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Dr. Udaya DeSilva

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Office: 206 ANSI
Phone: (405) 744-8847
Email: udaya.desilva@okstate.edu

Education
  • PhD:

Washington University, St. Louis, MO 1998
Field of Study: Molecular Genetics

  • MS:

Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 1992
Field of Study: Animal Genetics

  • B.V.Sc:

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 1986
Field of Study: Veterinary Medicine


Links
  • Lab Webpage

Teaching
  • ANSI 3423 - Animal Genetics
  • ANSI 4843 - Applications of Biotechnology in Animal Science
  • HONR 1000 - Science and the Movies

Professional Experience
  • Adjunct Associate Professor

2009-Present, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK

  • Associate Professor

2006 - Present, Department of Animal Science,
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK

  • Assistant Professor

2001 – 2006, Department of Animal Science,
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK

  • Research Scientist

2000-2001, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
(CSIRO)Sydney, Australia

  • Postdoctoral Fellow

1998-2000, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
CSIRO, Sydney, Australia

  • Graduate Assistant

1992-1998, Washington University, St. Louis, MO & NHGRI, NIH
Bethesda, MD

  • Graduate Student

1990-1992, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

  • Veterinary Research Officer

1989-1990, Veterinary Research Institute, Sri Lanka

  • Assistant Lecturer

1989, Ruhuna University, Sri Lanka

  • Veterinarian

1986-1989, Mahaweli Authority, Sri Lanka


Research Interests
  • Functional genomics of adipogenesis in cattle
  • Metagenomics of rumen and other intestinal microflora

Honors and Awards
  • 2010 Alpha Zeta Outstanding Teacher Award
  • 2009 Tyler Award for Outstanding Faculty - Department of Animal Science
  • 2008 Outstanding Faculty Award - OSU Interfraternity and Panhellenic Council
  • 2008 Honorary Inductee - Golden Key Honor Society
  • 2007 Gamma Sigma Delta
  • 2006 Sigma Xi Young Investigator Award
  • 2001 Sigma Xi Research Honor Society
  • 1991 Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
  • 1989 Fulbright Higher Education Fellowship
  • 1989 Postgraduate Scholarship by the Sri Lanka President’s Scholarship Fund
  • 1987 Cuba - Sri Lanka Bilateral Scientific Exchange Scholarship
  • 1986 Second Class Upper Division Honors Degree in Veterinary Medicine
  • 1980 Government of India Cultural Exchange Scholarship

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