Prof Luciano González

Prof Luciano González

Nancy Roma Paech chair in Sustainable Livestock Production / The University of Sydney

Prof González is the Nancy Roma Paech chair in Sustainable Livestock Production at The University of Sydney, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Daculty of Science, and Sydney Institute of Agriculture.

Luciano has a BSc in Agronomic Engineering (Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina), and MSc and PhD in Animal Production (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain). Luciano’s main areas of interest are ruminant animal production, precision livestock farming, remote sensing, animal behaviour and welfare, and on-farm cycles and balances of greenhouse gases.

Prof Gonzalez has a farming background and has previously worked in the livestock industries of Argentina, USA, Spain, Scotland and Canada in different positions ranging from ‘station hand’ to scientist and academic. Before joining the University of Sydney, Luciano worked in CSIRO-Townsville addressing issues for the northern Australia beef industry.