MEET OUR TEAM
Lynn VanWieringen
Lab Manager
Team member since October 2009. Main focus includes overseeing the daily quality control of feed results, and overall lab management. PhD in Ruminant Nutrition from Washington State University.
lvanwieringen@aghealthlabs.com
Fred J. Muller
Owner and practicing bovine practitioner since opening in 2000. Previous three years practiced in Southern California and South West New Mexico emphasizing in milk quality and employee training. DVM from Washington State University in 1997 and BS in Animal Science from Washington State University in 1993.
fmuller@aghealthlabs.com
Crystal Maiden
Lab Supervisor
Team member since June 2005. Main focus includes data management, project leader on research studies, assay development, implementation, and troubleshooting for all analyses within the lab. BS in Animal Science from Washington State University. (GO COUGS!!).
Owner
Lab Staff
Jaime Alba
Personnel Manager/Lab Technician 1/Office Admin
Team member since February 2013. One of the team members most likely to greet you as you enter the lab or call. Main focus is overseeing personnel on a daily basis (specifically training and working with our newer lab team members), feed lab data management and reporting, and NIR feed analysis.
Alma Chavarin
Lab Technician 1
Team member since 2000. Primary responsibility is wet chemistry feed analysis. Alma also helps with Spanish/English translation.
Madison Door
Lab Technician 1/Office Admin
Team member since September 2012. One of the team members likely to greet you as you enter the lab or call. Main focus is on sample receiving and processing of milk, water, and blood samples. Madison is our primary hops technician.
Kirstin Meyer
Bookkeeper
Kirstin does the bookkeeping responsibilities for the lab.
Trent Millin
Trent joined the team in late April and is our lead milk microbiologist, as well as, running ELISA’s for BioPryn and Johnes Disease.