Dr. Egbert joined the UConn Health faculty in 2016 after postdoctoral training in the lab of Prof. Laurinda Jaffe at UConn Health. As a postdoc, Dr. Egbert studied the mechanisms by which luteinizing hormone (LH) signaling rapidly reduces cGMP levels in the granulosa cells of ovarian follicles. The decrease in cGMP levels causes the oocyte to resume meiosis, which is required for the oocyte to be fertilized. Dr. Egbert is currently using novel mice that express different calcium sensors and confocal microscopy to study the mechanisms and functions of calcium increases within granulosa cells in response to the gonadotropins follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH). Dr. Egbert received his PhD in 2011 from Washington State University, working in the lab of Prof. Hubert Schwabl to study the sources of variation in the levels of avian yolk steroids, which impact offspring health and behavior.

Education

Degree	Institution	Major
BS	Boise State University	Biology
MS	Washington State University	Zoology
PhD	Washington State University	Zoology

Post-Graduate Training

Training	Institution	Specialty
Scientific Training	Marine Biological Laboratory	Attended Frontiers in Reproduction, a 6-week scientific training course May — June 2011.

Awards

Name of Award/Honor	Awarding Organization
Trainee Travel Fund Award, SSR annual meeting.	Larry Ewing Memorial
Brislawn Graduate Fellowship	WSU
Abelson Science Scholarship (3 years)	WSU
2003 Best Poster Award	Cooper Ornithological Society meeting, Flagstaff, AZ
Associate Member, Sigma Xi	The Scientific Research Society, BSU Chapter
Top Ten Scholars Award, 2002 — 2003 academic year.	Boise State University
Scholarship, BSU (4 years)	Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation

Journal Articles

Title or Abstract	Type	Sponsor/Event	Date/Year	Location
Effect of tamoxifen on yolk steroid levels in house sparrows: toward a mechanism of yolk steroid accumulation	Talk	American Ornithologist’s Union meeting	2009	Philadelphia, PA
A novel experimental test of the relationship between plasma and yolk testosterone levels in the house sparrow (Passer domesticus)	Talk	Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology meeting	2007	Phoenix, AZ
Behavioral and endocrine responses of female house sparrows to a social challenge: the relationship between plasma and yolk testosterone	Poster	North American Ornithological Congress	2006	Veracruz, Mexico
Wing shape in house finches differs relative to migratory habit in eastern and western North America	Poster	Cooper Ornithological Society meeting	2003	Flagstaff, AZ