Jennifer Lee Juengel is an animal health researcher in New Zealand. She has been a Fellow of the

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since 2016.

Early life and education

Juengel grew up in

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, and attended

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...

. Juengel earned a PhD from the

University of Missouri The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Universit ...

in 1992, with a thesis titled ''Mechanisms of luteal regression in cattle'' after which she completed a postdoctoral research post at

Colorado State University Colorado State University (Colorado State or CSU) is a public land-grant research university in Fort Collins, Colorado. It is the flagship university of the Colorado State University System. Colorado State University is classified among "R1: ...

Work

Juengel works on the reproductive genetics of sheep. Juengel was appointed to

AgResearch AgResearch Ltd (formerly known as New Zealand Pastoral Agriculture Research Institute Limited) is one of New Zealand's largest Crown Research Institutes with over 700 staff and revenue of NZ$160.7 million in the year to June 2014. Main areas ...

in 1998. Juengel is Principal Scientist of AgResearch's Reproduction team at the Invermay campus.

Awards and honours

Juengel was elected a Fellow of the

in 2016.

Selected publications

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References

External links

* Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand New Zealand scientists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American emigrants to New Zealand New Zealand women scientists Michigan State University alumni University of Missouri alumni {{NewZealand-bio-stub