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Associate Professor
University of Arkansas
Dr. Jiangchao Zhao is an Associate Professor in the Department of Animal Science, Division of Agriculture, University of Arkansas.
China Agricultural University, Beijing, China Plant Protection B.S., 1998
China Agricultural University, Beijing, China Plant Pathology M.S., 2001
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Bioinformatics Grad Certificate, 2004
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Environmental Microbiology Ph.D., 2009
Microbiome, the collection of all the microorganisms in a specific niche (e.g. gut microbiome), plays important roles in different aspects of human and animal health. We use interdisciplinary approaches such as multi-omics (e.g. metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, metabolomics), bioinformatics, statistics, and mixed culture to understand the roles that human and animal microbiome play in health and different diseases. We mainly focus on humans, pigs and beef cattle and are interested in, more specifically, the microbiome of the respiratory and GI-tract.
Selected active grants:
1. Zhao J (PI), Kegley B, Powell J, Richeson J, and Lee J. Investigation of the respiratory microbiome and metatranscriptome of beef cattle and their influences on bovine respiratory disease, USDA NIFA AFRI (Animal health): $400,000, 2019-2023.
2. Zhao J (PI), Maxwell C, Koltes D, Huang Y and Koltes J. Understanding how changes in the swine gastrointestinal microbiome by topsoil exposure pre-weaning increase post-weaning feed efficiency, USDA NIFA AFRI (Animal Nutrition): $500,000, 2018-2021.
3. Savin, MC, Coffey KP, Zhao J (co-PI) and Philipp D. Enhancing sustainability of forage-based ruminant production systems by improving N-use efficiency and decreasing N emissions, $499,883, 2018-2021, USDA NIFA AFRI (Agricultural production systems).