**About the Editors**

### **Yang Zhao**

Dr. Yang Zhao is an Assistant Professor at Animal Science department at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Zhao received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from China Agricultural University and a PhD degree from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Before joining the University of Tennessee, he was an assistant professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at Mississippi State University for three and half years. Dr. Zhao serves as the chair and member in several academic and award committees of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) and is an associate editor of the Transactions of the ASABE. His research focuses on smart poultry farming that addresses challenges in poultry production regarding sensors, automation, behavior monitoring, welfare assessment, disease prevention, and environment management. His work has been published in over 120 scientific articles. Dr. Zhao is the awardee of the ASABE Sunkist Young Designer Award, the AOC Early Career Award, and the Gamma Sigma Delta Research Award. Other recognitions of his work include ASABE Superior Paper Awards, Poultry Science Highly Cited Paper of the Year, Poultry Science Article of Editor's Choice, and ASABE Outstanding Reviewer.

### **Mar´ıa Cambra-L ´opez**

Dr. Mar´ıa Cambra-Lopez is Full Professor in the Animal Science Department at Universitat ´ Politecnica de Valencia, UPV (Spain). She conducted her PhD in Agricultural Engineering at ` UPV (Spain) and completed her pre- and post-doc period at the Livestock Research Group at Wageningen University (The Netherlands). She has 17 years of research experience in the field of animal production and precision nutrition in non-ruminants. She has published 50 scientific papers (h-index=16), 1 book, and 3 book chapters. She has participated in 14 R&D projects funded in public calls and she has led 3 of them as the principal investigator. She has been awarded seven positive recognitions of her research activity (including the ASABE Superior Paper Award, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers twice (2010 and 2012) and the PhD Extraordinary Prize at UPV). She is member of the European Association of Precision Livestock Farming (EA-PLF). Her professional career is characterized by an active participation in scientific forums, committees and reviews in journals. She currently coordinates the ANTS Research and Transfer service (Animal Nutrition and Technology Service, https://antsanimalnutrition.com), where she conducts research, development and innovation projects in animal production and nutrition.

### **Daniella Jorge De Moura**

Dr. Daniella Jorge De Moura is an Associate Professor at the School of Agricultural Engineering at the State University of Campinas. Dr. Moura received her B.S. degree in Agronomy from University of Sao Paulo and M.S. and PhD degrees from State University of Campinas, both in ˜ Brazil. She attended a sandwich program at University of Florida during her PhD. Her research focuses on smart poultry and swine farming, including behavior monitoring, welfare assessment and environment management. In recent years, she coordinated several research projects, including researchers' and students' international mobility. As a result, she has published over 120 scientific articles and book chapters.

### **Weichao Zheng**

Dr. Weichao Zheng is a Full Professor at the Department of Agricultural Structure and Bioenvironmental Engineering, China Agricultural University, China. Dr. Zheng received his B.S. and PhD degrees from China Agricultural University. Before joining China Agricultural University, he was a postdoctoral associate of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for two years. Dr. Zheng serves as the secretary-general of Animal Husbandry Engineering Commission of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering. His research focuses on new housing systems for welfare, precision environment control, and airborne disease prevention for poultry. He has been the PI of six national and provincial-level research projects. Recognitions of his research contributions include 6 provincial-level science and technology awards, over 70 published journal articles, and 15 Chinese national patents.
