Tracy L. Scheffler

Assistant Professor
Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida

Tracy Scheffler received her B.S. from Michigan State University, M.S. from Purdue University, and PhD degree from Virginia Tech. She joined the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Florida as an Assistant Professor in 2014. Her research program focuses on muscle biology and meat science. Specifically, she is interested in the effect of muscle metabolic properties on growth, composition, and efficiency of livestock, and the adaptations that occur in muscle in response to environmental and nutritional factors. Another focus is determining how these properties impact changes that occur in muscle early postmortem and during meat aging, in order to improve tenderness, color, and other traits that dictate economic value of fresh meat.