Ermias Kebreab

Dr. Ermias Kebreab is Associate Dean at the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of California, Davis. He holds the Sesnon Endowed Professorship in Sustainable Animal Agriculture. A global leader in climate-smart livestock systems, he has worked in more than 25 countries to advance sustainable agriculture through research, policy, and capacity building. He contributed to the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) guidelines on enteric methane emissions, chaired two expert committees for the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and currently serves on the U.S. National Academies’ Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources. His pioneering research on livestock methane mitigation has shaped global policy and practice, earning recognition as a 2025 World Food Prize Top Agri-Food Pioneer and one of Business Insider’s Top 30 Global Climate Leaders.