Woo Kyun Kim

2025 D.W. Brooks Faculty Award for Excellence in Student Success

Woo Kyun Kim is a professor and poultry nutritionist in the Department of Poultry Science at CAES. He earned his doctorate in nutritional science from Pennsylvania State University and completed postdoctoral fellowships at Texas A&M University and University of California, Los Angeles before serving as an assistant professor at the University of Manitoba. His research examines how feed additives, amino acids, vitamins and minerals influence nutrient utilization, gut health and bone health in poultry.

He has mentored more than 40 graduate and undergraduate students, many now in academic, industry and technical leadership roles. Kim also teaches poultry nutrition and serves as section editor for Poultry Science Journal. He has published more than 280 peer-reviewed papers, secured about $25 million in research funding, and received honors including the D.W. Brooks Award for Excellence in International Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the Poultry Science Association Nutrition Research Award and the National Chicken Council Broiler Research Award.