Alumni Directory
2023
![Randa Abboud](../images/current-students/2021/randa-abboud.jpg)
Randa Abboud
Previous Institution/Home Country: College of Wooster, USA
Thesis Mentor: Joshua Halpern, MD
Matriculation Year: 2021
Graduation Year: 2023
Project Title: Fertility Preservation in Transfeminine Patients
![Pooja Devrukhkar](../images/current-students/2021/pooja-devrukhkar.jpg)
Pooja Devrukhkar
Previous Institution/Home Country: Government Medical College, India
Thesis Mentor: Francesca Duncan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021
Graduation Year: 2023
Project Title: Identifying and profling cellular senescence in the human ovary on a microphysiologic platform
![Feng Fei](../images/current-students/2020/f_fei.jpg)
Feng Fei
Previous Institution/Home Country: Case Western Reserve University, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020
Graduation Year: 2022
Project Title: Investigating the influence of estrogen on notch signaling in reproductive tissues
![Isabelle Fox](../images/current-students/2022/isabelle_headshot.jpg)
Isabelle Fox
Previous Institution/Home Country: Iowa State University, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022
Graduation Year: 2023
Project Title: "Characterization of vascular defects in placental development in a rat model of preeclampsia"
![Cassandra Huerta](../images/current-students/2021/cassandra-huerta.jpg)
Cassandra Huerta
Previous Institution/Home Country: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Thesis Mentor: Julie Kim, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021
Graduation Year: 2023
Project Title: Investigating directed differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells from endometriosis
![Jenna Jacoby](../images/current-students/2022/jenna_headshot.jpg)
Jenna Jacoby
Previous Institution/Home Country: Widener University, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Hoi Chang Lee, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022
Graduation Year: 2023
Project Title: Investigating the relationship between zinc spark and post ovulated aging in mouse egg
![Drew Klemann](../images/current-students/2022/drew_headshot.jpeg)
Drew Klemann
Previous Institution/Home Country: St. John's University, Minnesota, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Hoi Chang Lee, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022
Graduation Year: 2023
Project Title: Sperm Safes: Maximizing the preservation and recovery of limited numbers of male germ cells
![Yuna Lee](../images/current-students/2022/yuna_headshot.jpeg)
Yuna Lee
Previous Institution/Home Country: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022
Graduation Year: 2023
Project Title: Examining interactions between notch and activin signaling in ovarian granulosa cells
![Katya Macias](../images/current-students/2021/katya-macias.jpg)
Katya Macias
Previous Institution/Home Country: Illinois Benedictine College, USA
Thesis Mentor: Mary Ellen Pavone, MD
Matriculation Year: 2021
Graduation Year: 2023
Project Title: Paternal Body Mass Index May Be Associated with Alternations in Embryo Morphokinetics During In Vitro Fertilization
![Ria Marathe](../images/current-students/2021/ria-marathe.jpg)
Ria Marathe
Previous Institution/Home Country: University Of California-Davis, USA
Thesis Mentor: Kara Goldman, MD
Matriculation Year: 2021
Graduation Year: 2023
Project Title: Exploring the role of the mTOR pathway in physiologic reproductive aging of the intrafollicular environment
![Saafia Masoom](../images/current-students/2022/saafia_headshot.jpg)
Saafia Masoom
Previous Institution/Home Country: Wellesley College, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022
Graduation Year: 2023
Project Title: Characterization of vascular defects in placental development in a rat model of preeclampsia
![Jessica Miller](../images/current-students/2022/jessica_headshot.jpg)
Jessica Miller
Previous Institution/Home Country: Northwestern University, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022
Graduation Year: 2023
Project Title: Examining interactions between notch and activin signaling in ovarian granulosa cells
![Paige Naples](../images/current-students/2022/paige_headshot.jpg)
Paige Naples
Previous Institution/Home Country: Randolph College
Non-Thesis Mentor: Hoi Chang Lee, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022
Graduation Year: 2023
Project Title: Investigating the relationship between zinc spark and post ovulated aging in mouse egg
