Years of Study: 2011 to January 2016
Advisor:  Ikhide G. Imumorin
Anticipated Graduation Date:  January 2016
Degrees:   B.S. at Animal Science , Sultan Qaboos University 2004, M.S. in Quantitative Genetics, Mcgill University at 2008
 
Research Area(s):
- Epigenetics of Growth in Beef Cattle
- Quantitative and Molecular Animal Genetics

 

 

Years of Study: 2008 to January 2011
Advisor:  W. Ronald Butler
Anticipated Graduation Date:  January 2011
Degrees:   B.S. at Universidad Veracruzana, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Veracruz, Mexico.
M.S. in Animal Science at Cornell University
 
Research Area(s):
-Use of CNCPS as nutritional tool to characterize Dual-purpose systems in Veracruz, Mexico.
-Milk progesterone kinetics and its role in conception and embryonic survival rates in Holstein cows.
-In vitro maturation and in vitro fertilization of bovine oocytes.
-Utilization of a cattle database from T&R Center to understand epigenetic factors, at the time of conception (and other critical times during gestation), which may contribute to the future performance of female offspring.

Years of Study: 2010 to January 2014
Advisor:  Joanne Fortune
Anticipated Graduation Date:  May 2014
Degrees:   B.S. in Biology and English from SUNY Albany
 
Research Area(s):
Ovarian development and, in particular, primordial follicle activation using the Cow as a model for monovulatory species. Effects of maternal nutrition on follicle formation and development in the bovine fetus. Epigenetic regulation of follicle activation and development.

 

 

Years of Study: 2004 to 2011
Advisor:  Alice Pell
Anticipated Graduation Date:  May 2011
Degrees:   B.S., Agriculture, (Soil Science Specialization), University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria M.S., SUNY-ESF, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, New York, USA
 
Research Area(s):
I work on agropastoral systems in the West African Sahel looking at the changing nature of vulnerability to droughts and persistent food insecurity with a particular interest in the role of ruminant livestock as an important livelihood coping strategy. I completed my dissertation fieldwork in Western Niger in September 2007 where I gathered data through surveys and open-ended interviews, observations of animal grazing patterns, and collection of pasture samples, rainfall data, and geographic coordinates (GPS). After graduation, I plan to work in a research-oriented international development institution operating in Niger or in the Sahel.

Years of Study: 2011 - 2016
Advisor: Dan Brown
Anticipated Graduation Date: Spring 2016
Degrees:   B.S. in Animal Science at Cornell University
 
Research Area(s):
Animal Science Nutritional Toxicology, mycotoxins in the food chain.

 

 

 

 

Years of Study: 2009 - 2011
Advisor: Yves Boisclair
Anticipated Graduation Date: May 2011
Degrees:   B.S. in Animal Science at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
 
Research Area(s):
My research is focused on investigating the role of the Unfolded Protein Response on regulating metabolism using genetically manipulated mice.

 

 

 

Years of Study: 2009 to May 2011
Advisor: John Parks
Anticipated Graduation Date: May 2011
Degrees:   B.S. in Biology from Cornell University
 
Research Area(s):
I'm interested in the in vitro culture of cells from the avian testis, and potential applications of transferring cultured cells back into birds.

 

 

 

Years of Study: 2011 - ?
Advisor: Debbie Cherney
Anticipated Graduation Date: May 2013
Degrees:   B.S. in Horticulture, Cornell University
 
Research Area(s):
I’m interested in developing year round precision feed management in beef cattle.

 

 

 

 

Years of Study: 2011-2013
Advisor: Mike Van Amburgh
Anticipated Graduation Date: May 2013
Degrees:   B.S. Applied Science (Hons1), Agriculture, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, M.S. Animal Science, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
 
Research Area(s):
Evaluating and improving the ability of the Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System (CNCPS) to be used as a tool to develop diets that enable more efficient nitrogen use in dairy production systems. Specifically, this entails improving the models ability to predict AA flows and AA utilization for various physiological processes in lactating dairy cows.

