Mary Drewnoski, Ph.D.
Post-doc Research Associate: August 2009-July 2012
Current position: Associate Professor, Beef Systems Specialist, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Erin Richter, M.S.
Thesis: The effect of dietary sulfur on performance, mineral status, rumen hydrogen sulfide, and rumen microbial populations in yearling beef steers (2011)
Danielle Schultz (Pogge), Ph.D.
Dissertation: The effect of supplemental vitamin C on performance, antioxidant capacity, carcass characteristics, and meat quality of steers fed high sulfur finishing diets (2013)
Current position: Grants officer, University of Queensland
Sara Morine, M.S.
Thesis: Determining the optimal dietary roughage source and inclusion to decrease hydrogen sulfide in steers fed high-sulfur finishing diets (2014)
Current position: Thrive Affordable Vet Care
Megan Van Emon, Ph.D.
Post-doc Research Associate: January 2013 – July 2014
Current position: Associate Professor, Extension Beef Cattle Specialist, Montana State University
Olivia Genther-Schroeder, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Trace mineral supplementation in feedlot cattle: implications for the inflammatory response, growth, and carcass characteristics (2014)
Post-doc Research Associate: September 2014-December 2016
Current position: Dairy Feed Research Scientist, Purina
Erika Lundy-Woolfolk, M.S.
Thesis: Changing distillers grains: implications for cattle performance and management (2014)
Current position: Extension Beef Specialist, Iowa Beef Center
Jason Russell, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Feed efficiency in beef cattle: relationship with digestibility, antioxidant activity, oxidative stress, growth performance, and carcass characteristics (2015)
Current position: Beef Technical Nutritionist, Zinpro
Rebecca Brattain (Stokes), Ph.D.
Thesis: Evaluation of algae meal as a novel feedstuff for ruminants (2015)
Current position: Country Manager, KWS Group
Christopher Blank, M.S.
Thesis: Alternatives in beef nutrition: Use of alternative forages and the improvement of feed efficiency on meat tenderness attributes (2016)
Current position: Dairy Production Specialist, Purina
Sarah Sanders (Hartman), M.S.
Thesis: Implications of trace mineral supplementation strategies to overcome the effects of high antagonist diets in feedlot cattle (2017)
Current position: Experienced Research Scientist, Newcastle
Emma Conway (Niedermeyer), M.S.
Thesis: The effect of trace mineral supplementation on natural and conventionally raised feedlot beef cattle (2017)
Current position: Beef Consultant Assistant, Great Plains Livestock Consulting
Remy Carmichael-Wyatt, Ph.D.
Dissertation: The influence of dietary zinc concentration during periods of rapid growth induced by ractopamine hydrochloride or dietary energy and dietary fiber content on trace mineral metabolism and performance of beef steers (2019)
Current position: Research Scientist – Ruminant Nutrition, ADM
Katherine VanValin, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Influence of stress induction on trace mineral homeostasis and metabolism in ruminants (2019)
Post-doc Research Associate: May 2019-December 2019
Current position: Assistant Extension Professor – Animal and Food Sciences, University of Kentucky
Katherine Hochmuth, M.S.
Thesis: Exploring the effects of supranutritional zinc and ractopamine hydrochloride on the proteome and phosphoproteome of the Longissimus dorsi in beef steers (2020)
Current position: Graduate Research Associate, University of Minnesota
Erin Deters, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Nutritional modulation of oxidative stress in beef steers during the feedlot receiving period: A focus on transit stress (2020)
Post-doc Research Associate: June 2020 – March 2021
Current position: Senior Research Associate, Kemin Human Health and Nutrition
Aubree Bobb (Beenken), M.S.
Thesis: Evaluation of injectable vitamin C as a management strategy to mitigate the negative effects of transit stress in beef steers (2021)
Current position: Heartland Coop
Elizabeth Messersmith, Ph.D.
Thesis: The effect of copper supplementation on performance and carcass characteristics of cattle utilizing growth promoting technologies (2018)
Dissertation: The effects of strategic zinc supplementation on steroidal implant-induced growth of finishing beef cattle (2021)
Post-doc Research Associate: January 2021 – March 2021
Current position: Feedlot Nutritionist/Director of Research, Foote Cattle Company
Katie Heiderscheit, Ph.D.
Dissertation: The newly received feedlot steer: The influence of transportation and zinc supplementation on growth performance and behavior (2021)
Current position: Assistant Professor of Practice – Animal Science, Virginia Tech