Lotar Siewerdt

Who is Lotar Siewerdt?

Lotar Siewerdt is a prominent Brazilian scientist in the animal sciences. He was born in 1939 in the town of Pouso Redondo, state of Santa Catarina, in Brazil, the first of four children of Erwin Siewerdt and Erica Siewerdt. At age 16 he went to the famous Internato Santo Antônio in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, where he received his high school diploma with habilitation in accounting. Even as a schoolboy, he helped his parents with the small family starch business, during the school vacation months. Working in the summer months helped build his character and imbued in him a strong sense of responsibility.

In 1959 he was admitted to college and moved to Curitiba, Paraná, to attend classes at the prestigious College of Agronomy of Universidade Federal do Paraná. He transferred two years later to the Escola de Agronomia Eliseu Maciel in Pelotas, Brazil, where he graduated in 1963. He completed his formal education at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX in 1973, when he was conferred a Ph.D. in Agronomy.

Dr. Siewerdt is currently an Emeritus Professor of Animal Science and Pasture Ecology.