An animal science professor at Cornell University, Galton is serves as leader of the Cornell Dairy Fellows Program which is a dairy industry oriented undergraduate program. The program was formed in 1984 to provide undergraduates with an education that consists of a science and business curriculum, university exchange programs including studying abroad, internships in production agriculture, agricultural business and policy, industry conferences and seminars and case studies, including real farm analysis. The program is funded by the dairy industry. Along with teaching, Galton serves as Director of PRO-DAIRY, a statewide dairy industry extension program that addresses the educational and applied industry research needs of the dairy industry in New York. He works with several dairy industry organizations to improve the competitiveness and profitability of the State`s dairy industry. His research interest is focused on the area of dairy herd management. Current interest is dealing with the interaction of milking machine function and udder health.