José Eduardo Portela Santos

He graduated in Veterinary Medicine from São Paulo State University in Botucatu (1992). Completed the Master of Science (1995) and the PhD (1997) degrees in ruminant nutrition from the University of Arizona, USA. Completed a clinical residency in dairy production medicine in the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California Davis (2000). He was Assistant and Associate Professor in the Department of Population Health and Reproduction in the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California Davis from 2000 to 2008. In 2008, he moved to the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Florida where he is a Research Foundation professor with research and extension appointments. He is an adjunct professor in the graduate program in Animal Sciences at the FMVZ-UNESP Botucatu. Completed a sabbatical at the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Sydney and the SBScibus in Australia in 2017. He is an editorial board member for Journal of Dairy Science and he is an ad hoc reviewer for several journals. Received several awards by the American Dairy Science Association (Young Scientist Award in 2005; the Physiology Award in 2009; DeLaval Dairy Extension Award in 2022; Nutrition Professionals Inc. Applied Dairy Nutrition Award in 2022; and the Fellow Award in 2022. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2022); the Young Scientist (2012), International Scientist (2013), Senior Faculty Research Award (2016) by the University of Florida, and twice the Award for Excellence in Graduate Education (2016 and 2021) from the University of Florida. His research emphasis is on dairy cattle nutrition, postpartum health, and reproductive biology.

Possui graduação em Medicina Veterinária pela Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (1992). Completou os programas de mestrado (1995) e doutorado (1997) em Ciência Animal pela Universidade do Arizona nos EUA. De 1998 a 2000 completou o programa de residência clínica em medicina de produção de bovinos leiteiros pela Universidade da Califórnia, Davis, EUA. Foi professor da Escola de Medicina Veterinária da Universidade da Califórnia Davis, EUA, de 2000 a 2008. Desde 2008 é professor titular na Universidade da Flórida, EUA. Fez sabático em 2017 na faculdade de Medicina Veterinária da Universidade de Sydney em conjunto com a empresa de pesquisa e consultoria SBScibus, na Austrália. É professor adjunto no programa de pós-graduação em produção animal da FMVZ-UNESP em Botucatu. Tem experiência nas áreas de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, com ênfase em nutrição de ruminantes, fisiologia reprodutiva em bovinos, e saúde de bovinos leiteiros.