Post Doctoral Research Associate working in the Dept. of Animal Science of the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (UTIA, Knoxville, TN). My areas of interest in research are Animal Nutrition, Ruminant Physiology, and the Growth and Development of Ruminants. My current research is focused on early nutrition on the growth and development of dairy calves and the cellular and molecular pathways of regulation of the intestinal barrier integrity of ruminants.