I am from Gurnee, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago. I earned my Bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign majoring in Integrative Biology and minoring in Animal Sciences. I have always been interested in working with animals. While my biology degree taught me about a wide variety of biological fields, my animal science minor mainly focused on nutrition and development. 

My interest in swine nutrition stems from working in a variety of nutrition labs in my undergraduate years. Mainly, I worked with digestibility research as well as disease challenge studies and piglet cognition research. From these experiences, I developed a fascination with the effects that nutrients have on intestinal health and growth. My graduate research focuses largely on the effects of feed additives on gut health and growth performance.

In 2018, I got my master's degree focussed on isoquinoline alkaloids in diets, and now I am working in my Ph.D. also focus on isoquinoline alkaloids in feed additives.

I am honored to be a part of Dr. Stein's research team and am grateful for the opportunity to conduct research and contribute to the developing knowledge of nutrition.

Carly got her Master degree in 2018 and her PhD in November 2021, and currently is working as an Agricultural Product Developer - Animal Feed Consultant at KWS Cereals.