Texas A&M Veterinary Scientists Ranked Among Best In Nation
Two Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) faculty members were included in the top 100 Best Animal Science and Veterinary Scientists in the United States by Research.com, an academic platform that objectively ranks researchers based on scientific publications.
Ranked No. 72 nationally and No. 201 globally is Dr. Paul Morley, the director of research and a professor at the VMBS’ Veterinary Education, Research, & Outreach (VERO) campus in Canyon, Texas. Close behind him at No. 80 nationally and No. 214 globally is VMBS professor Dr. Jan Suchodolski, associate director for research in the VMBS’ Gastrointestinal Laboratory and the Purina Petcare Endowed Chair for Microbiome Research.
“Drs. Morley and Suchodolski are well-known in the scientific community for their highly impactful research, and it’s nice to see their expertise reflected in Research.com’s rankings,” said Dr. Michael Criscitiello, the associate dean for the VMBS’ Office of Research & Graduate Studies. “Our trainees are fortunate to get to learn from such accomplished scholars whose work greatly enhances our school’s research climate.”
The Research.com rankings are based on the D-index metric, or a researcher’s number of papers and citation values within a specific discipline. The 2024 Best Animal Science and Veterinary Scientists list includes 2,000 researchers from 69 countries.
Dr. Paul Morley
In addition to his own research, Morley oversees a team of VERO faculty, staff, and student researchers studying some of the most important challenges in the food animal industry, including antimicrobial resistance and bovine respiratory disease.
Morley’s achievements include 228 peer-reviewed publications and receiving 12,494 citations of his work in other publications. He has also received more than $22 million in research support over his career.
In 2022, Morley was selected to hold the newly established Sally Rau McIntosh Endowed Chair for Veterinary Strategic Initiatives, which supports his teaching, research, service, and professional development activities.
He teaches courses on metagenomic sequencing, bioinformatics, and research techniques for graduate students at the VMBS and West Texas A&M University’s Paul Engler College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences.
Dr. Jan Suchodolski
Suchodolski’s research involves working to understand the microbiome and metabolome (the complete set of small-molecule chemicals produced during metabolism) of cats and dogs, including how they interact with antibiotics.
He has published more than 398 scientific journal articles and has been cited 11,775 times in other publications.
Through the GI Lab’s partnership with Nestlé Purina PetCare Global Research, Suchodolski works to discover new strategies for veterinarians to use in the management of chronic GI disease and other GI-related conditions.
Suchodolski’s work has been funded by the American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation, the United States Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Defense, and more. He recently was also recognized with the American Veterinary Medical Association’s 2024 Career Achievement in Canine Research Award.
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Contact Information: Jennifer Gauntt, Director of VMBS Communications, Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, jgauntt@cvm.tamu.edu, 979-862-4216
