Kansas State University (KSU) has selected Julia Pezzali as the assistant professor to lead the pet meals science system in the College of Agriculture’s Division of Grain Science and Business. At the moment serving as an assistant professor in the Division of Animal Science at Iowa State University, Pezzali specializes in companion animal nutrition and pet meals processing. She will start her new part at KSU in November.
Pezzali has a robust background and knowledge in animal handling, animal science and nutrition, as properly as pet meals processing and formulation of pet items. Hulya Dogan, interim head of the Division of Grain Science and Business and interim director of the IGP Institute, expressed self-confidence in Pezzali’s skills and emphasized her passion for analysis and teaching. Pezzali’s addition to the grain science family members is anticipated to have an quick influence on the system.
Pezzali earned her bachelor’s degree in veterinary medicine and focused on processing and option carbohydrate sources in pet foods and treats throughout her master’s degree in grain science at KSU. She completed her doctoral function in animal biosciences at the University of Guelph, exactly where she created a strategy for figuring out the minimum methionine requirement in domestic cats.
The pet meals market appears to KSU’s system for talented students and to create and diversify items for financial influence and output. Ernie Minton, Eldon Gideon Dean, College of Agriculture and director of K-State Investigation and Extension, believes that Pezzali will play a vital part in each locations and aligns with the Agriculture Innovation Initiative’s targets of creating new infrastructure for analysis and market partnerships.
