We are pleased to welcome Doug Zalesky Director of Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center (ENREC), as of April 1.
Since 2011 Doug has served as director of the Laramie Research and Extension Center (LREC) at the University of Wyoming. He oversees LREC’s beef unit, swine unit, sheep unit, research greenhouse facility, McGuire ranch, and lab animal facilities. Prior to this role, he was manager and research scientist at Colorado State University, San Juan Basin Research Center, in Hesperus, Colorado. Doug has also served as an extension beef specialist for South Dakota State University and Louisiana State University.
Doug is a Husker alum, earning a bachelor’s degree in animal science and production, and a master’s degree in physiology of reproduction endocrinology from Nebraska. He also served as a post-doctoral research fellow at Nebraska after earning his Ph.D. in physiology of reproduction and endocrinology from Texas A&M University.
The Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center leverages strengths of existing resources across eastern Nebraska including the university’s Lincoln campus to deliver integrated research and extension programming. The headquarters of the new ENREC is located at the former Agricultural Research and Development Center (ARDC) near Ithaca, NE.
Doug can be contacted at:
Eastern Nebraska Research & Extension Center
1071 Country Rd G
Ithaca NE 68033-2234
402-624-8089
dzalesky2@unl.edu