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Susan J Lamont

Susan J Lamont

Position
  • Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor
Department
  • Animal Science
Instruction
Dr. Lamont instructs courses in genetic regulation of livestock immunology and applied poultry and swine breeding and genetics. She also serves as a graduate faculty member in the graduate major programs of animal breeding and genetics, bioinformatics and computational biology, genetics, and immunobiology.


Research
Dr. Lamont's area of research is molecular genetics and immunogenetics of poultry, including the identification of molecular markers and genes controlling bacterial resistance, antibody kinetics, growth, body composition, skeletal integrity and other biological traits; physiological genetics; gene expression; and the major histocompatibility complex genes.

Contact Info

2255 Kildee Hall
Ames
,
Iowa
50011-3150
Social Media and Websites

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Illinois Medical Center, 1980
  • B.S., Trinity Christian College, 1975