| Elizabeth A. Dressler was raised on a small commercial cow-calf operation in Berryton, KS. She was heavily involved in county 4-H growing up including the beef cattle project. Elizabeth has completed both her bachelor's and master’s degrees at Kansas State University. During her time at Kansas State University, Elizabeth has been involved in a large number of clubs and organizations, serving in multiple leadership roles. She is currently the President of the Animal Science Graduate Student Association. Her research as an M.S. student was largely centered on beef industry sustainability working with a GreenFeed system to quantify greenhouse gas emissions from grazing beef cattle. Elizabeth is currently working on her Ph.D. at Kansas State University and is projected to graduate in Summer 2025. She will continue to assist with the ongoing GreenFeed projects at Kansas State and will lead a fiber quality genetic evaluation project in Cashmere goats during her program. Presentation Details: Title: Spot sample protocol for gas quantification of grazing beef cattle using a GreenFeed Session: Beef Species II: Growth and Development Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2023 Time: 3:15 PM – 3:45 PM Location: Albuquerque Convention Center, EAST UPPER: 235 Mesilla |
 Elizabeth A. Dressler Kansas State University |
| Dallas Soffa is a first-year doctoral student in the Department of Animal Science at Texas A&M University. Dallas earned her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Animal Sciences from North Carolina State University in 2019 and Virginia Tech in 2022, respectively. Dallas is a research assistant in Dr. Rebecca Poole's lab, with her dissertation research focus on hormonal associations with reproductive microbiomes in cattle. Dallas has worked with beef and dairy cattle and swine, providing expanded knowledge on multiple livestock species. Dallas was recently elected as the 2023-2024 Graduate Student Director for the ASAS Southern Section. Dallas has published three papers as first-author and co-author in peer-reviewed journals. Presentation Details: Title: Vaginal microbiomes of lactating dairy cattle bred utilizing timed artificial insemination or estrus expression Session: Physiology and Endocrinology I Date: Monday, July 17, 2023 Time: 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Location: Albuquerque Convention Center, EAST UPPER: 220 Ruidoso |
 Dallas R. Soffa Texas A&M University |