Dr. Andrea Wegrzynowicz ‘19 - Career Path and Research Work

As part of the Bicentennial Chemistry Department Alumni Symposium, Dr. Wegrzynowich '19 will give a presentation on her career path and research work since graduating from Lafayette College in 2019.

Andrea Killian Wegrzynowicz (BS Biochemistry '19) is a women’s health researcher currently working as a postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Aleksandar Stanic in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, studying the role of the immune system in female infertility. At Lafayette, she worked with Dr. Justin Hines, and then earned her PhD in Biochemistry with Dr. Katherine Henzler-Wildman at UW-Madison, investigating a protein that contributes to antibiotic resistance in bacteria. During her PhD, she also discovered an interest in undergraduate teaching and ran a seminar course on “Biochemistry of Human Reproduction.” Dr. Wegrzynowicz has presented her work at several national conferences, most recently winning the President’s Presenter Award at the Society for Reproductive Investigation, and has published numerous papers about protein biochemistry, reproductive immunology, and infertility. Finally, this summer she will begin a new role as an Assistant Professor of Biology at Colby College, and is excited to be back at a liberal arts college and start the “W” lab!