PUBLICATIONS

Yoo*, W., Gjuka*, D. et al. “Fatty acids in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: Focus on pentadecanoic acid” PLOS ONE, 2017.

*indicating equal contribution/first co-authorship

 HONORS AND AWARDS

• “Provost’s Graduate Excellence Fellowship” - $30,000 for five years of the PhD degree (Fall 2015-May 2020), The University of Texas at Austin
•  Summa cum laude, Honors Program (August 2009-May 2013), Texas Lutheran University
• “Student of the Year”, 2012-13, Texas Lutheran University
• “Education for Peace Scholarship” - Full tuition scholarship throughout the undergraduate career/ $30,000 annually (Summer 2009-May 2013), Texas Lutheran University
• Provost’s List (Fall 2009-May 2013), Texas Lutheran University
• SACUCCA Achievement Award (Spring 2010) $500

 PRESENTATIONS

• “Understanding How Tumor Microenvironment Governs Breast Cancer Stem Cell Plasticity and Malignancy in vitro”
  • Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston, MA (July 2012)
• “Replication of Ni-ARD’s Active Site Structure: Synthesis of 6-H-DPPN ligand and [Zn^II(O^Ph(6-H-DPPN))]⁺ Metal Complex”
  • Alpha Chi National Conference, Baltimore, MD (April 2012)
  • Texas Chemical Society Conference, Austin, TX (Fall 2011)
  • TLU Academic Symposium, TLU (Fall 2011 and Spring 2012)

TEACHING ASISSTANT POSITIONS:

Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin (Fall 2017)

Microbiology Lab, The University of Texas at Austin (Spring 2018)