![Olivia Printy](../images/current-students/2021/olivia-printy.jpg)
Olivia Printy
Previous Institution/Home Country: Manhattan College, USA
Thesis Mentor: Monica Laronda, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021
Graduation Year: 2023
Project Title: Optimizing Conditions of Tubule-Like Structures in Testicular Organoids That Will Support Spermatogenesis
![Gillian Rubenstein](../images/current-students/2021/gillian-rubenstein.jpg)
Gillian Rubenstein
Previous Institution/Home Country: University of Michigan- Ann Arbor, USA
Thesis Mentor: Kara Goldman, MD
Matriculation Year: 2021
Graduation Year: 2023
Project Title: Examining the mTOR pathway in pathology-related and latrogenic accelerated ovarian aging
![Tahlia Smith](../images/current-students/2022/tahlia_headshot.jpg)
Tahlia Smith
Previous Institution/Home Country: Penn State University, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Hoi Chang Lee, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022
Graduation Year: 2023
Project Title: Sperm Safes: Maximizing the preservation and recovery of limited numbers of male germ cells
![Priyanka Suryavanshi](../images/current-students/2022/priyanka_headshot-22.jpg)
Priyanka Suryavanshi
Previous Institution/Home Country: Sophia College, India
Thesis Mentor: Mary Ellen Pavone, MD
Matriculation Year: 2021
Graduation Year: 2023
Project Title: Analysis of Inflammatory Cytokine Profile of Follicular Fluid from Patients with Endometriosis and its Impact on Sperm Motility
![Shani Zelenko](../images/current-students/2022/shani_headshot.jpg)
Shani Zelenko
Previous Institution/Home Country: University of Puget Sound, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2022
Graduation Year: 2023
Project Title: Investigating the influence of estrogen on notch signaling in reproductive tissues
2022
![Kelsey Andersen](../images/current-students/2020/k_andersen.jpg)
Kelsey Andersen
Previous Institution/Home Country: University of Pittsburgh, USA
Thesis Mentor: Emily Miller, MD, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020
Graduation Year: 2022
Project Title: "Examining the Tryptophan/Kynurenine Pathway to Understand Inflammaging and Perinatal Depression"
![Asma Giornazi](../images/current-students/2021/asma-giornazi.jpg)
Asma Giornazi
Previous Institution/Home Country: University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Hoi Chang Lee, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021
Project Title: Investigating changes in zinc dynamics in in vitro post-ovulatory aged oocytes.
![Madison Gowett](../images/current-students/2020/m_gowett.jpg)
Madison Gowett
Previous Institution/Home Country: Binghamton University, USA
Thesis Mentor: Francesca Duncan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020
Project Title: Mouse Extrafollicular Organoids as a Model for Studying Reproductive Aging in the Ovarian Stroma
![Stephanie Head](../images/current-students/2021/stephanie-head.jpg)
Stephanie Head
Previous Institution/Home Country: Mount Union College, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD and Hoi Chang Lee, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021
Project Title: Optimizing morphologic and morphokinetic analyses of mouse oocytes using the EmbryoScope+
![Asia Ingram](../images/current-students/2020/a_ingram.jpg)
Asia Ingram
Previous Institution/Home Country: University of Rochester, USA
Thesis Mentor: J. Julie Kim, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020
Project Title: "PCOS Ovary in LATTICE"
![Pari Johnson](../images/current-students/2021/pari-johnson.jpg)
Pari Johnson
Previous Institution/Home Country: University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021
Graduation Year: 2022
Project Title: Characterization of vascular defects in a rat model of preeclampsia.
![Khadija Snowber](../images/current-students/2020/k_snowber.jpg)
Khadija Snowber
Previous Institution/Home Country: University of Chicago, USA
Thesis Mentor: Emily Miller, MD, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020
Graduation Year: 2022
Project Title: Investigating Racial Differences in Screening and Treatment of Perinatal Depression
![Claudia Stroupe](../images/current-students/2021/claudia-stroupe.jpg)
Claudia Stroupe
Previous Institution/Home Country: Kalamazoo College, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021
Graduation Year: 2022
Project Title: Characterization of vascular defects in a rat model of preeclampsia.
