Gabriel Zayas, Ph.D

Gabriel’s research uses bioinformatics to study how in-utero heat stress alters DNA methylation in the developing bovine mammary gland, and whether those epigenetic marks are inherited across generations. By integrating methylation data with transcriptomic and other multi-omic layers, he aims to identify the regulatory pathways linking early-life environmental stress to lifelong changes in mammary development and dairy productivity.

B.S. Animal Sciences (concentration in Animal Biology), University of Florida, 2019

Ph.D. Animal Sciences (concentration in Livestock Genetics and Genomics), University of Florida, 2025