Current Students

Elizabeth Dressler || Jasmine Morey || Kelli Retallick || Will Shaffer || Menzi Spiller || Danielle Stock

Ph.D. Students

Elizabeth Dressler
Graduate Research Assistant

B.S., Kansas State University, 2020
M.S., Kansas State University, 2022 - National Association of Animal Breeders (NAAB) Doak Fellowship Recipient

Ph.D. Project Description: Evaluating greenhouse gas production from grazing beef cattle using a GreenFeed system

Kelli Retallick
Ph.D. Student and Director, Genetic Service, American Angus Association

M.S., Kansas State University, 2015, “Genetic variance and covariance components for feed intake, average daily gain, and postweaning gain and indices to improve feed efficiency in growing beef cattle”

Ph.D. Project Description: Development of novel trait genetic evaluation in Angus Cattle

Will Shaffer

Graduate Research Assistant
Hometown: Carthage, MO

B.S., Oklahoma State University, 2017
M.S., Kansas State University, 2021
Ph.D., Genetics
Graduate Certificates: Applied Statisticsin, 2021

Project Description: My Masters focused on modeling and selecting for phenotypic stability and the impacts of genetic-by-environment interactions on selection. My Ph.D. involves emerging technologies in genetic evaluation. Some of my projects include miRNA differential expression analysis, developing a sire conception rate genetic evaluation for beef sires used in dairy populations, and modeling genetic variance and performance across the landscape of the United States.

M.S. Students

Jasmine Morey

Danielle Stock

Graduate Research Assistant
Hometown: Waukon, Iowa

B.S. Degrees in Animal Science and Genetics from Iowa State University, 2022

M.S. Project Description: Male Fertility in Beef Cattle