NMPF Announces Winners of 2009 Scholarship Program
August 5, 2009
At their June meeting, the NMPF Scholarship Committee was pleased to select five M.S. and Ph.D. students to receive $9,500 in scholarships as part of the 2009 NMPF National Dairy Leadership Scholarship Program.
These five scholarship recipients are all conducting research in areas that will benefit dairy cooperatives and producers.
The 2009 Hintz Memorial Scholarship, given to the top scholarship candidate, was awarded to Matthew Ranieri. As a student at Cornell University, Ranieri is working toward his Ph.D. in Dairy Science, Microbiology, and Applied Economics and Management. His research will examine the development of a single raw milk assay to predict shelf-life performance of pasteurized milk. Ranieri hopes to provide the dairy industry with appropriate tests for measuring raw milk quality that would accurately predict the performance of the milk in commercial products.
The four other scholarship recipients were:
- Jessica Tekippe, a student at Pennsylvania State University, is pursuing her M.S. in Animal Science. Tekippe's research will study the effect of plant extracts on production, nutrient utilization, and ruminal fermentation.
- Jaime Curbelo is working for his Ph.D. in Animal Physiology at Mississippi State University. He will be researching the use of biophotonic imaging technologies as a novel approach to understanding pathogen progression in bovine uterine infections.
- Amy Hazel is pursuing her M.S. in Animal Science at the University of Minnesota. Hazel's research will examine rotational crossbreeding in 10 Minnesota commercial dairies.
- Corwin Nelson, a student at Iowa State University, is pursuing his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Immunobiology. Nelson's research will study the effects of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 on the expression of genes involved in the immune response of the bovine mammary gland.
If you have any questions or comments about the NMPF National Dairy Leadership Scholarship Program or the NMPF Scholarship Committee, please contact Sarah Olson.
