EDUCATION
| University of Queensland, Australia | BS (Hons) | 1992 | Animal Science |
| Massey University, New Zealand | PhD | 1997 | Animal Science |
| National Cancer Institute | Postdoctoral | 2001 | Cancer Biology |
AWARDS
| 1994 | Young Member Award, Annual Meeting of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production |
| 1994 | 2nd place, Graduate Student Competition, Annual Meeting American Dairy Sci. Association |
| 1996 | Helen E. Akers Memorial Fund Scholarship, Massey University |
| 1996 | 1st place, Graduate Student Competition, Annual Meeting American Dairy Sci. Association |
| 1997 | Fogarty International Visiting Fellowship, NIH Visiting Program |
| 2011 | H. Allen Tucker Lactation and Endocrinology Mentoring Award, American Society of Animal Science |
| 2012 | Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award, Dept of Animal Science, UC Davis |
| 2015 | Distinguished Teaching Award, UCDavis Academic Senate |
| 2017 | Distinguished Teacher Award, Western Section of the American Society of Animal Science |