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2022 ASAS Fellow Award for Research Recipients
Sponsored by the American Society of Animal Science

Known internationally for his research and teaching, Dr. Lewis earned a BS degree in Animal Science at the University of California-Davis, a MS in Animal Breeding at Texas A&M, and PhD in Animal Science from Virginia Tech. His career as a geneticist has included positions at the Western Australia Department of Agriculture, Scottish Agriculture College in Edinburgh, Virginia Tech, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Dr. Lewis has published 93 peer-reviewed journal articles and secured over $16.5 million in grant funding. His pioneering leadership led to deployment of genomic selection in the US sheep industry and development of online education that reached students from over 30 US and 5 international academic institutions His mentees have extended his legacy via success in their own careers in academia and industry. Dr. Lewis’s tremendous contributions to Animal Science have been recognized through several awards including the 2021 ASAS Distinguished Teacher Award	Dr. Ronald M. Lewis University of Nebraska-Lincoln
During his 40-year career, Dr. R. Dean Boyd earned a global reputation for innovation in animal nutrition research. His career began on the faculty at Cornell U. in Animal Science and Division of Nutrition. It concluded with the Hanor-Triumph Foods group. He co-authored 307 scientific publications as peer-review, books, book chapters and translational papers. His publications appear in 21 journals with collaborators from 32 institutions. His pioneering work at Cornell on the regulation of nutrient use is considered landmark. His most consequential discovery was that deficit essential fatty acid intake by lactating sows causes seasonal infertility, but is resolved by adequacy of both. He delivered the prestigious Dunkin Lecture at APSA (2019), the Howard Dunne Lecture at AASV (2012) and he served on the Science advisory team for the Gates Foundation; the latter published in Lancet Global Health to extend Anim. Sci. knowledge to maternal-infant health solutions in developing countries. His ability to translate basic science to practice has brought transformational change to his discipline and is his legacy. He and his wife Marsha have 4 children, 17 grandchildren.	Dr. R. Dean Boyd Animal Nutrition Research
Dr. Jack Dekkers has established and conducted highly productive research programs in several key areas in animal breeding and genetics and has thereby made important contributions to the science of animal breeding and genetics and its application. His initial work was on dairy cattle breeding, including design and economic evaluation of breeding programs, development of breeding objectives and economic indexes, genetic analysis and evaluation of functional traits, and development of random regression models. Subsequent contributions have focused on genetics of feed efficiency of pigs and disease resistance in pigs and poultry. Throughout his career, he has also made important contributions to the integration of molecular genetics and genomics in animal breeding, including QTL detection, marker-assisted selection, and genomic selection. His contributions are internationally recognised and characterized by fundamental strength and innovation but with a keen eye for application.	Dr. Jack C. Dekkers Iowa State University
Dr. Chris Calkins is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Nebraska. He has several hundred peer-reviewed publications, holds 6 patents, and has received millions in research support. He co-led the beef muscle profiling project, which developed the flat iron steak and other new meat cuts, with an estimated annual impact of $1.5 billion. For 40 years Dr. Calkins taught undergraduate students and he has been the major professor to 58 graduate students. He has earned the ASAS Meat Research and the Industry Service Awards, the Distinguished Meat Research and Fellow Awards from the American Meat Science Association (and served as AMSA President), and has been named Educator of the Year by the North American Meat Processors. In 2019 he was inducted into the Meat Industry Hall of Fame. He is a NACTA Teacher Fellow. Dr. Calkins is a world-renown speaker and has given dozens of invited presentations around the world.	Dr. Chris R. Calkins University of Nebraska-Lincoln