Dr. Flavio Schramm Schenkel

Dr. Flavio Schenkel is a Full Professor in the Department of Animal Biosciences at University of Guelph, Canada, with research interests ranging from theoretical to applied genetics and genomics in livestock breeding. His current research focuses on the use of genomic information to enhance genetic evaluation of livestock species, with an emphasis on genomic selection and novel traits. In 2013, Dr. Schenkel was appointed Director of the Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock at University of Guelph. In his scientific career, Dr. Schenkel published over 280 peer-reviewed scientific papers and has supported numerous highly qualified personnel, including the supervision of 28 graduate students and 21 post-doctoral fellows, and co-supervised 39 graduate students. Dr. Schenkel also serves on several international journal editorial boards and maintains strong research collaboration with researchers in Brazil and USA, among other countries. Dr. Schenkel was awarded the prestigious Canadian Society of Animal Science Award in Technical Innovation in 2014, the American Dairy Science Association’s J.L. Lush Award in Animal Breeding in 2018, and the University of Guelph’s Distinguished Researcher Award in 2018. More recently, Dr. Schenkel was one of the recipients of the 2023 University of Guelph Innovation of the Year Award and was awarded a University of Guelph Research Leadership Chair.