Dr. Guilherme J. M. Rosa

Guilherme Rosa obtained an M.S. in Animal Sciences from Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil, in 1994, and a Ph.D. in Statistics and Agricultural Experimentation from the University of Sao Paulo (USP), Brazil, in 1998. He began his professional career as a faculty member in the Department of Biostatistics at UNESP (1994-2001) before relocating to the USA as a faculty member at Michigan State University (2002-2006) and eventually joining the faculty at UW–Madison in 2006. Currently, he holds the position of Professor in the Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, with an affiliate appointment in the Department of Biostatistics & Medical Informatics.

Dr. Rosa’s work involves teaching courses and conducting research on statistical and computational tools for analyzing livestock data, including beef and dairy cattle, swine, poultry, and other species. His research applications encompass the analysis of farm-level operational data to optimize management practices, high-throughput phenotyping techniques for real-time monitoring of individual animals and disease surveillance, as well as quantitative genetics/genomics and breeding. To date, Guilherme has authored 13 book chapters and over 250 refereed papers in scientific journals. He has also secured external grants totaling over $14 million to support his research programs.