Dr. Erica Kosmerl obtained her BS from SUNY Geneseo Deparment of Chemistry and her MS and PhD from the Department of Food Science and Technology at The Ohio State University. Among her achievements, she obtained the Danone North America Gut Microbiome, Yogurt and Probiotics Fellowship; earned First Place in Graduate Student Oral Presentation Competition of the American Dairy Science Association; and has received other recognitions by Daisy Brands, Ocean Spray, IFT, and Phi-Tau-Sigma. She has contributed greatly to the area of the MFGM and human health and published 14 peer reviewed publications from her MS and PhD work.