Dr. Antonio Faciola
Associate Chair & Associate Professor of Ruminant Nutrition
Graduate Program Coordinator
Undergraduate Honors Program Coordinator
Department of Animal Sciences
University of Florida
2250 Shealy Drive, Room
106Gainesville, FL 32608
University of Florida
2250 Shealy Drive, Room
106Gainesville, FL 32608
Education
Post-doctorate – ARS – USDA U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center
Post-doctorate – Cornell University
Ph.D. – University of Wisconsin-Madison
BS & MS – Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil
Awards
- 2025 Animal Management Award – International Award presented by the American Society of Animal Science
- 2025 Purina Animal Nutrition Teaching Award in Dairy Production – International Award presented by the American Dairy Science Association
- 2024 Animal Industry Innovation Award – International Award presented by the American Society of Animal Science
- 2024 Superior Accomplishment Award, UF IFAS
- 2023 Ph.D. Dissertation Advisor Award, The Graduate School, University of Florida
- 2022 Educator Award, North America Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA)
- 2020-2021 University-wide Undergraduate Faculty Advising/Mentor of the Year Award, University of Florida
- 2020-2021 Undergraduate Faculty Advising/Mentor of the Year Award, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Florida
- 2020 Cargill Animal Nutrition Young Scientist, presented by the American Dairy Science Association
- 2019 Mentor of the Year, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida
- 2018 Faculty Honoree by an Anderson Scholar at the University of Florida, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- 2018 Lallemand Forward Award for Scientific Excellence in Dairy Nutrition, presented by the American Dairy Science Association
- 2017 Early Career Innovator Award, University of Nevada Foundation
- 2016 Researcher of the Year Award, College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources, University of Nevada
- 2014 Outstanding Reviewer, Elsevier Publishing Company
- 2014 Journal of Dairy Science Editor’s Choice, August Article. J. Dairy Sci. 97:5088-5100. Made available for free access
- 2008 Graduate Student Mentor Award. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Graduate School
Faciola Is Currently An Editor For The Following Journals:
- Journal of Dairy Science (Editorial Board)
- Journal of Dairy Science Communications (Editorial Board)
- Scientific Reports (Associate Editor)
- Frontiers in Microbiology, section Systems Microbiology (Associate Editor)
- Scientia Agricola (Associate Editor)
- Peer Community In. (PCI) Animal Science (Recommender)
Faciola Is Currently A Reviewer For The Following Journals:
- Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A — Animal Science
- African Journal of Agricultural Research
- Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Animal Feed Science and Technology
- ANIMAL
- Animals
- Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences
- Brazilian Journal of Animal Science
- Canadian Journal of Animal Science
- Czech Journal of Animal Science
- Italian Journal of Animal Sciences
- Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
- Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition
- Journal of Animal Science
- Journal of Dairy Science
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
- Livestock Science
- mSphere
- PLOS ONE
- Scientific Reports
- Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research
- Tropical Animal Health and Production