Daniela Lourenco

2024 D.W. Brooks Award for Excellence in Research

Daniela Lourenco is an associate professor in animal breeding, genetics, and genomics at CAES. Her research has focused on improving livestock production, health, fitness and efficiency using genomic information; developing statistical methods and software for genetic evaluation and genome-wide association; and addressing issues related to using big data and multiomics information.

She actively works with several U.S. and international breeding companies, and her multispecies genetic research program has secured over $10 million in grant funds from government and private sources since 2015. Lourenco has authored over 300 conference proceedings and 175 peer-reviewed publications and has given almost 100 invited talks on five continents.