Samodha Fernando
Professor Animal Science University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Contact
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ANSC C220k
Lincoln NE 68583-0908 - Phone
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402-472-0518 On-campus 2-0518
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samodha@unl.edu
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PubMed
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Dr. Fernando's interests are in understanding microbial structure-function relationships to improve human and animal nutrition. His interests are in
- understanding the role of the microbial food chain in methanogenesis and other metabolic disorders in ruminants
- developing new animal models to study structure-function relationships in the human microbiome
- understanding the influence of host-genotype, gut microbiota and environment towards pathogen colonization in humans and livestock
- uncovering the gut virome in ruminants and non-ruminants.
Education
2008 – 2011
Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
MA Host microbe interactions
2008 – 2011
PhD Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Animal Nutrition/Microbial Genomics
2004
M.S. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Animal Science/ Reproductive Physiology
2002
B.S. University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Major Microbiology