Professor Chris Reynolds

Chris Reynolds is Professor of Animal and Dairy Science and former director of the Centre for Dairy Research (CEDAR) at the University of Reading. A native of Nashville, Tennessee, in the USA, he completed postgraduate study at the University of Tennessee. Beginning in 1985, he worked as a Research Scientist in the USDA-ARS Ruminant Nutrition Laboratory at Beltsville, Maryland until moving to the University of Reading in 1993. He subsequently spent 4 years as Associate Professor at Ohio State University, returning to the University of Reading in 2006.

His research has primarily concerned the nutritional physiology of ruminants in relation to energy and protein metabolism. Recent research has focused primarily on the management of ruminants to reduce methane and reactive nitrogen emissions associated with milk and meat production, and multi-disciplinary collaborations on the use of forage legumes and multi-species swards to improve the sustainability and resilience of ruminant production systems.

Recent peer reviewed publications:  https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/view/creators/90000560.html