Meet Our Trainees
Current
Rosemary Bauer (2021 - Present)
Graduate Program: Driskill Graduate Program (DGP)
Mentor: Dr. Margrit Urbanek, PhD
Thesis Project: The role of genetic variation in the insulin signaling pathway in PCOS etiology
Caroline Kratka (2022- Present)
Graduate Program: MSTP Graduate Program
Thesis Mentor: Dr. Francesca Duncan, PhD
Thesis Project: Harnessing age-driven transcriptomic and morphotemporal changes in ovulation for discovery of non-hormonal contraceptives
Hannah McDowell (2022- Present)
Graduate Program: Driskill Graduate Program (DGP)
Thesis Mentor: Dr. Monica Laronda, PhD
Thesis Project: Determining the role of chemotherapy-induced neoangiogenesis in primordial follicle activation
Emily Zaniker (2021- Present)
Graduate Program: MSTP Graduate Program
Thesis Mentor: Dr. Francesca Duncan, PhD
Thesis Project: Mapping the spatiotemporal determinants of ovulation
Alumni
Grace Foley (2020 - 2022)
Graduate Program: Driskill Graduate Program (DGP)
Mentor: Dr. J. Julie Kim, PhD
Thesis Project: Understanding Racial Disparities in Endometrial Cancer Through Cancer Genomics
Juhi Narula (2020 - 2022)
Gradudate Program: Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Graduate Program (IBiS)
Mentor: Dr. Sadie Wignall, PhD
Thesis Project: Investigating the role of a conserved kinase in acentrosomal spindle organization using C. elegans oocytes
Shweta Dipali (2019 - 2021)
Gradudate Program: Driskill Graduate Program (DGP)
Mentor: Dr. Francesca Duncan, PhD
Thesis Project: Ovarian Inflammaging as a Mechanism for Ovarian Cancer
Jennifer Zhu (2019 - 2021)
Gradudate Program: Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program
Mentor: Dr. Evan Scott, PhD, Dr. J. Julie Kim, PhD
Thesis Project: Investigating nanoparticle-mediated costimulation blockade as a cell-selective immunotherapy for endometriosis