Grace Strahan (McCartney) earned her BS in Family Consumer Sciences with a concentration in Dietetics in May of 2023 from the University of Wyoming. She joined the lab team in the Fall of 2023. 

She looks forward to continuing her education at UW, participating in the incredible research the M2AENAD lab is doing, identifying relationships between maternal, and adolescent nutrition and being able to help moms in the future with their needs! She currently resides with her husband and dog and loves getting to hike and spending time exercising in any form! Grace also stays busy outside of the classroom by coaching at the local CrossFit gym and aiding adults in their health and fitness goals!

Yanko joined the M2AENAD lab in Spring 2022. She has a medical doctor degree and now is pursuing her Ph.D. in Neuroscience.

“I am fascinated by learning how the human brain works and manages doing the largest variety of jobs among all the body's organs. Can you imagine that the brain controls every organ in your body? And no, it doesn’t just warrant your survival from the biological point of view, it also lets you think and understand this text and make your own opinion of it. I do believe that it’s amazing and I would like to contribute to revealing the mysteries of the human brain!”

Marina joined the M2AENAD lab in Fall 2024 as a Master's student in Human Nutrition. Her academic focus centers on the complex relationship between nutrition and female health, with a particular emphasis on understanding and supporting menstrual health. As an international student-athlete from Catalunya, Marina brings a unique perspective shaped by her career competing in cross country and track for UWYO.

Her experience as a dedicated athlete directly fuels her research interests, as she states: "As a competitive athlete, my passion for running has fueled my interest in sports nutrition, particularly in optimizing the nutritional needs of female athletes to support performance, recovery, and overall health."