Ronald J. Trotta is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Animal and Food Sciences at the University of Kentucky. He previously completed his B.S. in Animal Science at the University of Kentucky in 2017 and worked as an undergraduate research assistant. At North Dakota State University, he completed his M.S. in Nutritional Physiology under Dr. Kendall Swanson in 2019. Ronald is now working with Dr. David Harmon at UK and Dr. James Klotz at the USDA-ARS Forage & Animal Production Research Unit. His current research is focused on identifying cellular and molecular mechanisms of serotonin-mediated vasoconstriction and vasodilation in cattle. Ronald has been co-investigator on 7 research grants and has published 18 peer-reviewed journal articles, 7 conference proceedings, and 15 abstracts.