Caleb O. Lemley, PhD

Associate Professor
Mississippi State University

Dr. Caleb Lemley is an Associate Professor in the Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University. He received a B.S. in Biochemistry in 2005 from West Virginia University. He received a M.S. in 2007 and a Ph.D. in 2010 in Reproductive Physiology from West Virginia University. Dr. Lemley was awarded a USDA Postdoctoral Fellowship at North Dakota State University from 2010 to 2012 in the area of fetal programming. Since joining the faculty at MSU in 2012, Dr. Lemley has secured approximately 4.9 million dollars in research funding. He has published 53 peer-reviewed journal articles, 3 book chapters, and 110 conference abstracts. He received the Outstanding Young Animal Scientist Research Award from the Southern Section of the American Society of Animal Science in 2017. In that same year he received the Excellence in Teaching New Faculty Division award in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Mississippi State University. In 2019 he received the Excellence in Research Faculty Award from the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station. He’s served as major professor for 3 Ph.D. and 4 M.S. students as well as 12 undergraduate research assistants. His research at MSU focuses on reproductive endocrinology with an emphasis on hormone bioavailability and function during conceptus development.