Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Virginia Tech
Dr. Kayla Alward is a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Alan Ealy's Reproductive Biology laboratory at Virginia Tech. Kayla completed her BS and MS at the University of Georgia with a focus on reproductive physiology in dairy cattle under Dr. Jillian Bohlen. Kayla completed her PhD in Dr. Rebecca Cockrum's Breeding and Genetics laboratory in 2023 and then began her postdoctoral work focusing on improving in vitro embryo production and ovum pick-up in dairy cattle. Kayla is pursuing a position in academia that allows for an integrated research, teaching and service program focusing on reproduction in dairy cattle.