Andrés Perea

Andrés Perea is a Ph.D. student of Rangeland Sciences in the department of Animal and Range Science of New Mexico State University (NMSU). Andres grew up on a family ranch, raising commercial Brangus cattle on arid rangelands of Jujuy, Argentina. In addition to gaining ranching experience from a very young age, Andres profited from a professional career and education programs very well rounded in the Agricultural Sciences. He obtained his BS in Animals Production from the National University of Tucuman (Argentina) and has earned his MS in Animal Science from the National University of Mar del Plata (Argentina). Prior to joining NMSU, Andrés worked as a Research Scientist for the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA), Argentina, conducting research and extension programs on applied ruminant nutrition, winter cereal silages, animal husbandry and management of beef herds. Andrés’ dissertation research seeks to deploy and test various precision ranching applications to enable accurate monitoring assessments of livestock grazing behavior, health and production, vegetation changes and basic ranch infrastructure.