Tainá Lopes
Auburn,AL
Summary
Veterinary professional with a Ph.D. in Poultry Nutrition & Production, offering three years of experience in poultry technical services and extension. Currently involved in cutting-edge research on poultry health. Successful in meeting nutritional requirements, effectively communicating results through oral and written channels, and providing comprehensive personnel training. Dedicated expert committed to optimizing poultry health and productivity through a strong foundation in scientific knowledge and practical experience.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
9
9
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Postdoctoral Fellow
Auburn University department of Pathobiology/Poultry Science
Auburn, AL
3 2023 - Current
- Agreement with USDA for 600,000 $ a year to investigate early immune gene expression in birds after vaccination.
- Project design, data collection curation & analysis.
- Results communication & demonstration of applied methodologies on internal, collaborative and professional meetings.
- Overseeing training and development of Ph.D Students, and interns.
Graduate Research Assistant
UFMG Department of Animal Science
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
2 2020 - 2 2023
- Successfully determined vitamin D requirements for healthy broilers in all three rearing phases.
- Levels recommended by literature and commonly used by Brazilian poultry industry were compared to support precision nutrition to field broiler nutritionists, considering vitamin D benefits on performance and health.
- Six peer-reviewed articles and two presentations at international professional meetings.
Visiting Researcher
University of Georgia department of Poultry Science
Athens, Georgia
08.2021 - 02.2022
- Project conduction to understand vitamin D requirements for broilers during health challenge & mineral deficit, considering performance, gut and bone health.
- Project design, development and execution.
- Data collection curation & analysis.
- Scientific writing.
- Two peer-reviewed articles.
- One award at the Poultry Science Association annual meeting.
- Collaborated in three studies focused on feed additives as supplement during necrotic enteritis and salmonellosis.
Poultry Technical Services Extensionist
UFMG Department of Animal Science
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
09.2017 - 03.2020
- Assisted 30 independent poultry producers, in two different areas, to achieve their productive goals.
- Technical advice & support regarding feed stuff, feed formulation, housing design and management, biosecurity and good practices in food production.
- Developed in-person and online workshop & trainings on poultry production, minimum cost feed formulation and Microsoft excel as a tool for farm production data curation, analysis and presentation. Training more than 100 personnel including veterinary/animal sciences students, poultry industry collaborators and poultry farmers.
- Technical advisor for the UFMG veterinary school technical services consulting company (Poultry team).
Education
Ph.D. - Poultry Science
Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Brazil 05.2020 - 05.2023
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine -
Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais (UFMG)
Brazil 05.2011 - 05.2017
Skills
Strategic mindset
Decision-making
Analytical thinking
Work with minimal supervision
Cooperation
Constructive communication
Poultry Nutrition & Health
Products R&D
Statistical Analysis
Personnel training
Data presentation
Technical Support
Accomplishments
Collaborated with a team of five different countries during graduate school and now working on a team with collaborators from nine different countries.
Two awards regarding research on nutritional levels on international scientific meetings.
Languages
Portuguese
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Elementary
Timeline
Visiting Researcher
University of Georgia department of Poultry Science
08.2021 - 02.2022
Ph.D. - Poultry Science
Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais (UFMG)
05.2020 - 05.2023
Poultry Technical Services Extensionist
UFMG Department of Animal Science
09.2017 - 03.2020
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine -
Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais (UFMG)
05.2011 - 05.2017
Postdoctoral Fellow
Auburn University department of Pathobiology/Poultry Science
3 2023 - Current
Graduate Research Assistant
UFMG Department of Animal Science
2 2020 - 2 2023
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