John Htoo is a Global Senior Consulting Expert - Swine at Evonik Operations GmbH based in Hanau, Germany. He obtained B.Sc. agr. (Animal Since) from Larenstein International College, the Netherlands, and M.Sc. agr. and Dr. sc. agr. (Animal nutrition) from Georg-August University, Germany in 2003. After serving as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2004 to 2006) at the University of Alberta, Canada, he joined Evonik in 2007 as a global swine research manager. Since September, 2023, he has taken a global role as Global Senior Consulting Expert responsible for managing swine applied and innovation research projects, and providing technical supports to swine producers. His research focuses on amino acids and energy, and nutritional concepts to improve gut health and performance of swine. As author and co-author, he has contributed 165 peer-reviewed articles, 195 conference proceedings and 17 invited talks.