Dr. Lilong Chai is an Associate Professor & Engineering Specialist in the Department of Poultry Science in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of Georgia (UGA). He is also an affiliated faculty member of the UGA Institute of Integrative Precision Agriculture. His research and extension interests include climate-smart animal production, precision poultry farming, and animal health and welfare. Dr. Chai has made significant contributions to the field, with 250 scientific publications (including 80 journal articles, 120 conference papers/abstracts, and 50 extension articles), serving as PI/Co-PI on 40 grants/contracts totaling approximately $5 million, and receiving 20 professional awards and honors. He currently serves as the Coordinator/Program Chair for the Georgia Precision Poultry Farming Conference and Georgia Layer Conference, two annual extension poultry training programs at UGA; Chair of the ASABE-Environmental Air Quality Committee; President of the Association of Overseas Chinese Agricultural, Biological, and Food Engineers; and grant proposal reviewer/panelist for USDA-NIFA, NSF, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canadian Poultry Research Council, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, and the German Research Foundation.