Samantha N. Barker, MS

Graduate Student
Texas Tech University

Samantha Barker is a first-year Ph.D. student in animal science at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. Under the guidance of her major advisor, Dr. Jerrad Legako, her master’s research at Texas Tech University focused on beef flavor chemistry through the use of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS). As of May 2021, she graduated with her master’s degree and began research, again under Dr. Legako, where her research will focus on oxidative stress in cattle treated for Bovine Respiratory Disease.