Resume

• 2006

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

  Behavioral Neuroscience

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Online and Blended Teaching

  University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

• 1998

  Master of Science (MS)

  Medical Neurobiology

  Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis

• 1994

  Bachelor’s Degree

  Psychology

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast

  Teaching

  Higher Education

  Microscopy

  PCR

  Developmental Neuroscience Research

  Research

  Behavioral Neuroscience Research

  Science

  Cell Biology

  Molecular Biology

  Experimental Design

  Western Blotting

  Physiology

  Data Analysis

  University Teaching

  Statistics

  Scientific Writing

  Immunohistochemistry

  Neuroscience

  Biochemistry

  Gonadectomy before puberty increases the number of neurons and glia in the medial prefrontal cortex of female

  but not male

  rats.

  Gonadectomy before puberty increases the number of neurons and glia in the medial prefrontal cortex of female

  but not male

  rats.

  Different effects of subchronic doses of 17-beta estradiol in two ethologically based models of anxiety utilizing female rats.

  Estrogenic regulation of memory consolidation: A look beyond the hippocampus

  ovaries

  and females.

  Delayed alternation in adolescent and adult male and female rats.

  Effects of ethanol during adolescence on the number of neurons and glia in the medial prefrontal cortex and basolateral amygdala of adult male and female rats

  The effects of long-term treatment with estradiol and medroxyprogesterone acetate on tyrosine hydroxylase fibers and neuron number in the medial prefrontal cortex of aged female rats.

  Sex differences in hippocampal function

  Estrogen effects on the forced swim test differ in two outbred rat strains.

  Beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate ameliorates aging effects in the dendritic tree of pyramidal neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex of both male and female rats.

  Dendritic remodeling in the adolescent medial prefrontal cortex and the basolateral amygdala of male and female rats

  Wendy

  Koss

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  National Institute of Mental Health

  Eli Lilly and Company

  Children's National Medical Center

  Purdue University

  University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

  Montgomery College

  Visiting Scientist

  Indianapolis

  Indiana Area

  Eli Lilly and Company

  Research Associate

  Greater Milwaukee Area

  University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

  Bethesda

  MD

  Senior Research Technician

  National Institute of Mental Health

  PhD student/ Teaching Assistant

  Urbana-Champaign

  Illinois Area

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  West Lafayette

  IN

  Rodent Behavior Core Director

  Purdue University

  Rockville

  MD

  Part-time Adjunct Faculty

  Montgomery College

  Research Postdoctoral Fellow

  Washington D.C. Metro Area

  Children's National Medical Center

  Society for Neuroscience

  Excellence in Teaching

  Received the award for 6 semesters while teaching and coordinating lab/lecture course.

  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign