Matt Wilson

Matthew E. Wilson is a native of Indiana and received his B.S. degree in Animal Science from Purdue University in 1994. A work-study position in Dr. Diekman’s laboratory in Animal Sciences was stimulating enough for him to change his focus from pursuing a graduate degree in chemistry to animal science. He accepted a graduate assistantship at Iowa State University under the mentorship of Dr Stephen P. Ford, where he earned the M.S. in Physiology of Reproduction in 1996 and the Ph.D. degree in Physiology of Reproduction with a minor in Genetics in 1999. The focus of his graduate research was on placental efficiency, embryo development, and litter size in swine. Dr. Wilson accepted a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow position at West Virginia University in 2000 and in 2002, he accepted a position of Assistant Professor in the Division of Animal and Veterinary Sciences at West Virginia University. Dr. Wilson was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure in 2008 and promoted to Full Professor in 2013.

Dr. Wilson has authored or co-authored three book chapters, 5 conference proceedings, more than 70 refereed journal articles, 11 technical publications and more than 80 abstracts. Dr. Wilson has been continuously funded externally since 2007. In recent years, he has served as the Director of the WVU Alliance for Regenerative Livestock, developing predictive algorithms to determine dry matter intake using machine learning, studying feed and water use efficiency and the impact of grazing on soil health and on farm renewable energy production. He also is involved in work to train service dogs for U.S. military veterans in need, helps train U.S. Army Special Forces Medics in animal agriculture, and has a developing focus on agricultural development internationally.