Chair
Jordi Estelle
INRAE
Jouy-en-Josas, France

Term of service (2nd, 2025-2029)

Co-Chair
Oscar Gonzalez-Recio
The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies - University of Edinburgh
Madrid, Spain

Term of service (2nd, 2025-2029)

Oscar González-Recio completed his PhD in animal breeding in 2006 from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, receiving an Outstanding PhD Thesis Award in 2007. He spent his postdoctoral period at the University of Wisconsin, working on statistical modelling of genomic information on complex phenotypes. Since then, González-Recio has obtained international experience as Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Environment and Primary Industries (Victoria, Australia) and the Department of Animal Breeding at INIA (Madrid, Spain). He is now a professor at the Roslin Institute (University of Edinburgh) with personal Chair of Livestock Hologenomics. His most recent research projects include the selection of feed efficiency and lower methane emissions, including the role of the microbiome, to breed more productive livestock that provide more food for human consumption with reduced use of raw material and lower environmental and land footprints. González-Recio emphasizes the importance of phenotypes and recording schemes to maximize the success of breeding programs, as well as to improve any inference or prediction to be made for a better understanding of genetics and biology.

Member
Peter Karlskov-Mortensen
University of Copenhagen
Frederiksberg, Denmark

Term of service (2nd, 2025-2029)

Member
Luciana Regitano
Embrapa
Sao Carlos, Brazil

Term of service (1st, 2023-2027)

Member
Aline Silva Mello Cesar
University of Sao Paulo
Piracicaba, Brazil

Member
Elizabeth Ross
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia

Term of service (1st, 2025-2029)

Elizabeth Ross is a research leader at the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland (UQ), working at the interface of genomics, microbiome science, and livestock systems. She holds a PhD from La Trobe University, where she pioneered metagenomic approaches to characterize the rumen microbiome and predict host phenotypes. After a postdoctoral stint in plant transcriptomics and a period in industry, Ross joined UQ to lead cutting-edge projects, including the assembly of platinum-quality reference genomes and the development of long-read sequencing tools. Ross leads a range of projects aimed at developing genomic solutions to complex agricultural challenges. Through her cross-disciplinary work, she strives to drive innovation in livestock breeding that is both high-performing and climate-resilient.

Member
Pamela Alexandre
CSIRO
St Lucia/Brisbane, Australia

Term of service (1st, 2025-2029)

Pâmela Almeida Alexandre is a research scientist at CSIRO, based in Brisbane, Australia. Her work integrates systems biology, genomics, transcriptomics, and microbiome research to advance understanding and innovation in animal production and health. Alexandre holds a bachelor’s degree, master’s, and PhD in animal science from the University of São Paulo, Brazil. During her master’s research, she used gene co-expression networks to propose a biological model for feed efficiency regulation in the liver of indicine cattle. Her PhD expanded this work to a multi-tissue transcriptomic investigation, uncovering regulatory coding and noncoding genes influencing feed efficiency. She conducted parts of her research at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and CSIRO, Australia. In 2019, Alexandre joined CSIRO as a postdoctoral fellow, applying systems biology methods to explore complex phenotypes in diverse datasets and species. Her main project focused on developing cost-effective DNA technologies for commercial beef producers, investigating pooled genotyping methods for genomic reference populations and genomic selection in herds with unknown pedigrees. Currently, Alexandre is part of the MOSH FSP (Microbiomes for One System Health Future Science Platform), investigating microbiome connectivity across the environment-to-human continuum. In the animal production activity area, her research addresses major knowledge gaps about the interplay between host genetics, host health, and microbiome profiles.

Member
Sinalo Mani
Agricultural Research Council
Irene, South Africa

Term of service (1st, 2025-2029)