Prof. Nilva Sakomura holds a doctorate in poultry nutrition from the Universidade Federal de Viçosa in Brazil. She did her post-doctoral studies at the University of Arkansas until 2001. Her main areas of interest are the assessment of feed ingredients and additives for poultry. Prof. Nilva Sakomura also works on modeling the nutritional needs of poultry. In total, she has supervised more than 34 doctoral dissertations in that field of research.