Matthew Brooks

1. What was your previous degree?

B.S. in Animal Science 2003

2. Where did you do your undergraduate degree?

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

3. Why did you choose Texas A&M University?

I have been living in Texas for two years now and I wanted the best Ag School I could find!

4. Why did you choose to major in Nutrition?

I started focusing on nutrition in my senior year of college and have spent the last two years working at the Fort Worth Zoo in there Nutrition department including their Laboratory and Commissary looking at the nutrition of exotic animals.

5. Do you like living in College Station, TX? What is the best thing about living here?

I do like living here in Bryan/College Station because it's far enough away from the big cities to see the stars at night but College Station is a large enough town so you don't feel like you're completely isolated from the rest of the world.

6. Who is your major professor?

Dr. Stephen B. Smith

7. What research are you doing?

Next semester we hope to start looking at comparative lipid metabolism in the Cow, Pig and Rat.

8. What advice would you give to a student who is thinking about coming to Texas A&M?

I'm just starting out but I've already found some great friends in the other graduate students. I can already tell that I'm going to enjoy my time here. If you're from out-of-state, it's going to be a culture
shock, but if you're from in-state, it's business as usual!!!

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