 

Years of Study: 2009 to 2013
Advisor: Samantha Brooks
Anticipated Graduation Date: May 2013
Degrees:   B.S. in Equine Science Preveterinary/Pregraduate Studies and Life Science Molecular Biology, Otterbein College, Westerville, OH
 
Research Area(s):
Equine genetics.

 

 

 

Years of Study: 2007 to 2011
Advisor: Tom Overton
Anticipated Graduation Date: 2011
Degrees:   B.S. Agroecology, University of British Columbia, Canada
M.S. in Animal Science, University of British Columbia, Canada
 
Research Area(s):
My research is focused on studying stress physiology in transition dairy cattle and how this relates to health and management. Currently, I am investigating whether particular physiological indicators of stress (e.g. related to energy, immune, inflammatory status) can identify cows that are at a high risk of becoming sick after calving. If we can identify these animals early on, than we may be able to explore management related interventions that could prevent severe health disorders from occurring.

Years of Study: 2011 to 2015
Advisor: Vimal Sevaraj
Anticipated Graduation Date: Summer 2015
Degrees:   M.S., Nutritional Sciences, Iowa State University, 2010
 
Research Area(s):
Embryonic Stem (ES) Cells, Induced-Pluripotent Stem (iPS) Cells

 

 

 

 

Years of Study: 2011 - 2016
Advisor: Qiaoming Long
Anticipated Graduation Date: May 2016
Degrees:  B.S. in Animal Science & B.A. in Biological Sciences from Rutgers University

 
Research Area(s):
My research involves investigating the role of the endoplasmic reticulum membrane protein, Sel1l in the development of Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases in the central nervous system of genetically manipulated mice.

 

 

Years of Study: 2011-2013
Advisor: Dr. Xingen Lei
Anticipated Graduation Date: May 2013
Degrees:  B.S. Animal Science, Cornell University, 2011

 
Research Area(s):
Activity of microbial proteases and their hydrolytic degradation of poultry feather keratin.

 

 

 

Years of Study: 2011 - 2014
Advisor: Rodrigo Bicalho
Anticipated Graduation Date: January 2014
Degrees:  D. V. M., Universidade Federal de Goias, Brazil

 
Research Area(s):
Uterine diseases of dairy cows

 

 

 

Years of Study: August 2011 to January 2015
Advisor: Tom Overton
Anticipated Graduation Date: May 2015
Degrees:  BS - Dairy Science, Cal Poly; MS - Animal Science, University of Delaware

 
Research Area(s):
Dairy nutrition

 

 

 

Years of Study: 2009 - 2013
Advisor: Debbie Cherney
Anticipated Graduation Date: May 2013
Degrees:  B.S., Biochemistry, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, MPS - International Agriculture and Rural Development, Cornell University

 
Research Area(s):
International livestock nutrition and nutrient cycling in mixed crop-livestock systems.

 

 

 

Years of Study: 2009 - 2013
Advisor: Susan Quirk
Anticipated Graduation Date: May 2013
Degrees:  B.S. Animal Science Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, USA
Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Peru
 
Research Area(s):
Reproduction Physiology: The ovary.

 

 

 

Years of Study: 2011 to 2013
Advisor: Dan Brown
Anticipated Graduation Date: 2013
Degrees:  
 
Research Area(s):
Grape and Raisin toxicity in dogs

 

 

 

Years of Study: 2008 to 2013
Advisor: Michael Thonney
Anticipated Graduation Date: 2013
Degrees:   B.A. in Biological Psychology, New College of Florida, Sarasota, Florida
 
Research Area(s):
Maternal bonding in ewes and their lambs; hormones and behaviors; lambing and kidding management

 

 

 

Years of Study: 2007 to 2011
Advisor: Yves Boisclair
Anticipated Graduation Date: December 2011
Degrees:   B.S. in Agronomy and Animal Science, ITESM CQ, Mexico
Cornell University, M.S. in Animal Science
 
Research Area(s):
My research activities are dedicated to the better understanding of central control of metabolism in sheep and the effects that intrauterine growth retardation has on the metabolism of the newborn lamb.

