Gary J. Killian received a B.S. in Zoology and an M.S. in Embryology from Kansas State University. In 1973, he received a Ph.D. in Dairy Science from Penn State and remained on the faculty until 1976. From 1976-1984 he was Assistant and Associate Professor of Biology at Kent State University. In 1984, he returned to Penn State and is now a Professor of Reproductive Physiology in the Department of Dairy and Animal Science and the Intercollege program in Physiology. He currently supervises 3 technicians, 4 graduate students and 1 post-doctoral student. Dr. Killian has published more than 139 research papers and abstracts and teaches one graduate level and one undergraduate course in reproductive physiology. He has supervised to completion 11 Ph.D., 13 M.S. and 4 B.S. honors thesis students.