![Chanakarn Suebthawinkul, MD](../images/current-students/2020/c_suebthawi.jpg)
Chanakarn Suebthawinkul, MD
Previous Institution/Home Country: MD - Chulalongkorn University; Thai Board Certification in Obstetrics and Gynecology - Chonburi Hospital, Thailand; Diploma of Reproductive Medicine - King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thailand
Thesis Mentor: Francesca Duncan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020
Graduation Year: 2022
Project Title: "Establishing Live Imaging Time-Lapse Parameters of Oocyte Meiotic Maturation
and Cumulus Expansion using The EmbryoScope+"
and Cumulus Expansion using The EmbryoScope+"
![Manuel Torres-Vélez, MD](../images/current-students/2020/m_torres-velez.jpg)
Manuel Torres-Vélez, MD
Previous Institution/Home Country: University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedra / Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, USA
Thesis Mentor: Kara Goldman, MD
Matriculation Year: 2020
Graduation Year: 2022
Project Title: Determining the Role of the mTOR Pathway in Accelerated Ovarian Aging
![Victoria Zhu](../images/current-students/2021/victoria-zhu.jpg)
Victoria Zhu
Previous Institution/Home Country: University of Washington, China
Non-Thesis Mentor: Hoi Chang Lee, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2021
Graduation Year: 2022
Project Title: Investigating changes in zinc dynamics in in vitro post-ovulatory aged oocytes.
2021
![Hannah Anvari](../images/current-students/2019/anvari.jpg)
Hannah Anvari
Previous Institution/Home Country: University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, USA
Thesis Mentor: Francesca E. Duncan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019
Graduation Year: 2021
Project Title: Comparison of ovarian aging markers does not reveal differences between black and white women
![Lauren Butler](../images/current-students/2019/butler.jpg)
Lauren Butler
Previous Institution/Home Country: DePauw University, USA
Thesis Mentor: Kara Goldman, MD, Francesca Duncan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019
Graduation Year: 2021
Project Title: Investigating the impact of mTOR inhibitor treatment on offspring health and fertility
![Ashley Diaz](../images/current-students/2019/diaz.jpg)
Ashley Diaz
Previous Institution/Home Country: Baylor University, USA
Thesis Mentor: Monica M. Laronda, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019
Graduation Year: 2021
Project Title: Investigating the effects of processing ovarian tissue for cryopreservation on primordial follicle activation and integrin expression
![Patrick Eckelkamp](../images/current-students/2020/p_eckelkamp.jpg)
Patrick Eckelkamp
Previous Institution/Home Country: University of Missouri - Columbia, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020
Graduation Year: 2021
Project Title: Investigating the relationship between zinc spark and post ovulated aging in mouse egg
![Shelby Hophan](../images/current-students/2019/hophan.jpg)
Shelby Hophan
Previous Institution/Home Country: University of Central Florida, USA
Thesis Mentor: Yong Wan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019
Graduation Year: 2021
Project Title: The Driving Force behind Ductal Carcinoma in Situ Progression
![Yair Lupovitch](../images/current-students/2020/y_lupovitch.jpg)
Yair Lupovitch
Previous Institution/Home Country: University of Maryland - College Park, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020
Graduation Year: 2021
Project Title: Investigating the relationship between zinc spark and post ovulated aging in mouse egg
![Norisha McCaddy](../images/current-students/2019/mccaddy.jpg)
Norisha McCaddy
Previous Institution/Home Country: Syracuse University, USA
Thesis Mentor: Margrit Urbanek, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019
Graduation Year: 2021
Project Title: The Impact of Anti Müllerian Hormone and Insulin on Ovarian Histology and Theca Cell Steroidogenesis
![Madison Minette](../images/current-students/2020/m_minette.jpg)
Madison Minette
Previous Institution/Home Country: University of North Dakota- Main Campus, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020
Graduation Year: 2021
Project Title: Characterization of vascular defects in placental development in a rat model of preeclampsia
![Zainab Taghvaei](../images/current-students/2019/taghvaei.jpg)
Zainab Taghvaei
Previous Institution/Home Country: University of Oklahoma-Norman, USA
Thesis Mentor: Margrit Urbanek, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019
Graduation Year: 2021
Project Title:
Impact of Rare PCOS-Associated AMH Variants on Hormone Expression & Processing
![Katy Trotter](../images/current-students/2020/k_trotter.jpg)
Katy Trotter
