Dr. Keith Ou

Office: Mandell 232
Dr. Keith Ou is a comparative nutritionist by training and earned his bachelor’s degree in animal science with a minor in human nutrition from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. After a gap year working as an animal nutrition intern at Disney's Animal Kingdom, an animal care technician at the University of California, San Francisco, and a research and development intern at EnviroFlight, he went on to earn his doctorate in animal science from Cornell University. Ou’s research at Cornell focused on poultry and molecular nutrition, developing biofortified eggs with omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin D and investigating their metabolic pathways to support sustainable poultry production and global food and nutrition security.
Undergraduate Department
- Animal Biotechnology and Conservation
Education
- Ph.D., Animal Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
- B.S., Animal Science, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA