Dr. Jessica Sperber was raised on her family’s 4th generation cow-calf and grain operation located in Alberta, CAN. Sperber attained her MS specialized in meat science and beef carcass quality from West Texas A&M University and Ph.D. in feedlot nutrition from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Sperber joined the Department of Animal Science at UNL in November of 2022 as an Assistant Professor and Feedlot Extension Specialist. Her research areas of interest include feedyard nutritional management strategies, technologies that improve cattle production efficiency, and carcass quality and yield outcomes.