Angela Dean

Angela is a T32 postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Jodi Flaws’ lab in the Department of Comparative Biosciences. Her research focuses on understanding how phthalate exposure influences the aryl hydrocarbon receptor signaling pathway in the ovary during reproductive aging. Phthalates are synthetic chemicals that are used as plasticizers, and she is working with di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and diisononyl phthalate (DiNP), as well as a mixture of phthalates. Her current project proposes to examine how different doses of these phthalates affects the aryl hydrocarbon receptor signaling pathway in the ovary over the course of a year in a mouse model, as well as if these phthalates mediate an effect in the ovary through interacting with the aryl hydrocarbon receptor.