Dr. Anne Guadagnin is a Ruminant Nutrition Researcher at Schothorst Feed Research (The Netherlands), specializing in dairy cow nutrition, immunometabolism, and reproductive physiology. She is a Veterinarian (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul) and holds a PhD in Animal Sciences from the University of Illinois, where her work focused on the impact of nutritional strategies, particularly amino acid supplementation, on metabolic health and reproductive function in dairy cows. Her research integrates applied nutrition with physiology, with a focus on improving animal health, transition performance, and reproductive efficiency in modern dairy systems. 

 Dr. Rafael Neves grew up in Southeastern Brazil and earned his veterinary degree from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais. Following graduation, he completed a Master’s degree in Epidemiology and Dairy Health Management at the University of Guelph (Canada), a clinical residency in Ambulatory and Production Medicine at Cornell University, and a PhD in Comparative Biomedical Sciences, also at Cornell University. He is currently an Associate Professor of Food Animal Ambulatory Medicine and Service Chief of the Bovine Field Service at Purdue University. His research program focuses on understanding physiological disturbances that lead to metabolic disorders in transition dairy cows, as well as the optimization of preventive strategies to improve transition cow performance.