Pollak, Emil John
Professor
I currently serve as the Director of the National Beef Cattle Evaluation Consortium. This is an organization of Land-Grant Universities with primary focus on the genetic evaluation of beef cattle.
research
research and scholarship focus
Genetic evaluation of beef cattle with emphasis on the genetics of new traits and multibreed evaluation.
primary investigator of
- MULTIPLE AND CANDIDATE GENE APPROACHES TO IMPROVEMENT OF BEEF CATTLE | Research Grant
- NATIONAL BEEF CATTLE EVALUATION CONSORTIUM | Research Grant
- NATIONAL BEEF CATTLE EVALUATION CONSORTIUM | Research Grant
research areas
- animal science | collaborative research area (CALS)
submitted impact statement
- Genetic evaluation and selection of beef cattle | 2007 Impact statement
- Genetic evaluation and selection of beef cattle | 2006 Impact statement
- National Beef Cattle Evaluation Consortium | 2005 Impact statement
- National beef cattle genetic evaluation | 2004 Impact statement
affiliations
head of
- Animal Breeding | graduate field
- Program in Animal Breeding and Genetics (AB&G) | academic program office
faculty appointment in
- Animal Science (AN SC) | Cornell department
member of graduate field
- Animal Science | graduate field
teaching
teaching focus
Introductory Animal Genetics
teaches
- ANSC 4970 - Individual Study in Animal Science (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ANSC 4980 - Undergraduate Teaching (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ANSC 4990 - Undergraduate Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ANSC 7900 - Graduate-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ANSC 8900 - Master's-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ANSC 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ANSC 4970 - Individual Study in Animal Science (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ANSC 4980 - Undergraduate Teaching (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ANSC 4990 - Undergraduate Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ANSC 7900 - Graduate-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ANSC 8900 - Master's-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ANSC 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ANSC 4990 - Undergraduate Research (TBA -) | fall 2008 class
Keywords: animal breeding, beef cattle, beef cattle genetics, genetic evaluation, genetic evaluations, genetics, marker assisted selection (quantitative trait loci), selection