 

 

Years of Study: 2010 to 2014
Advisor: Dan Brown
Anticipated Graduation Date: 2014
Degrees:   B.S., Conservation and Resource Studies, University of California–Berkeley
 
Research Area(s):   Nutritional toxicology

 

 

 

 

Years of Study: 2009 to 2012
Advisor: Qiaoming Long
Anticipated Graduation Date: Summer 2012
Degrees:   B.S. in Animal Science, Rutgers University
 
Research Area(s):
The role of Endoplasmic Reticulum-Associated Degradation (ERAD) in the manifestation of Type II Diabetes using genetically manipulated mice.
 

 
 

Years of Study: 2008 - 2011
Advisor: M.E. Van Amburgh
Anticipated Graduation Date: June 2011
Degrees:  B.S. as Engineer in agronomy and zoology at Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey Campus Queretaro, Mexico
M.S. in Animal Science, Cornell University, 2008
 
Research Area(s):
Factors affecting or influencing the development of the mammary gland in postnatal dairy calves as well as the mechanism through which the mammary gland reacts to stimuli from the environment; some of the cell types being studied are stem cells and myoepithelial cells. Also under study is the signaling pathway that ushers the mammary gland from a period of allometric growth to one of isometric growth.

Years of Study: 2005 - 2011
Advisor: Debbie J. Cherney
Anticipated Graduation Date: August 2011
Degrees:  B.S. in Animal Science and Life Science Communications, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005
M.S. in Animal Science, Cornell University, 2007
 
Research Area(s):
The transfer and metabolism of feed-derived compounds to the milk of lactating ruminants and subsequent effects on milk sensory properties.

 

 

Years of Study: 2010 - 2014
Advisor: Samantha Brooks
Anticipated Graduation Date:2014
Degrees:  B.S. in Animal Science, Oklahoma State University; M.S. in Animal Science - Animal Breeding and Genetics, Oklahoma State University
 
Research Area(s):
Equine genetics; identifying the genes responsible for gait in horses, specifically the trot, pace, rack, running walk, and other four-beat gaits.

 

 

Years of Study: 2010 - 2015
Advisor: Patricia Johnson
Anticipated Graduation Date:2015
Degrees:  BSA Poultry Science from The University of Georgia.
 
Research Area(s):
Reproductive Physiology: follicle development in the domestic hen.

 

 

 

 

Years of Study: 2010 - 2015
Advisor: Alex Travis
Anticipated Graduation Date: 2015
Degrees:  B.A. Biology, Cornell University
 
Research Area(s):
My research uses a biomimetic strategy, copying the design of glycolytic enzymes on the sperm tail so that they can be tethered to an inorganic or organic platform and provide energy for nanoscale devices. Such devices could carry out functions in vivo or could form the basis of in vitro diagnostic systems, both of which would have application for the advancement of animal and human health.

 

 

Years of Study: 2008 - 2012
Advisor: Xingen Lei
Anticipated Graduation Date: May 2012
Degrees:  B.M. in clinical medicine (equivalent to M.D.), Medical College of Jinan University, China
 
Research Area(s):
My research is focused on the molecular mechanism of selenoprotein and antioxidant enzymes associated with the development of diabetes mellitus and obesity. We aim at finding the way to prevent and improve the diseases.

 

 

 

Years of Study: 2010 - 2013
Advisor: Tom Overton
Anticipated Graduation Date: 2013
Degrees:  D.V.M., Kitasato University School of Veterinary Medicine, Japan M.S., Animal Science, Cornell University
 
Research Area(s):
Effect of trace mineral amount and source on immune function, oxidative metabolism, and performance in lactating and transiton cows.

 

 

Years of Study: 2008 - 2011
Advisor: Daryl Nydam and Alice Pell
Anticipated Graduation Date: 2011
Degrees:  B.S. Tufts University, 2000 D.V.M. with certificate in International Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, 2006
 
Research Area(s):
Currently working with cryptosporidium parvum in neonatal dairy cattle. Future research will be focused on infectious disease epidemiology in east Africa examining cross-over of zoonotic parasites between people, livestock, and wildlife.