Emily Barr was raised as an active 4-H member breeding and raising market lamb and pigs in Pennsylvania. She completed her bachelor’s in animal science at the University of Findlay before coming to the University of Wyoming where she graduated with a M.S. in December of 2025. She is currently in her Ph.D. program at the University of Wyoming, continuing her work under the advisement of Dr. Hannah Cunningham-Hollinger. She has served as a lead or co-lead on 4 projects to-date ranging in application from precision livestock tools, biomedical swine models, growing phase health and feed efficiency in beef cattle, and finishing steer behavior, physiology, and carcass quality. She has presented her research at both the Western Section of ASAS and the Plant and Animal Genome conference where she was an invited speaker in the swine section. Furthermore, Emily is an exceptional student and teaching assistant, responsible for training and mentoring numerous undergraduates both in the classroom and in research. Emily is passionate about the livestock industry and has a keen interest in pursuing research that can utilize livestock models to improve livestock production and also studying impacts on human health. Emily has a desire to continue to work with colleagues in the School of Computing, Dr. Sean Field, to integrate precision livestock technologies in her research program and develop industry relevant tools. Her passion for research, education, and positively impacting the livestock industry is remarkable – she continues to grow as a scientist in all aspects of the scientific method and has a promising future in Animal Science.