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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Alumni and Former Lab Members

Rosemary Dong, BS (Jan. 2022 - Jan. 2023)
Rosemary Dong

  • Education: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
  • Kim Lab: Technologist
  • Current: Prep for Medical School
  • Project: Vasculature Damage in the Ovary by Chemotherapy
  • Achievements:
    • Book Chapter (Molecular mechanisms determining mammalian oocyte quality with the treatment of cancer therapy. Dong R., et al. 2023. Spring Nature)
    • Selected to present work in Poster Symposium/Rapid Fire Presentations at CHRI Conference (Nov. 4, 2022)
    • Selected 3rd place for poster presentation, the MSPS 2022, Vermillion, SD (Oct 7-8, 2022)
    • A judge for the State Science and Engineering Competition at the Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences (Apr. 21, 2022)
    • 14 posters in total

Maya Eldani, BS (Nov. 2018 – Aug. 2020)
Maya Eldani

  • Education: Wichita State University
  • Kim Lab: Technologist
  • Current: Master's Student at Wichita State University
  • Project: Ovarian Damage by Chemotherapy
  • Achievements:
    • Eldani M, Luan Y, Xu PC, Barger T, Kim SY. Continuous treatment with low-dose cisplatin induces the oocyte death of primordial follicles without activation. 2020 Aug 23. The FASEB Journal (PMID: 32830364)
    • 19 posters in total
    • 2 papers

Ibrahim Elesh, PhD (Oct. 2021 – Aug. 2022)

  • Education: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Egypt
  • Kim Lab: Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Current: Lecturer, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University
  • Project: Cachexia
  • Achievement:
    • Judge for the State Science and Engineering Competition at the Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences (Apr.21.2022)
  • 6 posters in total
  • 1 paper

Heng Jiang, M

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Education: UNMC College of Medicine, Omaha, NE, 2023


Yi Luan, MS (Sept. 2019 – Dec. 2022)
Yi Luan

  • Education: Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
  • Kim Lab: PhD student
  • Current: Senior Scientist, AstraZeneca
  • Project: Role of TAp63 in the oocyte
  • Achievements:
    • Selected to present work in Poster Symposium/Rapid Fire Presentations at CHRI Conference on Nov. 4th
    • Selected 1st place for Poster presentation, the MSPS 2022, Vermillion, SD (Oct 7-8)
    • Outstanding Poster Presentation Award (post-comprehensive) at the 2022 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Annual Research Symposium
    • Outstanding Performance Award (Best Comprehensive Examination) at the 2022 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Annual Research Symposium
    • An Outstanding Abstract Award in conjunction with ENDO 2022, Atlanta, GA (June 11-14)
    • Judge for the State Science and Engineering Competition at the Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences (Apr.21.2022)
    • Trainee Travel Award, Society for the Study of Reproductive 54th Annual Meeting in 2021
    • 1st place for poster presentation (graduate student category) at the Midlands Society for Physiological Sciences in 2021
    • Endocrine Society Outstanding Abstract Award, ENDO EXPO 2021
    • Top viewed paper in 2019; Journal of Endocrinology 2020
    • 47 posters in total
    • 10 papers
    • 1 book chapter

Emma C. Morris (June-August, 2024)

Emma Morris

  • Education: University of Nebraska Lincoln
  • Kim Lab: SURP summer student
  • Project: Effect of GW9662, PPARy Antagonist, in Granulosa Cell Tumor Mouse Model

Wend Kuni Rodrigue Oeudraogo, BS (Summer, 2019)

  • Education: University of Nebraska – Lincoln
  • Kim Lab: Volunteer Student

Amelia Podolny (June – Aug. 2021)
Amelia Podolny

  • Education:  Olaf College
  • Kim Lab: SURP summer student
  • Project: Role of KIT in ovarian reserve
  • Achievement:
    • 1 poster (Role of oocyte-specific cKIT on development of ovarian reserve. Summer Undergraduate Research Program. Aug. 12. 2021.)

Macy Thonen, BS (June – Aug. 2022)
Macy Thonen

  • Education: University of Nebraska Medical Center
  • Kim Lab: SURP summer student (M1)
  • Current: University of Nebraska Medical Center (M2)
  • Project: The Ovarian Toxicity Of Busulfan And Cyclophosphamide In Mouse Model
  • Achievements:
    • 2022 Research Experience for Graduate and Medical Students award from the ENDOCRINE SOCIETY
    • Medical Student Summer Research Program award from UNMC
    • 2 posters (MSBRF, ACOG)

Pauline C. Xu, BS (Mar. 2019 – Feb. 2022)
Pauline Xu, PhD

  • Education: University of Maryland
  • Kim Lab: PhD student
  • Current: University of Nebraska Medical Center (M3)
  • Project: PDAC-driven cancer cachexia
  • Achievements:
    • 1st place for Oral presentation in the MD, PhD Category at Child Health Research Institute Conference at UNMC
    • UNMC Graduate Studies Program of Excellence Assistantship
    • Trainee Travel Awardee, Gilbert S. Greenwald Symposium on Reproduction
    • 40 posters in total
    • 5 papers

Seok-Yeong Yu, PhD

Seok-Yeong Yu, PhD

  • Education:
    • PhD - Area of Study: Public Health
    • MS - Area of Study: Nutrition
  • Kim Lab: Postdoctoral Research Associate
  • Selected for Presidential Poster Award Candidate, the ENDO 2023, Chicago, IL (Jun 15-18) 
  • Judge for the State Science and Engineering Competition at the Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences (NJAS) (Apr.20.2023) 
  • Selected Oral presentation (1st place), the MSPS 2022, Vermillion, SD (Oct 7-8)                                  
  • Selected for Presidential Poster Award Candidate, the ENDO 2022, Atlanta, GA (Jun 11-14) 
  • An Outstanding Abstract Award in conjunction with ENDO 2022, Atlanta, GA (Jun 11-14) 
  • Judge for the State Science and Engineering Competition at the Nebraska Junior Academy of Sciences (NJAS) (Apr.21.2022) 
  • Postdoctoral Representative at the MSPS Conference 
  • 1st place for poster presentation (postdoctoral category) at the Midlands Society for Physiological Sciences (MSPS) in 2021 
  • Oral Presentation at Greenwald symposium (2021)