Matthew Crouse is from El Paso, TX. He received his B.S. in Animal Science from New Mexico State University in 2014. As an undergraduate, he was involved in research projects with Dr. Laura White and Dr. Shanna Ivey studying insulin resistance in horses. Matthew then pursued his M.S. in ruminant nutrition at NDSU under the direction of Dr. Joel Caton while simultaneously fulfilling a ¾ time appointment as a technician in the NDSU nutrition laboratory. His M.S. focused on the effects of maternal nutritional status on nutrient transport expression and nutrient supply to bovine utero-placental tissues during the first 50 days of gestation. Matthew is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at NDSU under the direction of Drs. Joel Caton and Alison Ward focusing on the effects of aberrant maternal nutrition during pregnancy on the fetal epigenome. Matthew has published 12 peer reviewed papers and secured $132,000 in grant funding including a USDA-NIFA Pre-doctoral Fellowship for his research.