Animal Sciences Students, Postdocs Receive Awards at National Meeting




The following Animal Sciences students and postdocs received awards at the 2019 Society for the Study of Reproduction annual meeting held July 18-21 in San Jose, California:

Karl Kerns and Grace Wiley were awarded SSR Trainee Travel Awards. Karl is a recent PhD graduate and is working as a postdoc under Peter Sutovsky. Grace is an undergraduate research assistant, also under Sutovsky.

Master’s student Caroline Pfeiffer won an USDA NIFA-AFRI Merritt Award. Caroline is advised by Rod Geisert.

Harriett Fitzgerald, a postdoc under Tom Spencer, was also awarded a Trainee Travel Award and placed 3rd in the trainee poster competition.