Kansas State University (KSU) has chosen Julia Pezzali as an assistant professor to lead the pet meals science plan 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, Pecali specializes in animal nutrition and pet meals processing. She will commence her new part at KSU in November.
Pezzali has a powerful background and encounter in animal handling, animal science and nutrition, as nicely as pet meals processing and pet item formulation. Hulja Dogan, Interim Head of the Division of Grain Science and Business and Interim Director of the IGP Institute, expressed self-assurance in Pecali’s skills and noted her passion for analysis and teaching. Pezzali’s addition to the grain science family members is anticipated to have an instant influence on the plan.
Pecali earned her degree in veterinary medicine and focused on processing and option sources of carbohydrates in pet meals and treats through her master’s degree in grain science at KSU. She completed her PhD in Animal Biological Sciences at the University of Guelph, exactly where she created a strategy to figure out the minimum methionine requirement of domestic cats.
The pet meals business is searching to KSU’s plan for talented students and item improvement and diversification for financial influence and outcomes. Ernie Minton, Eldon Gideon Dean, College of Agriculture and Director of K-State Analysis and Extension, believes Pecali will play a important part in each places and is constant with the Agricultural Innovation Initiative’s objectives of constructing new analysis infrastructure and partnerships in business.