Meet our guest:
Dr. Wilmer Pacheco has obtained his Bachelor Degree in Food Science and Technology at the Pan-American School of Agriculture, in Honduras. Shortly afterwards, he moved to North Carolina, where he joined a feed milling manager trainee program with Murphy Brown LLC and became the night shift supervisor, responsible for overseeing the production of approximately 10,000 tons of pelleted feed per week. Then, he obtained a Scholarship at the Poultry Department at North Carolina State University, where he also earned his Master's Degree in Poultry Science and his Doctorate in Physiology and Nutrition. In 2014, he joined the Department of Poultry Science of Auburn University, where he has been working as Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist. His research focuses on the interrelationships between feed milling, nutrition, and physiology on poultry performance. Dr. Wilmer has written more than 100 popular press and research articles and has been invited to present. lectures in more than 12 countries.

Meet our host: 

Dr. Elizabeth Bobeck has received her PhD from UW-Madison and two Post-doctoral positions in nutrition and immunology. She joined the Iowa State University Animal Science Faculty in January 2016, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2022. She has mentored students, published a vast number of articles, and her research and teaching efforts focus on the poultry industry from different angles with the same intent: to use nutrition to improve poultry health, productivity, and welfare. She strives to solve current industry issues and anticipate future industry needs using unique approaches.