Ana Clara Baiao Menezes
Assistant Professor of Ruminant Nutrition
Biography
Dr. Ana Clara Baiao Menezes is an assistant professor of ruminant nutrition in the Department of Animal Science at South Dakota State University. The two main focus areas of Menezes’ research program are fetal programming and digestive physiology. Menezes aims to optimize dietary formulation for pregnant cows and heifers by better understanding the maternal-fetal crosstalk, as well as the impacts of dietary treatments on nutrient digestion, absorption and efficiency of energy utilization in beef cattle.
Menezes obtained her bachelor's in animal science from the Federal University of Viçosa (2014) and obtained her M.S. (2016) and Ph.D. (2020) from the same university. She spent part of her Ph.D. program at the North Dakota State University as a visitor researcher. Menezes did her postdoc in nutrition and reproductive physiology at NDSU where she investigated the effects of maternal vitamin and mineral supplementation on fetal development and offspring efficiency of energy utilization in beef cattle.
Menezes obtained her bachelor's in animal science from the Federal University of Viçosa (2014) and obtained her M.S. (2016) and Ph.D. (2020) from the same university. She spent part of her Ph.D. program at the North Dakota State University as a visitor researcher. Menezes did her postdoc in nutrition and reproductive physiology at NDSU where she investigated the effects of maternal vitamin and mineral supplementation on fetal development and offspring efficiency of energy utilization in beef cattle.
Education
- B.S. in animal science | Universidade Federal de Vicosa | 2014
- M.S. in ruminant nutrition | Universidade Federal de Vicosa | 2016
- Ph.D. in ruminant nutrition | Universidade Federal de Vicosa | 2019
- Postdoctoral Fellow | North Dakota State University | 2022
Academic and Professional Experience
Academic Interests
- Beef cattle nutrition
- Protein and amino acid metabolism in beef cattle
- Nutrient digestion, flow and utilization
- Colostrogenesis and milk production in beef cows
- Developmental programming
Academic Responsibilities
- 80% research
- 20% teaching
