Dr. Phil Cardoso is a Professor and Extension Faculty Specialist at the University of Illinois. Dr. Cardoso addresses the most important challenges faced by the dairy industry through his research in nutrition and reproduction. He engages dairy producers to implement data-driven best management practices into their operations. He studies the mechanisms of metabolic adaptation from gestation to lactation and the impact of nutrition on metabolism, reproduction, and health. Dr. Cardoso earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) and Master of Science degrees from the Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre in Brazil, and completed his Ph.D. at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign.