Elaine M. Carnevale is a professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University. She received her D.V.M. from Colorado State University, prior to obtaining an M.S. at Colorado State University in reproductive physiology. Her Ph.D. was obtained in 1993 from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She taught at Southern Illinois University before returning to CSU in 1998 to establish a program in equine-assisted reproduction, which included the first clinical applications of oocyte transfer and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). The primary focus of her research lab is the study of maternal factors, such as aging and metabolic status, that influence oocyte quality and reproductive efficiency. The research aims to improve fertility and offspring health in the older or obese mare in addition to using the mare as a model for translational studies
