Dr. Kiarie is an enthusiastic monogastric nutritionist and Assistant Professor at the University of Guelph who has intense interest in contributing to intellectual and technical innovations for an efficient, safe, high quality, sustainable and profitable animal protein industry. He earned his Ph. D in Animal Science (Swine Nutrition & Management) at the University of Manitoba in 2008 where he assessed the effects of fiber degrading enzymes on enhancing nutrition and gut health of pigs. His experiences in academia and industry over the last ten years has given him unique insights into the global commercial feed industry and has allowed him to gain extensive academic contacts and collaborators in Europe, Asia, New Zealand, Africa and the Americas. He is actively involved in research projects, looking at feedstuff evaluations, alternative to in-feed antibiotics, nutrient metabolism, use of feed additives such as exogenous enzymes and different feeding strategies to improve gastrointestinal health and nutrient use in pigs and poultry. His research efforts have earned him several awards including the United States National Pork Board award for innovation in research. He holds a record of more than 110 conference presentations and published articles in international front-line peer-reviewed journals and has five patent applications.

Dr. Kiarie is widely recognised as a leading figure in the nutritional science behind successful pig and poultry feeding programs. He was born in Kiambu, a small farm town in Central Kenya, East Africa. Growing up in a small-scale mixed farm instilled his fascination with farm animals and as a result he pursued advanced degrees in animal science.