Associate Professor, Comparative Nutrition
Office: Bldg. 10 Rm. 147
(805) 756-2599
msedward@calpoly.edu
Mark Edwards heads the equine
nutrition program for the Animal Science Department. Edwards has
extensive experience in animal nutrition, having worked for the
likes of the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington,
D.C., and the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park.
Before
coming to Cal Poly, Edwards serves as supervising animal
nutritionist for the Smithsonian’s 400-species collection. Prior to
that, he spent over a decade as a chief nutritionist for the San
Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park.
Edwards
earned his bachelor’s degree in zoology from Miami University in
Ohio and his Ph.D. in animal science and comparative animal
nutrition from Michigan State University, and has since published
numerous articles on primate nutrition and nutrition of other exotic
animals.
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