Dr. Ahmed Elolimy is a researcher of animal nutrition at the National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt. He earned a BS and MS degree from Cairo University, Egypt in Poultry Nutrition, and a PhD degree in ruminant nutrition at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. His graduate work focused on the applications of “omics” technologies to reveal the impact of maternal nutrition and feed efficiency divergence on gut microbiome, metabolome, and transcriptome in dairy and beef cattle. He received the Wilson G. Pond International Travel Award from ASAS, and the Graduate Student Research Award in Dairy Nutrition and the Animal Sciences Graduate Student Fellowship Award from the University of Illinois. Dr. Elolimy published 39 peer-reviewed papers received 438 citations, and 35 scientific abstracts in national and international meetings. His current research focuses on the impact of nutrition on gut microbiome. The ultimate goal of his current projects is to improve animal diet by adding novel feed supplements that support better physiological and immune outcomes.