Martin Gierus is a Full Professor at the Institute of Animal Nutrition, Livestock Products, and Nutrition Physiology, BOKU University. He holds a B.Sc. in Animal Sciences from Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, an M.Sc. in Animal Sciences from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, and a Dr.Agr. in Nutrition Physiology from the Technical University of Munich. Before his current role, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the ID-Lelystad (1999–2002), an Assistant Professor at the Kiel University (2002–2012), and an Animal Nutritionist at the Amandus Kahl GmbH & Co KG (2012–2013). His specializations include feed analyses, ration formulation, secondary plant compounds, phytochemicals, chemometrics, experimental design with animals and forage plants, coordination, and the evaluation of experiments.