Dr. Joanne Knapp

Innovator & President

Joanne started Fox Hollow Consulting in 2007, combining her research experience and technical knowledge with practical experience in the livestock, feed, food and pharmaceutical industries.

See more details in her résumé:  resume_jrknapp_2020.pdf

Expertise

Mentoring and Leadership
Encourage and support young technical and scientific people as they develop their careers, serve as a role model and sounding board, provide growth opportunities through team-based projects, give feedback in an open and positive manner, recommend people for advancement as appropriate, and recognize individual achievements in a timely fashion.

Food & Agricultural Sustainability
Integrated view of the role of agriculture in the global food supply, its environmental impact, and related aspects of economic growth and cultural considerations.  Ability to provide sound, scientifically based recommendations for policy development.

Research Design, Analysis, and Evaluation
Identification of objectives, appropriate methodology and experimental design, experimental conduct, data summary and statistical analysis, and oral and written communication of findings. 

Nutrition, Biochemistry, Endocrinology, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Genetics and Genomics
Wide training in nutrition, genetics, and physiology across animal species, including humans, and strong ability to integrate functions from the sub-cellular to the whole organism level.  Very familiar with assays and research methodology used in biological sciences.

Statistics & Biomathematics
Computer simulation of biological systems using compartmental and dynamic, mechanistic models.  Experimental design and statistical analysis including data acquisition and data quality control.  Application of currently available software to ration balancing and animal performance predictions.

Software
Microsoft Office, SAS statistical analysis, ACSL, Matlab, Systems Biology Toolbox2, patent search engines, genomic and proteomics search engines, and web-based conference facilitation.