Dr. García-Guerra

Alvaro is a native of Buenos Aires, Argentina and obtained his veterinary degree (DVM) from Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina) in 2009. While a veterinary student he worked in a cattle embryo transfer and artificial insemination practice where he developed his interest in cattle reproduction. In 2010 he moved to Canada to pursue a residency in Ruminant Field Service at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan where he also obtained his MSc degree in 2013. Following his passion for reproductive physiology he pursued his PhD under Dr. Milo Wiltbank’s supervision in Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison obtaining his degree in 2017. He joined the Department of Animal Sciences at The Ohio State University as Assistant Professor in 2017 , and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2024.

Honors and Awards

• Outstanding Young Teacher Award, American Society of Animal Science Midwest Section, 2025

• North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Educator Award, 2021

• Animal Science Young Scholar, American Society of Animal Science Midwest Section, 2017

• USDA–NIFA–AFRI Travel fellow, 2015

• Larry Ewing Memorial Trainee Travel Award, Society for Study of reproduction, 2015

• Student Delegate for the Canadian Embryo Transfer Association, 2012

• College of Graduate Studies and Research Travel Award, University of Saskatchewan, 2012

• Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Student Research Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison nominee, 2015

• Pfizer Fellowship Award, 2011

• WCVM Graduate Student Travel Award, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, 2011

• American Association of Bovine Practitioners Research Assistantship, 2011

• Hope Haanen Memorial Scholarship Award, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, 2010