Robert Schnabel

Dr. Robert Schnabel is an Associate Professor in Animal Sciences at the University of Missouri, specializing in livestock genomics and genetic improvement strategies. His research develops genomic tools for cattle breeding programs and reproductive enhancement.

Primary research themes:

• Genomic selection methodologies
• Reproductive trait genetics
• Bioinformatics pipeline development

As part of international consortia including the Ruminant Telomere-to-Telomere project, he contributes to advanced genome assembly techniques. Current work optimizes deep learning approaches for variant calling in domesticated species.