Diego's research interests include the development of nutritional and management strategies to optimize the balance between animal care and environmental and economic sustainability. He is also interested in the impact of common husbandry practices as well as new management strategies on acute and chronic stress, exploring the potential of the gut-microbiome-brain axis regulation in farm animal health, the long-term impact of early-life management on animal health, welfare and productivity, and the use of precision livestock farming technologies to measure and manage yield variability at the individual level. Diego is being mentored by Tamara Carter, who runs a mixed farming operation along the South Saskatchewan River near Lacadena, SK, and Ryder Lee, the CEO of the Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association.