Previous Institution/Home Country: North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2020
Graduation Year: 2021
Project Title: Characterization of vascular defects in placental development in a rat model of preeclampsia
![Karen Velez](../images/current-students/2019/velez.jpg)
Karen Velez
Previous Institution/Home Country: Western Connecticut State University, USA
Thesis Mentor: Francesca E. Duncan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019
Graduation Year: 2021
Project Title: Identifying extremely long-lived proteins in the mouse ovary and oocyte
2020
![Victoria Bakaturski, MS](../images/alumni/2020/bakaturski.jpg)
Victoria Bakaturski, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: Case Western Reserve University, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019
Graduation Year: 2020
Project Title: Investigating signaling pathway interaction between Notch and Activin in ovarian granulosa cells
![Andjela Dragojevic, MS](../images/alumni/2020/dragojevic.jpg)
Andjela Dragojevic, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: Lake Forest College, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019
Graduation Year: 2020
Project Title: Investigating signaling pathway interaction between Notch and Activin in ovarian granulosa cells
![Monica Elabed, MS](../images/alumni/2020/elabed.jpg)
Monica Elabed, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: Northeastern Illinois University, USA
Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019
Graduation Year: 2020
Project Title: Characterization of vascular defects in placental development in a rat model of preeclampsia
![Emily Hayes, MS](../images/alumni/2020/hayes.jpg)
Emily Hayes, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: University of Rochester, USA
Thesis Mentor: Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018
Graduation Year: 2020
Project Title: Investigating the Crosstalk Between Integrin Signaling and the Hippo and TGF-βPathways in Juvenile Murine Ovaries
![Sarah Khan, MS](../images/alumni/2020/khan.jpg)
Sarah Khan, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: Northwestern University/Dominican University, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019
Graduation Year: 2020
Project Title: Investigating the influence of estrogen on Notch signaling in reproductive tissues
![Jamie Mara, MS](../images/alumni/2020/mara.jpg)
Jamie Mara, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: Purdue University, USA
Thesis Mentor: Francesca Duncan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018
Graduation Year: 2020
Project Title: Ovulation and Ovarian Wound Healing are Impaired with Advanced Reproductive Age
![Kaylee Massman, MS](../images/alumni/2020/massman.jpg)
Kaylee Massman, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: Iowa State University, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019
Graduation Year: 2020
Project Title: The Expression Patterns of ER, PR, HER2, AR, and 67LR in Breast Cancer Cell Lines
![Jenna Mazur, MS](../images/alumni/2020/mazur.jpg)
Jenna Mazur, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: Loras University, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019
Graduation Year: 2020
Project Title: Investigating relationship between chromosome structure and the basis of chromosome missegregation
![Gabrielle Meyman, MS](../images/alumni/2020/meyman.jpg)
Gabrielle Meyman, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: University of Illinois, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019
Graduation Year: 2020
Project Title: The Expression Patterns of ER, PR, HER2, AR, and 67LR in Breast Cancer Cell Lines
![Noelle Ozimek, MS](../images/alumni/2020/ozimek.jpg)
Noelle Ozimek, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: Queen Mary and Westfield College, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019
Graduation Year: 2020
Project Title: Investigating relationship between chromosome structure and the basis of chromosome missegregation
![Mackenzie Roberts, MS](../images/alumni/2020/roberts.jpg)
Mackenzie Roberts, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: Oregon State University, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2019
Graduation Year: 2020
Project Title: Investigating the influence of estrogen on Notch signaling in reproductive tissues
![Vanessa Rosa, MS](../images/alumni/2020/rosa.jpg)
Vanessa Rosa, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: College of New Rochelle, USA
Thesis Mentor: Kelly Mayo, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018
Graduation Year: 2020
Project Title: Investigating the Role of Notch Signaling in Ovarian Granulosa Cell Function
2019
![Julia Balough, MS](../images/alumni/2019/balough-julia.jpeg)
