Tommy Wheeler

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Research Leader
Meat Safety and Quality Research Unit
USDA, Agricultural Research Service
U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, Nebraska.

Dr. Wheeler graduated from Texas Tech University with his B.S. in 1984 (Ag. Economics) and his M.S. in 1986 (Meat Science). He earned his Ph.D. (Meat Science and Muscle Biology) from Texas A&M University in 1989. Subsequently, he joined the Meats Research Unit staff of the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center of USDA-Agricultural Research Service in Clay Center, Nebraska, as a Research Food Technologist. In 2007, Dr. Wheeler became Research Leader for the Meat Safety and Quality Research Unit where he directs the research programs of 12 scientists and oversees an annual budget of $6.7 million. Dr. Wheeler has spent the last 33 years building teams to conduct research with ARS and is recognized internationally as a leading scientist in the areas of meat quality, carcass composition, instrument grading and meat safety, as well as the leader of an internationally recognized research team that is successfully addressing high priority industry issues in meat safety and quality. Dr. Wheeler has authored or co-authored 249 refereed journal publications, 148 abstracts, 87 technical reports, three patents, and three book chapters.

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