Professor, Regents Fellow, Senior AgriLife Faculty Fellow of Cattle Reproductive Physiology
E-Mail: r-randel@tamu.edu
Website: Animal Physiology
Dr. Randel is employed by Texas A&M AgriLife Research and has worked at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Overton as the Cattle Reproductive Physiology Professor, since May 1974. Dr. Randel has developed an internationally recognized research and graduate student training program in the area of reproductive biology. Dr. Randel’s research has improved reproductive performance of beef cattle in East Texas, the Southeastern US, and internationally. His research accomplishments have made beef cattle herds more productive and enhanced the fiscal sustainability of East Texas beef cattle.
Education:
- B.S., Washington State University, 5-1965
- Ph.D., Purdue University, 1-1971
Professional Positions Held:
- Professor, Senior Faculty Fellow and Regents Fellow – 1-2005 to date
- Professor, Faculty Fellow and Regents Fellow – 10-1999 to 1-2005
- Professor and Faculty Fellow – 1-1999 to 10-1999
- Professor – Texas A&M University Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Overton, Texas 5-1974 to 1-1999
- Research Physiologist – ARS, U.S. Range Livestock Experiment Station, Miles City, Montana 5-1972 to 5-1974
- Visiting Scientist – U.S. Range Livestock Experiment Station, Miles City, Montana 5- 1971 to 5-1972
- Instructor in Research – Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana 9-1965 to 1971
Professional Membership:
- American Society of Animal Science
Honors / Awards Received:
- Award in Excellence Program – 1987 – Individual Research – Off Campus
- Award in Excellence Program – 1990 – Team Research
- TAMU Department of Animal Science Outstanding Service Award – 1994
- Donald Henry Barron Lecturer – 1995
- American Society of Animal Science Physiology & Endocrinology Award – 1996
- Build East Texas Award of Excellence in Research and Extension Team – 1998
- Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Faculty Fellow – 1999
- TAMUS Regents Fellow – 1999
- Award in Excellence Program – 2002 – International Involvement
- Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Senior Faculty Fellow – 2005
- American Society of Animal Science Fellow – 2007
- Southern Section American Society of Animal Sci. Distinguished Service Award – 2008
- Washington State University Dept. of Animal Sci. Distinguished Graduate Sci. and Tech. Award – 2008
- Texas A&M University System Team Award in Excellence for System Partnerships – 2009
- Build East Texas Award of Excellence in Research and Extension – 2011
- American Society of Animal Science, L.E. Casida Award – 2012
- Distinguished Alumni-Lifetime Career Award, Dept. of Animal Sciences, Purdue University – 2015
- Friend of the Year Award, American Brahman Breeders Association – 2015
Selected Publications:
- Burdick, N. C., B. Agado, J. C. White, K. J. Matheney, D. A. Neuendorff, D. R. Riley, R. C. Vann, T. H. Welsh, Jr. and R. D. Randel. 2011. Evolution of exit velocity in suckling Brahman calves. J. Anim. Sci. 89:233-236.
- Curley, K. O., Jr., D. A. Neuendorff, A. W. Lewis, F. M. Rouquette, Jr., T. H. Welsh, Jr. and R. D. Randel. 2010. The effectiveness of vasopressin as an ACTH secretogogue in cattle differs with temperament. Physiology of Behavior 101:699-704.
- Loyd, A. N., C. R. Long, A. W. Lewis and R. D. Randel. 2011. Effects of physiological age on residual feed intake of growing heifers. Open J. Anim. Sci. Vol. 1, No. 3:89-92.
