Monchai Duangjinda is a Professor at the Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University, Thailand. He received his B.Sc. in Agriculture with Honors and M.Sc. in Animal Husbandry from Kasetsart University, then earned his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia, USA. He was awarded the Woo-gene B&G for Outstanding Contributions to Animal Nutraceutical biotechnology, Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production and Animal Science in 2024, and the Outstanding Animal Husbandry Scientist from the Animal Husbandry Association, Bangkok, Thailand in 2010. Areas of his research interests cover animal genetic evaluations using the BLUP technique. He is also interested in data simulation and detection of QTL; Marker Assisted Selection, Genomics, GWAS and GEBV evaluation.