Dr. Avigdor Cahaner
Professor of Genetics and Breeding, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ISRAEL
Started to work at the Faculty of Agriculture in 1979 and has been Full Professor since 1997.

Main research interests:
1. Breeding broilers against negative consequences of rapid growth (heat susceptibility, breast muscle myopathies, ascites, excessive fatness).
2. Breeding chickens for dual-purpose production (eggs and meat).
3. Breeding for eggshell colors (measurements, genetic parameters, selection).
4. Experimental design and statistical analyses of controlled-research data and of "big data".
Some of his research projects were conducted outside Israel (e.g. Turkey, USA, Vietnam, Nigeria, Ecuador, Ethiopia, China) in collaboration with local poultry scientists and industry.
In recent years, Cahaner has been mentoring poultry researchers (academia and industry) in Israel and globally, helping them in all aspects of research, from definition of objectives and experimental design, to data analysis and publishing scientific articles in leading international journals.
Cahaner was Vice-President of the World Poultry Science Association (WPSA) for 3 terms (1996-2008), and since 2022 he is the Editor of WPSA's Newsletter. Since 2015 he is the President of  the Israeli branch of WPSA.