Tumen Wuliji

Lincoln University of Missouri
USA

Dr. Tumen Wuliji is professor of animal science and program director at college of agriculture, environmental and human sciences, Lincoln University of Missouri. He graduated from Inner Mongolia Agriculture University in animal biotechnology (1977) and received a doctorate degree in animal science from University of New South Wales (Aust. 1989) and subsequently a postdoctoral training at AgResearch (NZ). Then he worked at MAFTech and AgResearch (1989-1998 NZ) and taught at Langstan University (1999-2005 OK) and University of Nevada (2006-2010 NV) continuously. He started current appointment at Lincoln University of Missouri since 2010. He has developed and taught more than ten undergraduate and graduate courses including biology, cell biology, parasitology, animal nutrition, small ruminant production, rangeland management, animal breeding, and genetics at these institutes. Meantime, he has supervised more than two dozen graduate research students (MS/PhD) and postdoc research fellows. His present research interests include small ruminant animal selection for gastrointestinal parasite resistance, organic meat animal production, livestock grazing agroforestry and management programs. He has published more than 250 publication and communications including refereed articles, proceedings, book chapters and abstracts.