Dr. Marcella A. Whetsell has worked as a Research Assistant at West Virginia University since 2002. She was educated at the Catholic University, Argentina (BS, Agricultural Engineering) and West Virginia University (MS, Animal Nutrition; PhD, Animal Nutrition with an emphasis in pasture management). She works in the Division of Exercise Physiology with a Pi as a Research Scientist on muscle fatigue in the breast cancer patient. She previously worked in the Division of Immunology, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology, largely focusing on the response of intestinal epithelial line following exposure to replication-competent or UV-inactive reovirus. She has published journal articles on animal nutrition in beef cattle and pasture-based livestock production.