Lindsey Vansandt is a Ph.D. candidate working in Dr. Carol Keefer's laboratory.
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Lindsey Vansandt, DVM, Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Carol Keefer's laboratory in the Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, has been awarded the 2013 Michael J. Pelczar Award for Excellence in Graduate Study by the Graduate School at the University of Maryland.
The Pelczar Award provides $1,000 to a doctoral candidate who has served at least one academic year as a teaching assistant with commendable performance and who has demonstrated excellence beyond his or her course work.
Lindsay served as a teaching assistant for two courses within her department and has taught the Physiology of Mammalian Reproduction Laboratory as the instructor of record for the last three years.
Lindsey’s research primarily focuses on developing a protocol for extracting, storing and preserving genetic data from testicular tissue using the domestic cat as a model for other wild feline species. Prior to studying at UMD, Lindsey earned her doctorate of veterinary medicine from the University of Missouri-Columbia and conducted research at the St. Louis Zoo evaluating and banking semen specimens for a variety of species.
