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Antonio Faciola

Antonio Faciola

Associate Professor of Ruminant Nutrition

Graduate Program Coordinator

Undergraduate Honors Coordinator

Department of Animal Sciences
University of Florida

2250 Shealy Drive, Room 106
Gainesville, FL 32608

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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

  • 2023 Ph.D. Dissertation Advisor Award, The Graduate School, University of Florida
  • 2022 North America Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Educator Award
  • 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 Anderson Scholar Faculty Honoree 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 University of Nevada, Reno Foundation Early Career Innovator Award
  • 2016 College of Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources Researcher of the Year Award
  • 2014 Outstanding Reviewer by 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 Applied Microbiology

Journal of Dairy Science

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

JoVE

Livestock Science

mSphere

PLOS ONE

Scientific Reports

Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Donations

If you wish to support Livestock Nutrition Research at UF you can contribute with donations.

Donations are used for research to support improving livestock operations locally and globally. Contributions to the Faciola Laboratory at UF are tax deductible to the extent authorized by law. Please contact us if you have any questions. Acknowledgments of gifts will be made at the request of the donor. We deeply appreciate your support! Go Gators!