Dr. Andrea Cupp is a Professor in the Department of Animal Science at the University of Nebraska. She received her BS from Virginia Tech and her MS and PhD from the University of Nebraska. She completed postdoctoral training in Cellular and Molecular Endocrinology at the University of California-San Francisco and Washington State. She held positions of Research Assistant Professor and Director of the Transgenic & Knockout mouse facility within the Center of Reproductive Biology at Washington State before joining the Animal Science Department at Nebraska as an Assistant Professor in 2000. Since then she has been promoted to Associate and then to Full Professor. In 2015, in recognition of her achievements, she was appointed to the Omtvedt Endowed Professorship. Cupp is a highly respected scientist and teacher with a notable program in reproductive biology. She has excelled in all three pillars of the land-grant missions and has earned international recognition for her accomplishments.