Amber is doing her post doctoral training in the lab of John Allan Hanover, Ph.D., NIH.
Education
Ph.D., Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota, 2020
Thesis: Islet O-GlcNAcylation in the Context of Beta Cell Secretory Adaptation to Obesity
Advisor: Emilyn Alejandro, Ph.D.
B.S., Neuroscience, University of Minnsota, 2009
B.S., Biological Sciences, University of Chicago, 2004
Awards
- 2020 Bacaner Research Award
- 2018 11th Annual Midwest Islet Club, Best Poster Award, 2nd Place
- 2019 Steer Family Award in Diabetes Research
- 2017 Visscher Young Investigator Competition, 1st Place
- 2017 Lifson-Johnson Memorial Award for excellence in physiology teaching
- 2017 Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation, Institutional Nomination
- 2015 Allan Hemingway Scholarship for excellence in academic performance