Recent Alumni
Hannah Decker, Citizen Science: Training pet dogs to detect the Spotted Lanternfly. Advisor: Erica Feuerbacher
Nicolas Busse, Effects of calcium beta-hydroxy beta-methylbutyrate (HMB) supplementation on gluteus medius muscle fiber composition, kinematics, and electromyographic activity in adult Thoroughbreds during isolated high-speed treadmill exercise bouts. Advisor: Sally Johnson
Mary Harrod, Serial measurements of circulating glucose and luteinizing hormone concentrations in lactating dairy cattle. Advisor: Michelle Rhoads
Mallory Anderson, Chicken or fish? Do environmental complexity and stocking density impact affective states of broiler chickens and rainbow trout? Advisor: Leonie Jacobs
Bailey Halter, Effects of exogenous and endogenous factors on appetite regulation in broiler chicks and Japanese quail. Advisor: Elizabeth Gilbert
Alicia Areneson, Evaluating the impact of heat stress and altered glycemic state on plasma ɣ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) in lactating Holstein cows. Advisor: Michelle Rhoads
Albaraa Sarsour, Effects of amino acid supplementation on poultry performance and strategies to ameliorate the effect of heat stress. Advisor: Mike Persia
Mallory White, In ovo and feed application of probiotics or synbiotics and response of broiler chicks to post-hatch necrotic enteritis. Advisor: Rami Dalloul
Ty Davis, Strategies to improve reproductive efficiency in cattle with dietary intervention. Advisor: Robin White
Chang Cao, Hypothalamic mechanisms of appetite regulation involve stress response and epigenetic modification. Advisor: Mark Cline
Claire Gleason, Improving the understanding of factors driving rumen fermentation. Advisor: Robin White
Taylor Langford, Effects of fescue cultivar on performance of beef cows grazed on summer stockpiled tall fescue pastures. Advisor: Bain Wilson
Olivia Claire, Effect of time of supplementation on performance and grazing behavior of grazing steers. Advisor: Bain Wilson
Tanner Price, Approaches for developing and implementing precision feeding programs to maximize feed efficiency. Advisor: Robin White
Kacie Seymour, Examining the influence of muscle fiber type on protein turnover signaling in growing pigs. Advisor: Samer El-Kadi
Zachary Seekford, Interleukin-6 supplementation improves post-transfer embryonic and early fetal development of in vitro produced bovine embryos. Advisor: Alan Ealy
Michelle Kott, Effects of mid-gestational L-citrulline supplementation to twin-bearing ewes on umbilical blood flow, placental development, and lamb production traits. Advisor: Alan Ealy
Bailey Walker, Transcriptional profiles of cumulus-oocyte complexes related to developmental competence in bovine oocytes. Advisor: Fernando Biase
Lindsey Isernia, Impact of training method on behavioral, physiological, and relationship measures in horses. Advisor: Erica Feuerbacher
Douglas Liebe, Using data analytics in agriculture to make better management decisions. Advisor: Robin White
Haipeng Yu, The design and modeling of high-throughput phenotyping data in genomic prediction. Advisor: Gota Morota
Lydia Wooldridge, Supplementing bovine embryo culture media to improve the production and quality of in vitro produced bovine embryos. Advisor: Alan Ealy
Yang Xiao, Molecular and cellular mechanisms of energy homeostasis in birds. Advisor: Elizabeth Gilbert
Claire Timlin, Strategies for improving reproductive efficiency of beef cattle with assisted reproductive technologies. Advisor: Vitor Mercadante
Nima Khodambashi Emami, Managing poultry gut integrity, immunity and microbial balance during necrotic enteritis challenge. Advisor: Rami Dalloul
Kyung-Jun Uh, Maintaining proper levels of DNA methylation marks through the TET family is critical for normal embryo development in pigs. Advisor: Kiho Lee
Jing Zhu, The modulation of autoimmune disease progression in mouse models. Advisor: Caroline Leeth
Kellie Kroscher, Nutritional strategies to improve pig growth. Advisor: Robert Rhoads, Jr.
Charles Zumbaugh, Nutritional strategies for growing cattle in the Southeastern United States. Advisor: Bain Wilson
Morgan Zumbaugh, Signaling pathways regulating skeletal muscle metabolism. Advisor: David Gerrard