Dr. Marcio Costa earned his degree in Veterinary Medicine in Brazil and moved to Canada to complete his residency in Large Animals Internal Medicine at the University of Guelph. He completed his PhD in 2014, using next generation sequencing to investigate factors affecting the intestinal microbiota of horses.

Dr. Costa is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences at the University of Montreal. He currently does research in microbiota manipulation to improve the heath of domestic animals.