Shelemia Nyamuryekung’e

Dr. Nyamuryekung’e, is a Research Associate at the Department of Animal and Range Sciences at New Mexico State University. Dr. Nyamuryekung’e received both his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from NMSU. His research included studying grazing behavior, mother-offspring interactions, heat tolerance, and the use of a UAV (drone) as a tool for animal monitoring in extensive cattle ranching systems across New Mexico, USA, and Chihuahua, Mexico. His expertise includes deployment and analysis of wearable telemetry devices like GPS collars, Proximity loggers, and thermal loggers. Dr. Nyamuryekung’e is also a certified NIR spectrometer machine operator. In this project, his contribution will be on the Precision Ranching and Breed Comparison research.