Assistant Professor for Extension and Research, sheep and goat specialist at Animal & Dairy Sciences Department, Mississippi State University. Former Associate Ph.D. Researcher working on alternative control of gastrointestinal parasites of sheep. Ph.D. at The Edinburgh University-Scotland, UK and Moredun Research Institute in 2010. Master Science in Animal Production, mayor in Animal Nutrition, Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV). Former-Associate Professor and Researcher at UCV; Manager of the experimental sheep flock UCV; reviewer of international Journals; Thesis Supervisor for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Research topics: Sheep nutrition-parasites interaction, Use of bioactive forages, and plant secondary metabolites for controlling gastrointestinal parasites. Foraging sheep welfare.