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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Three faculty members at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have been named 2024 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the worldʼs largest general scientific society. Animal sciences professor Isaac Cann, chemistry professor Stephan Link and animal sciences professor Matthew B. Wheeler are among the 471 scientists, engineers and innovators chosen by their peers for their scientifically and socially distinguished achievements.

Dr. Matthew B. Wheeler

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Wheelerʼs research focuses on enhancing global food supply and animal agriculture through biotechnology, especially through livestock reproduction and genetics. His work has implications for human health, not only in addressing hunger and malnutrition, but also in developing better models and tissue-based techniques for studying disease. He was recognized “for distinguished contributions to the field of reproductive biology, particularly the use of transgenic and other biotechnological approaches to improve livestock and animal models of human disease.” Wheeler also is affiliated with the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, The Grainger College of Engineering and the College of Veterinary Medicine at the U. of I.