Sao Carlos, Brazil

Term of service (2nd 2023-2027)

Member
Alex Caulton
AgResearch
Mosgiel, New Zealand

Term of service (1st 2023-2027)

Member
Kun Han
Huazhong Agricultural University
Wuhan, China

Term of service (1st, 2023-2027)

Member
Hasan Khatib
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI United States

Term of service (2nd, 2023-2027)

Hasan Khatib holds the position of professor and Vice-Chair in the Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He earned his Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Presently, his research focuses on exploring the role of epigenetics in various production, reproduction, and health traits in livestock. Of particular interest are the transgenerational impacts of paternal and maternal nutrition on the phenotypes of subsequent generations. Notably, his team recently demonstrated that sperm DNA methylation patterns can be altered by a paternal diet and inherited transgenerationally in sheep. Dr. Khatib is also engaged in identifying epigenetic markers that can predict embryo development and fertility using non-invasive methods. Dr. Khatib has also served as the editor of the books: “Livestock Epigenetics” and “Molecular and Quantitative Animal Genetics”.

Member
Congjun Li
Animal Genomics & Improvement Laboratory, ARS, USDA
Beltsville, MD United States

Term of service (2nd, 2023-2027)

Dr. Cong-jun Li is a Research Molecular Biologist in the Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory (AGIL) at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, USDA. The laboratory aims to discover and develop improved methods for the genetic and genomic evaluation of economically important traits of dairy animals and small ruminants and conduct fundamental genome-based research to improve their health and productivity.

Member
Siriluck Ponsuksili
FBN
Dummerstorf, Germany

Term of service (2nd, 2023-2027)

Curriculum vitae and list of publications
PD. Dr. Siriluck Ponsuksili
Institution: Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)
Address: Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, 18196 Dummerstorf
E-Mail: ponsuksili@fbn-dummerstorf.de
Since 2014 : Head of unit Integrative Genomics (https://www.fbn-dummerstorf.de/en/research/working-groups/integrative-genomics/), FBN
Interesting field : Genetic/epigenetics in farm animals