Thomas Hired as Assistant Professor of Animal Sciences at NMSU

Date:  May 30, 1997
Editor: D'Lyn Ford  (505) 646-6528, dlford@nmsu.edu

LAS CRUCES -- Milton Thomas began work May 12 as an assistant professor with New Mexico State University's animal and range sciences department.

Thomas, a Missouri native, will teach courses in beef production and animal breeding at NMSU's College of Agriculture and Home Economics.

"Most of my research has focused on reproductive physiology of bulls and rams; regulation of lactation in ewes; and nutrition, growth, development, and reproductive performance of ruminants," Thomas said.

He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in animal science from the University of Missouri. In 1994, he received his doctorate in reproductive physiology from Texas A&M.

Thomas completed two post-doctoral fellowships, one at the University of Texas Institute of Biotechnology in San Antonio, and the other was a USDA Fellowship in Growth and Development at the University of Missouri.

"I'm anxious to apply my knowledge of how nutrition affects reproductive performance in cows to the cows here in New Mexico's high desert region," Thomas said.

He is a member of Alpha Zeta, the Endocrine Society, the Society for the Study of Reproduction, and the American Society of Animal Science.