Thomas A. Hoagland has been a member of the Animal Science faculty since the fall of 1981. His expertise is in the area of livestock production. He has specialized in reproductive physiology. He is the Vice President of the Northeastern Branch of the American Society of Animal Science. He has served as the Chairman of the Physiology Section of the National Meeting of ASAS and as the Meeting Chairperson of the Northeast ASAS Meeting.
His research has focused on ways to improve the efficiency of live stock production. Recently, collaborating with a team of faculty from the University of Connecticut, he has helped to create transgenic animals. He has been instrumental in a collaboration with industry to further the knowledge base of xenotransplantation. He has been active with a second group of faculty who are interested in improving livestock growth. This group interacts with industry and has approached this subject in new and creative ways.
Dr. Along with Drs. Cameron Faustman and John Risesen of the Animal Science Department and Dr. Lynn Z. Bloom of the English Department, Dr. Hoagland has begun a program to improve the instruction of writing in the Agricultural Sciences. This program is funded by sources from the USDA and provides workshops for the College of Agricultural Sciences and the University. Currently, a handbook is being developed with the help of Kimberly Freeman, a graduate student in English who is working on the writing project.