Stephanie McKay

Stephanie McKay is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Division of Animal Sciences at the University of Missouri. She leads research on epigenetic mechanisms in agricultural species.

Education includes a Ph.D. from the University of Alberta, M.S. and B.S. from Texas A&M University.

Research Focus: Her laboratory investigates 5-Methylcytosine, 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine and N6-Methyladenosine modifications in livestock. Projects span neuroepigenomics and functional annotation across tissues.

Publications: Contributes to international consortia like the Ruminant Telomere-to-Telomere project. Recent work emphasizes multi-omics integration for agricultural genomics.