Aime Johnson (Edited By)
Dr Aime Johnson graduated from North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine in May of 2000. She entered private practice in North Central Texas where she spent a majority of her time working with performance horses, with a special interest in reproduction. She left private practice to complete a theriogenology residency at Texas A&M in 2005, and was board certified in the American College of Theriogenologists in August 2007. She joined the faculty at Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine in August 2007. Dr Johnson's research interests are all aspects of feline reproduction and non-surgical sterilization options for companion animals. She has also worked with other researchers involved with NIH funding for translational gene therapy to correct neurologic diseases children using a feline model. She has five children and is married to a veterinary anesthesiologist, also at Auburn.

Michelle Kutzler (Edited By)
Dr Michelle Kutzler graduated from Washington State University with a Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. After graduation, Dr Kutzler worked in dairy practice in Minnesota for four years before going to Cornell University to pursue a theriogenology residency under the supervision of Dr Vicki Meyers-Wallen and Dr Rob Gilbert. Dr Kutzler stayed on at Cornell University for a PhD under the tutelage of Dr Peter Nathanielsz. Her thesis research investigated the effects of dexamethasone on placental vascular blood flow. Since 2002, Dr Kutzler has been at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. Dr Kutzler teaches numerous courses including Companion Animal Production, Mammalian Reproductive Biology, and Hormone Action. She has published several peer-reviewed papers and book chapters in the field of small animal Theriogenology as well as co-edited the book Small Animal Pediatrics. Dr Kutzler's articles on "Estrus induction and synchronization in canids and felids" and "Non-surgical methods of contraception and sterilization" were on the Elsevier list for the 25 most downloaded articles in 2009 and 2010, respectively. Dr Kutzler is on the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs and the Chair of Scientific Committee for the 2020 International Symposium on Canine and Feline Reproduction. Dr Kutzler is also a member of the Morris Animal Foundation Veterinary Honor Roll. Dr Kutzer and her husband (Sean) of 23 years have 3 amazing children, including one who is following in her mother's footsteps at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine.