Diego A. Lopez Diaz

Graduate Research Assistant
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

Diego Lopez is a Ph.D. student at Kansas State University in the Department of Grain Science and Industry. He was born in Bogota, Colombia, where he received his B.S. in animal science at the National University of Colombia. During his bachelor's degree, he interned at the University of Illinois under the guidance of Dr. Hans Stein, where he also received his M.S. in monogastric nutrition. After a short period of working in the industry, he decided to pursue a Ph.D. Degree under the guidance of Dr. Chad Paulk, focusing on the effects of feed processing and feed additives on the digestibility of energy and nutrients in diets fed to growing pigs. Diego has led the way in conducting digestibility research at Kansas State University, determining the relationship between feed manufacturing and the nutritional value of swine feed.

Presentation(s):

• 216 - Effect of conditioning time on standardized ileal digestibility of amino acids and total tract digestibility of energy in diets fed to growing pigs

  Monday, March 10, 2025
  2:15 PM – 2:30 PM CST

• 141 - Effect of benzoic acid, myristic acid, and Aspergillus Niger on the metabolizable energy and nitrogen retention of corn, soybean meal and DDGS-based diets fed to growing-finishing pigs

  Tuesday, March 11, 2025
  1:45 PM – 2:00 PM CST

• 189 - Award Talk: Impact of pelleting process parameters on amino acid digestibility and metabolizable energy (concentrations) in diets fed to growing pigs

  Wednesday, March 12, 2025
  9:45 AM – 10:15 AM CST

• 186 - Determining the amino acid digestibility of perennial wheat grass (Kernza®) grain and screenings compared to hard red winter wheat in growing pigs

  Wednesday, March 12, 2025
  10:30 AM – 10:45 AM CST