PhD Students
	Melissa Bainbridge Melissa.Bainbridge@uvm.edu B.S., University of Vermont degree in Animal Science. Melissa is originally from Burlington, Massachusetts. She graduated from the University of Vermont in 2011 with a B.S. in Animal Science. She then spent the next two years working as a field technician for the Vermont Dairy Herd Improvement Association. Melissa will be working on her Ph.D. in Animal, Nutrition and Food Sciences with Dr. Jana Kraft. Her research will focus on improving the nutritional attributes of milk, concentrating on bioactive fatty acids, to promote both human and animal health. Melissa also enjoys hiking, cooking and running.   Melissa's areas of interest:  Improving the bioactive compounds of milk to promote human and animal health.
	Trevor Gearhart Trevor.Gearhart@uvm.edu Trevor's areas of interest:  Exploring aquatic community interactions through bioindicators, and the impacts that abiotic factors can have on trophic interactions.

Undergraduate Researchers

	Meagan Perley University of Vermont, Class of 2013 Meagan.Perley@uvm.edu
	Danielle Semick University of Vermont, Class of 2013 Danielle.Semick@uvm.edu
	Pamela Bay University of Vermont, Class of 2014 pbay@uvm.edu Pam will be assisting with the organic milk composition survey.
	Jack O'Day University of Vermont, Class of 2014 John.ODay-III@uvm.edu Research Project:  "Quantitative determination of fatty acid composition in milk of the University of Vermont's CREAM herd followed over a course of a year." Undergraduate Research Endeavors Competitive Awards (URECA) Winner, 2012
	Katie Ritchie University of Vermont, Class of 2014 kvritchi@uvm.edu Katie will be assisting with the organic milk composition survey.
	Sarina Selleck University of Vermont, Class of 2014 sselleck@uvm.edu

Former Lab Members