Julia Balough, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: Santa Clara University, USA
Thesis Mentor: Teresa K. Woodruff, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2017
Graduation Year: 2019
Project Title: Investigating the role of intracellular zinc on murine embryo development and the effect on cell fate determination in the blastocyst
![Seth Barishansky, MS, MD](../images/alumni/2019/seth-barishansky.jpg)
Seth Barishansky, MS, MD
Previous Institution/Home Country: Yeshiva University
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018
Graduation Year: 2019
Project Title: Investigating the influence of estrogen on Notch signaling in reproductive tissues
![Zhangying (Jennie) Chen, MS](../images/alumni/2019/chen-zhangying.jpeg)
Zhangying (Jennie) Chen, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: BS – Integrative Biology, University of Illinois, USA
Thesis Mentor: Serdar Bulun, MD
Matriculation Year: 2017
Graduation Year: 2019
Project Title: Utilizing Next-Generation Sequencing to Explore the Role ofH3K27me3in Endometriosis
![Alexandra Fontaine, MS](../images/alumni/2019/fontaine-alexandra.jpeg)
Alexandra Fontaine, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: Loyola College, USA
Thesis Mentor: Margrit Urbanek, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2017
Graduation Year: 2019
Project Title: The role of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) in ovarian steroidogenesis
![DreAna Heidenreich, MS](../images/alumni/2019/dreana-heidenreich.jpg)
DreAna Heidenreich, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: University of Dubuque, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018
Graduation Year: 2019
Project Title: Investigating the influence of estrogen on Notch signaling in reproductive tissues
![Kaitlin Hitt, MS](../images/alumni/2019/hitt-kaitlin.jpeg)
Kaitlin Hitt, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: Lewis University, USA
Thesis Mentor: Serdar Bulun, MD
Matriculation Year: 2017
Graduation Year: 2019
Project Title: Silibinin: A Novel Treatment for Uterine Leiomyoma
![Amber Kuhn, MS](../images/alumni/2019/amber_kuhn.jpg)
Amber Kuhn, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: Marshall University, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018
Graduation Year: 2019
Project Title: Investigating the effects of a novel ECM scaffold on patient-derived 3D organoids of breast cancer cells
![Anne Lenzo, MS](../images/alumni/2019/lenzo-anne-150x225.jpg)
Anne Lenzo, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: Winston-Salem State University, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018
Graduation Year: 2019
Project Title: Characterization of vascular defects in placental development in a rat model of preeclampsia
![Xingyi Lyu, MS](../images/alumni/2019/sherry_lyu.jpg)
Xingyi Lyu, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: University of Washington, China
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018
Graduation Year: 2019
Project Title: Investigating the effects of a novel ECM scaffold on patient-derived 3D organoids of breast cancer cells
![Jordan Machlin, MS](../images/alumni/2019/machlin-jordan.jpeg)
Jordan Machlin, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: Brandeis University, USA
Thesis Mentor: Francesca Duncan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2017
Graduation Year: 2019
Project Title: Expression of the inflammatory cytokine TGFb3 increases in the human ovary with advanced reproductive age
![Sharron Manuel, MS, MD, PhD](../images/alumni/2019/manuel-sharron.jpeg)
Sharron Manuel, MS, MD, PhD
Previous Institution/Home Country: Drexel University, USA
Thesis Mentor: Francesca Duncan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2017
Graduation Year: 2019
Project Title: Examining the Age-Associated Relationship between Collagen and Hyaluronan Content in the Human Ovary
![Hyebin Han Roh, MS](../images/alumni/2019/roh-hyebin.jpeg)
Hyebin Han Roh, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: Olivet Nazarene University, South Korea
Thesis Mentor: Daniela Matei, MD
Matriculation Year: 2017
Graduation Year: 2019
Project Title: CRISPR-Cas9 editing of Tissue Transglutaminase in an Ovarian Cancer Model
![Jennifer Rowley, MS](../images/alumni/2019/rowley-jennifer.jpeg)
Jennifer Rowley, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: Washington University, USA
Thesis Mentor: Francesca Duncan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2017
Graduation Year: 2019
Project Title: Low Molecular Weight Hyaluronan Induces Inflammatory Gene Expression in Ovarian Stromal Cells and Impairs Gamete Development in vitro
![Cynthia Salas, MS](../images/alumni/2019/salas-cynthia.jpeg)
Cynthia Salas, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: Suny College Cortland, USA
