Graduate Students

All School of Animal Sciences graduate students are listed below.
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Name | Degree | Area of Study | Advisor | |
Alward, Kayla | PHD | Dairy Genetics | Cockrum | kalward@vt.edu |
Amirault, Katherine | PHD | Ruminant Nutrition | White | kamirault@vt.edu |
Amorim, Sabrina | PHD | Genetics | Morota | asabrina@vt.edu |
Aydin, Kenan | PHD | Genetics | Morota | kenanburak@vt.edu |
Baber, Taelor | MS | Reproductive Physiology | S. Rhoads | taelorb18@vt.edu |
Barshick, Madison | PHD | Equine Exercise Physiology | Johnson | mrbarshick@vt.edu |
Bertucci, Mary | MS | Meat Science and Muscle Biology | Gerrard | mzb0112@vt.edu |
Bi, Ye | PHD | Genetics | Morota | yebi@vt.edu |
Bodmer, Jocelyn | PHD | Meat Science and Muscle Biology | Gerrard | jocelynb@vt.edu |
Boris, Samantha | Non-thesis MS | Companion Animal Behavior | Feurbacher | samboris@vt.edu |
Campbell, Andrew | PHD | Animal Behavior and Welfare | Jacobs | drewc1@vt.edu |
Campos, Leticia | PHD | Nutrition | Hanigan | leticiamc@vt.edu |
Carey, Kayla | PHD | Epigenetics | Jarome | kaylac15@vt.edu |
Chick, Shannon | PHD | Dairy Management | Knowlton | stchick48@vt.edu |
Craun, Hannah | MS | Extension | Greiner | hannahc98@vt.edu |
Das, Mautushi | PHD | Animal Data Sciences | Chen | mautushid@vt.edu |
Dickinson, Sally | MS | Companion Animal Behavior | Feurbacher | sallyd@vt.edu |
Ellett, Mark | PHD | Animal Systems Biology | Daniels | emark4@vt.edu |
Fritzlen, Cooper | PHD | Poultry Nutrition | Persia | cfritzlen@vt.edu |
Galyon, Hailey | PHD | Dairy Management | Ferreria | hailg98@vt.edu |
Gerrard, Sam | PHD | Nutritional Physiology | El-Kadi | samuel15@vt.edu |
Gregg, Savannah | MS | Equine Exercise Physiology | Johnson | greggsr3@vt.edu |
Hruby, Alexis | PHD | Nutrition | Hanigan | achruby@vt.edu |
Johnson, Chantal | MS | Muscle Biology | Gerrard | chantaljohnson@vt.edu |
Keane, Jessica | PHD | Reproductive Physiology | Ealy | jakeane@vt.edu |
Kincaid, Briana | Non-thesis MS | Reproductive Physiology | S. Rhoads | briana99@vt.edu |
Kinstler, Sydney | PHD | Molecular Biology | Maurer/Wong | sydneyrkinstler@vt.edu |
Kroeger, Alexandra | MS | Companion Animal Behavior | Feuerbacher/White | lkroeger2022@vt.edu |
Liao, Mingsi | PHD | Dairy Genetics | Cockrum | msliao@vt.edu |
Lyons, Alyssa | PHD | Poultry Nutrition | Persia | alys16@vt.edu |
Lyu, Pencheng | PHD | Endocrinology | Jiang | hojiang@vt.edu |
Madden, Christian | MS | Neurobiology | Cline | mchri97@vt.edu |
Marrella, Mackenzie | MS | Genomics | Biase | macken6@vt.edu |
McFadden, Taylor | PHD | Epigenetics | Jarome | tmcfadde2020@vt.edu |
McGehee, John | MS | Dairy Genetics | Cockrum | johnnym16@vt.edu |
McKinley, Endya | MS | Reproductive Physiology | Ealy | endyam@vt.edu |
Melvin, Jessica | MS | Growth and Development | R. Rhoads | nivlemssej@vt.edu |
Mercadante, Paula | PHD | Feuerbacher | pmercadante@vt.edu | |
Morales, Alvaro | PHD | Nutrition | Hanigan | agmorales@vt.edu |
Murray, Adam | PHD | Production | Greiner | amurr93@vt.edu |
Neary, Jessica | MS | Animal Behavior and Welfare | Jacobs | jessicaneary@vt.edu |
Niblett, Richard | PhD | Physiology | Estinne | rtniblett19@vt.edu |
Nix, Jada | MS | Genomics | Biase | jadalnix@vt.edu |
Oliver, Mary Ali | PHD | Reproductive Physiology | Ealy | maryalio@vt.edu |
Pancini, Stefania | PHD | Beef Cattle Nutrition | Mercadante | spancini@vt.edu |
Paneru, Bidur | PHD | Animal Behavior and Welfare | Jacobs | pbidur20@vt.edu |
Perez-Hernandez, Gabriela | PHD | Dairy Nutrition Physiology | Corl | pgabriela@vt.edu |
Piepenbrink, Rachel | MS | Growth and Development | R. Rhoads | rach12@vt.edu |
Platzer, Joanna | PHD | Companion Animal Behavior | Feuerbacher | jplatzer@vt.edu |
Risinger, Ashley | MS | Growth and Development | R. Rhoads | ashrr16@vt.edu |
Roqueto dos Reis, Barbara | PHD | Ruminant Nutrition | White | barbarar@vt.edu |
Schettini, Gustavo | PHD | Genomics | Biase | gschettini@vt.edu |
Seligman, Lexie | MS | Growth and Development | R. Rhoads | lexies00@vt.edu |
Shultz, Milton | PHD | Dairy Management | Ferreira | miltons@vt.edu |
Speckhart, Savannah | PHD | Reproductive Physiology | Ealy | slspeckhart@vt.edu |
Sujani, Sathya | PHD | Ruminant Nutrition | White | imaduwawickramas@vt.edu |
Sulaiman, Usman | PHD | Neurobiology | Cline | usulaiman@vt.edu |
Szemplinski, Kyla | PHD | Equine Exercise Physiology | Johnson | skyla20@vt.edu |
Talmage, Alyshia | PHD | Nutrition | Helm | alyshiat@vt.edu |
Tan, Zhendong | PHD | Molecular Nutrition | Gilbert | zdtan93@vt.edu |
Thompson, Ahmerah | MS | Dairy Management | Ferreria | ahmerah1@vt.edu |
Thompson, Rebecca | PHD | Companion Animal Behavior | Feuerbacher | rebeccaa@vt.edu |
Ulans, Alexandra | MS | Animal Behavior and Welfare | Jacobs | alexandraulans@vt.edu |
Vidlund, Trinity | MS | Beef Cattle Nutrition | Mercadante | tvidlund@vt.edu |
Wege Dias, Nicholas | PHD | Beef Cattle Nutrition | Mercadante | nichw16@vt.edu |
Wicks, Jordan | PHD | Meat Science and Muscle Biology | Gerrard | jcwicks@vt.edu |
Wilson, Dylan Chace | MS | Genomics | Biase | chace@vt.edu |
Wivell, Alexis | MS | Meat Science and Muscle Biology | Gerrard | alexislw@vt.edu |
Wright, Ryan | PHD | Ruminant Nutrition | White | ryanw22@vt.edu |
Yadav, Ravi | PHD | Nutritional Physiology | El-Kadi | yadavravi@vt.edu |
Yen, Con-Ning | PHD | Meat Science and Muscle Biology | Gerrard | yencn17@vt.edu |