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2022 Award for Technical Innovation in Enhancing Production of Safe Affordable Food Recipient
Sponsored by Semex Alliance

Dr. Penner is internationally recognized as a leader in the area of ruminant gastrointestinal physiology with a focus on absorptive and barrier functions. His research utilizes novel in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo approaches to understand how tissues respond in terms of absorptive capacity, maintenance of permeability, and the underlying mechanisms. With his students, Dr. Penner has developed novel techniques to measure the permeability of the gastrointestinal tract in ruminants which have been broadly adopted in both dairy and beef cattle settings. In addition to basic research, Dr. Penner maintains a broad applied research program and outcomes from this research have had a significant impact on feeding management for dairy cattle in automated milking systems, cereal grain processing for feedlot cattle, and stage of maturity recommendations for whole-plant cereal grain hay. Through his program, Dr. Penner has received over 10 million in research funding as a PI and has authored or co-authored 144 peer-reviewed manuscripts including 9 invited reviews, and 2 book chapters. He has trained 26 undergraduate students, 17 M.Sc. students, 5 Ph.D. students, and 4 post-doctoral fellows. In recognition of his research program, Dr. Penner has been awarded many awards including the Canadian Society of Animal Science Young Scientist Award (2013). Greg also serves as Co-Editor in Chief for the Canadian Journal of Animal Science.

Dr. Gregory B. Penner University of Saskatchewan