Research Interests
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Using quantitative and qualitative assessment method to characterize how students learn, and how instructors can better understand about their students’ learning.
Mammary biology, mammary involution and development, mastitis, neonate biology: Using biochemical, molecular and cellular methodologies and approaches to study mammary gland health, function and control, and interactions between mammary function and neonate development.
Journal Editorships
Editor, Milk Protein book, Publisher: InTech, 2012
Editorial Board, Journal of Animal Sciences, 2006-2008.
Associate Editor for Proceedings of The Sixth International Workshop on the Biology of Lactation in Farm Animals, 2004. Meeting held in June, 2002
Research Honors
College of ACES Paul A. Funk Recognition Award, 2010
WestAgro Inc. Award, American Dairy Science Association, for research in mastitis abatement and production of quality milk, 1997
Fulbright-Hays Scholar, 1990-91, recipient of Grant-in-Aid. Research in Scotland.