Fundings
USDA-NIFA, titled Antimicrobial stewardship in beef production: Impacts of chlortetracycline exposure to beef cows on pasture, 08/2025-08/2027, Co-PI.
MSU CALS/MAFES Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, titled Understanding the strain-level dynamics of opportunistic pathogens across different niches of cattle, 05/2025-05/2026, PI
MSU CALS/MAFES Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, titled Understanding the Personality of Dairy Cattle and Its Relationship to Milk Production and Health in Holstein and Jersey Breeds, 05/2025-05/2026, PI
USDA-ARS, titled Understanding the Accumulation and Transmission of Microbial‐derived Toxins in Catfish and Associated Risk Factors, 07/2024-06/2026, PI.
USDA-NIFA, titled Understanding the Rumen-Microbiota-Brain Axis of Lactating Dairy Cows under Heat Stress, 06/2024-06/2026, PI.
USDA/ARS NACA, titled Integrating Genomics, Epidemiology, and On-site Diagnostics for Poultry and Bovine Respiratory Bacterial Diseases Management, 10/2024-10/2025, Co-PI
MSU CALS/MAFES Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, titled Effects of heat stress on respiratory microbiota of dairy cattle, 05/2024-05/2025, PI
MSU CALS/MAFES Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, titled Exploring the Neuroactive Potential of Rumen Microbiota, 05/2024-05/2025, PI
MSU ORED Undergraduate Research Programs, titled Exploring the Neuroactive Potential of Rumen Microbiota, 05/2024-08/2025, PI
MSU ORED Undergraduate Research Programs, titled Effects of heat stress on respiratory microbiota of dairy cattle, 05/2024-08/2025, PI
USDA-ARS, titled Effects of Chitosan on Pathogenic and Spoilage Microbiota Impacting the Pre‐Harvest Productivity and Post‐Harvest Safety and Shelf Life of Mississippi Raised Catfish, 04/2023-03/2026, Co-PI.
MAFES SRI, titled Exploring the Neuroactive Potential of Gastrointestinal Microbiota in Dairy Cattle for Regulating Heat Stress Responses, 07/2024-06/2026, PI.
MSU CALS/MAFES Undergraduate Research Scholars Program, titled Comprehensive Understanding the Interaction between Heat Stress and Digestive Tract Microbiota in Ruminants, 05/2023-05/2024, $3,000, PI
MSU ORED Undergraduate Research Program, Early Prediction of Calf Diarrhea by Machine Learning using High-Resolution Gut Microbiota Profile, 05/2023-09/2024, $2,000, PI.
Honors and Awards
Himani Joshi represented Mississippi State University at Regional-3MT competition, Conference of Southern Graduate Schools, at Dallas, Texas (Project: Fighting Global Warming in the Barn: Menthol-Powered Cooling for Heat Stressed Dairy Cattle)
Himani Joshi won the second-place in the 3 Minute Thesis at National MANRRS 39th Annual Training Conference and Career Expo, April 2-6, Memphis, TN (Project: Fighting Global Warming in the Barn: Menthol-Powered Cooling for Heat Stressed Dairy Cattle)
Himani Joshi won the second-place in the poster competition. at the MANRRS 39th Annual Training Conference and Career Expo, April 2-6, Memphis, TN. (Project: Menthol-Induced Vagal Nerve Stimulation as Heat Stress Relief in Cattle)
Jalyn Hawkins won third place in the National Photography Contest at the MANRRS 39th Annual Training Conference and Career Expo, April 2-6, Memphis, TN. (Project: Calf diarrhea and gut microbiome)
Jalyn Hawkins won third place in graduate Poster Competition at the Food Science and Industry in Mississippi: Adding Value and Feeding the World 2025 Spring Symposium, April 22, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS (Project: Calf diarrhea and gut microbiome)
Brandon Bernard won the Honorable Mention at 2025 George Hopper Excellence in Undergraduate Research Competition at MIssissippi State University (Project: Neuroactive Potential of Rumen Microbiome in Cattle)
Lainey Franks won second place in the Undergraduate Poster Competition at the Food Science and Industry in Mississippi: Adding Value and Feeding the World 2025 Spring Symposium, April 22, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS (Project: )
Himani Joshi won the grand champion in the 3 Minute Thesis at Mississippi State University (2024) (Project: Menthol-Induced Vagal Nerve Stimulation as Heat Stress Relief in Cattle)
Himani Joshi won second place in the oral presentation of 2024 fall graduate symposium (Project: In vitro Assessment of the Neuroactive Potential of the Rumen Microbiome)
Himani Joshi won second place at the 2024 Spring graduate symposium (Project: Rumen Microbiome Signature-based Machine Learning Model for Heat Stress Prediction)
Jalyn Hawkins won second place in the Student Poster Competition at the 2024 ASAS-CSAS-WSASAS Annual Meeting, July 20-25, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Project: Calf behavior and gut microbiome)
Jalyn Hawkins won second place in the Oral Presentation at the Spring 2024 Graduate Research Symposium, February 24, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS (Project: Calf diarrhea and gut microbiome)
Jalyn Hawkins won third place in the National Research Poster Contest at the MANRRS 38th Annual Training Conference and Career Expo, March 20-24, Chicago, IL, (Project: Calf diarrhea and gut microbiome)
Dr. Fan's previous funded SARE Graduate Project was selected as one of Success Case Studies of SARE Project (SARE Project Impacts: 2016-2023) (May, 2024)
Dr. Fan was an Invited Speaker for the 2023 American Dairy Science Association Annual Meeting, Session: Ruminant Nutrition Symposium, Ottawa, Canada (June 26, 2023)