Annie (Clark) Lerner
PhD Student in Applied Swine Nutrition
Major Professor: Dr. Jason Woodworth and Dr. Mike Tokach
Hometown: Overland Park, Kansas
Annie received her Bachelor's degree in ASI from Kansas State in 2015 and MS in Applied Swine Nutrition in 2016. Her passion for animal agriculture originated from family connections to livestock production and grew throughout her education in the KSU Animal Science program. Annie's Ph.D. research focuses on the impacts of withdrawing corn DDGS from swine diets prior to market, space requirements for heavy weight market pigs, and evaluating the efficacy of fatty acids as chemical mitigants for porcine epidemic diarrhea virus. She is also heavily involved in assisting with undergraduate research projects for the Applied Swine Nutrition team.