Thesis Mentor: Christopher Payne, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2017
Graduation Year: 2019
Project Title: Using an optimized fructose incremental supplementation regimen (OFISR) to assess the impact of NUCC-0139131 on sperm motility in vitro
![Nana Sarpong, MS, MD](../images/alumni/2019/nana_sarpong.jpg)
Nana Sarpong, MS, MD
Previous Institution/Home Country: University of Ghana Medical School, Ghana
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018
Graduation Year: 2019
Project Title: Characterization of vascular defects in placental development in a rat model of preeclampsia
![Leah Simon, MS](../images/alumni/2019/simon-leah-elizabath.jpeg)
Leah Simon, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: University of Illinois at Chicago, India
Thesis Mentor: Francesca Duncan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2017
Graduation Year: 2019
Project Title: Age-specific fully-and hypo-glycosylated follicle stimulating hormone glycoforms are bioactive in isolated murine secondary follicles
![Kristy Tse, MS](../images/alumni/2019/kristy_tse.jpg)
Kristy Tse, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: University of California- San Diego, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2018
Graduation Year: 2019
Project Title: Investigating the effects of a novel ECM scaffold on patient-derived 3D organoids of breast cancer cells
2018
![Azza Akasha, MS, MD](../images/alumni/2018/akasha-mohamed-azza-mohamed.jpeg)
Azza Akasha, MS, MD
Previous Institution/Home Country: University of Khartoum, Sudan
Thesis Mentor: J. Julie Kim, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2016
Graduation Year: 2018
Project Title: The effect of selective progesterone receptor modulators in breast cancer cells
![Sergio Cardona-Gonzalez, MS, MD](../images/alumni/2018/cardona-gonzalez-sergio.jpeg)
Sergio Cardona-Gonzalez, MS, MD
Previous Institution/Home Country: Univ. of Puerto Rico Arecibo (USA) / Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2017
Graduation Year: 2018
Project Title: Characterization of vascular defects in placental development in a rat model of preeclampsia
![Shelia Egan, MS](../images/alumni/2018/egan-sheila-150x225.jpg)
Shelia Egan, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: University of Illinois At Urbana (USA) / Dominican University, USA
Non-Thesis Mentor: Pamela Monahan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2017
Graduation Year: 2018
Project Title: Characterization of vascular defects in placental development in a rat model of preeclampsia
![Allison Grover, MS](../images/alumni/2018/grover-allison.jpeg)
Allison Grover, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: McGill University/Northwestern
Thesis Mentor: Francesca Duncan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2016
Graduation Year: 2018
Project Title: Use of a Small Animal Radiation Research Platform (SARRP) facilitates analysis of systemic versus targeted radiation effects in the mouse ovary
![Dana Kimelman, MS, MD](../images/alumni/2018/kimelman-dana-150x225.jpg)
Dana Kimelman, MS, MD
Previous Institution/Home Country: Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay
Thesis Mentor: Mary Ellen Pavone, MD
Matriculation Year: 2016
Graduation Year: 2018
Project Title: Aneuploidy screening with PGS in anIVF patient population
![Atsuko Kato, MS, MD](../images/alumni/2018/kato-atsuko.jpeg)
Atsuko Kato, MS, MD
Previous Institution/Home Country: Kyroin University, Japan
Thesis Mentor: Francesca Duncan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2016
Graduation Year: 2018
Project Title: Assessment of Egg Quality Parameters During the Prepubertal Transition
![Yi Luan, MS](../images/alumni/2018/luan-yi.jpeg)
Yi Luan, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: China Agricultural University, China
Thesis Mentor: So-Youn Kim, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2016
Graduation Year: 2018
Project Title: Cyclophosphamide induces the death of primordial follicles, not ovarian follicle burnout
![Megan Runge, MS](../images/alumni/2018/runge-megan.jpeg)
Megan Runge, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: Hampshire College, USA
Thesis Mentor: Teresa Woodruff, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2016
Graduation Year: 2018
Project Title: Mobile Health Technology for Reproductive Health Tracking and Education
![Luhan (Tracy) Zhou, MS](../images/alumni/2018/zhou-luhan.jpeg)
Luhan (Tracy) Zhou, MS
Previous Institution/Home Country: University of Rochester, USA
Thesis Mentor: Francesca Duncan, PhD
Matriculation Year: 2016
Graduation Year: 2018
Project Title: O-GlcNAcylationis a prominent post-translational modification in bovine and human oocytes