Samantha Howe Named 2022 American Society of Animal Science Young Scholar

Lexi Workman

Samantha Howe at the U of A has been named the 2022 American Society of Animal Science (ASAS) Young Scholar.

Howe, who is from Sulphur, Oklahoma, is an animal science doctoral student in the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences. She will present her research data at the ASAS National Meeting in Oklahoma City in June.

"I am so excited and honored to be the recipient of the 2022 American Society of Animal Science Young Scholar Award," Howe said. "I am so thankful for everyone who has encouraged, helped and mentored me over the years. I could not have achieved this alone."

Howe grew up as the fourth generation of commercial Black Angus beef cattle ranchers in south-central Oklahoma. She graduated summa cum laude with honors and a bachelor's degree in animal science from Oklahoma State University in 2019. Her degree included an emphasis in animal biotechnology with a minor in microbiology.

She began pursuing her Ph.D. in animal science at the U of A in 2019 under the supervision of Jiangchao Zhao, associate professor of animal science, and a researcher and scientist with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, the research are of the U of A System Division of Agriculture.

Her research focuses on developing potential probiotics to treat or prevent bovine respiratory disease. While at the U of A, she has received the Doctoral Academy Fellowship, served as president and vice president of the Animal Science Graduate Student Association and was recently named the Department of Animal Science's Outstanding Ph.D. student.

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