Katharine Knowlton
Visiting Scholars

Dr. Katharine Knowlton grew up on a dairy farm in Connecticut and earned her B. S. in Animal Science at Cornell University, her M.S. at Michigan State and her Ph.D. at the University of Maryland. Dr. Knowlton is a Professor in the Department of Dairy Science at Virginia Tech with a research and teaching program focused on environmental issues affecting the dairy industry. Dr. Knowlton is assistant coach of the Virginia Tech dairy judging team (national champions in 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2013!!), judges dairy shows across the US, and owns a small herd of Jersey cows. She is Principal Investigator or co-PI on $11.2 million in externally funded grants, and has authored 67 peer-reviewed papers.