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CURRICULUM VITAE ~ Zachary A. Kipp

CONTENT ORGANIZATION

  1. GENERAL INFORMATION

    Office Address, Email, Telephone

  2. EDUCATION

    Undergraduate, Professional/Graduate

  3. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

  4. ADVISING ACTIVITIES

  5. HONORS & AWARDS

  6. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, PUBLIC SERVICE & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

    Memberships

  7. RESEARCH & INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

    Publications and Abstract Presentations

Date Prepared: August 24, 2022

CURRICULUM VITAE

Zachary Kipp
Pharmacology Ph.D. Student
Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
University of Kentucky College of Medicine

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

Address
Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
760 Press Avenue
Healthy Kentucky Research Building, Room 223
Lexington, KY, 40508
 
Email: Zachary.Kipp@uky.edu
Telephone: 734-770-5803

II. EDUCATION

Undergraduate 

09/2018-12/2020
University of Toledo | Toledo, Ohio
Bachelor of Science, Biology with a minor in Chemistry
GPA 3.914
Relevant Coursework: Biology, Anatomy & Physiology, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Genetics, and Biological Literature and Communication.

Professional/Graduate

08/2021-present
University of Kentucky College of Medicine | Lexington, KY
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Pharmacology
GPA 4.0
Mentor: Dr. Terry Hinds, Jr.
Relevant Coursework: Biomolecules and Metabolism, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Practical Statistics, Ethics in Scientific Research, Cell Biology and Signaling, and Physiological Communications

Professional Development

05/2018-3/2022National Registry of Emergency Medicine Technicians (NREMT)
05/2018-presentEmergency Medical Technician, State of Ohio
01/2021Occupational Health and Safety, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science Foundation (AALAS Learning Library) course, University of Kentucky
01/2021AVMA Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals: 2020 Edition, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science Foundation (AALAS Learning Library) course, University of Kentucky
01/2021Working with the IACUC, American Association for Laboratory Animal Science Foundation (AALAS Learning Library) course, University of Kentucky
01/2021Responsible Conduct of Research, Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) course, University of Kentucky
01/2021Hazardous Waste Training Program, Environmental Management Department course, University of Kentucky
01/2021Fire Safety Training Program, Fire Marshal's Office course, University of Kentucky
01/2021Chemical Hygiene Plan (Lab Safety) Training Program, Occupational Health and Safety Department course, University of Kentucky
01/2021Human Research, Group 1 Biomedical Investigators and Key Personnel, Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) course, University of Kentucky
01/2021Biosafety Training Program, Biosafety Department course, University of Kentucky
01/2021Bloodborne Pathogens Training Program, Occupational Health and Safety Department course, University of Kentucky

III. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

05/2018-02/2020
Mobile Care Group
Toledo, Ohio
Emergency Medical Technician, full-time

02/2020-12/2020
Donald Martens and Sons
Toledo, Ohio
Emergency Medical Technician, full-time
 
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
01/2021-08/2021 – Lab Technician, full-time
08/2021-present – Graduate Research Assistant, full-time

IV. ADVISING ACTIVITIES

Near-Peer Mentor for Summer Student Enrichment Program at the University of Kentucky

2021
Zachary Grissom, Summer Student SURF trainee at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, graduation 2022
Current: Undergraduate Pre-Medicine Biology Student at the University of Miami, Miami, Florida

V. HONORS, AWARDS & SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC RECOGNITION

2018

Dean’s List, University of Toledo

2019

Dean’s List, University of Toledo

2019

Awarded Undergraduate Summer Research and Creative Activities Program grant from the Office of Undergraduate Research of the University of Toledo (administratively withheld due to COVID-19)

2020

Dean’s List, University of Toledo

VI. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, PUBLIC SERVICE & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Memberships

2021-present – American Physiological Society

2022-present – American Heart Association
 
Poster Contest Judge

2021-2021
Judge, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Summer Undergraduate Research Experiences in Environmental Health Sciences (SURES)
Poster Judge for Competition

2022-2022
Judge, University of Kentucky Area Health Education Center, Health Researchers Youth Academy Camp.
Poster Judge for Competition

VII. RESEARCH & INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

A. PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Original Research in Professional Scientific Journals

University of Toledo College of Medicine

1. *Hasan Alhaddad, *Darren Gordon, Richard L. Bell, Erin E. Jarvis, Zachary A. Kipp, Terry D. Hinds, Jr.#, Youssef Sari#. Chronic ethanol consumption alters glucocorticoid receptor isoform expression in stress neurocircuits and mesocorticolimbic brain regions of alcohol-preferring rats. Neuroscience. (2020). PMID: 32353460.

University of Kentucky College of Medicine

2. Darren M. Gordon, Stephen H. Hong, Zachary A Kipp, and Terry D. Hinds, Jr.* Identification of binding regions of bilirubin in the ligand binding pocket of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α (PPARα). Molecules. (2021). PMID: 34067839.

3. Terry D. Hinds, Jr.*, Zachary A. Kipp, Mei Xu, Frederique B. Yiannikouris, Andrew J. Morris, Donald F. Stec, Walter Wahli, and David E. Stec* Adipose-specific PPARα knockout mice have increased lipogenesis by PASK-SREBP1 signaling and a polarity shift to inflammatory macrophages in white adipose tissue. Cells. (2021) PMID: 35011564.

***Featured Paper

4. Justin F. Creeden, Zachary A. Kipp, Mei Xu, Robert M. Flight, Hunter N. B. Moseley, Genesee Martinez, Wang-Hsin Lee, Khaled Alganem, Ali S. Imami, Megan R. McMullen, Sanjoy Roychowdhury, Atta M. Nawabi, Jennifer A. Hipp, Samir Softic, Steven A. Weinman, Robert McCullumsmith, Laura E. Nagy, Terry D. Hinds, Jr.* Hepatic Kinome Atlas: An In-Depth Identification of Kinase Pathways in Liver Fibrosis of Humans and Rodents. Hepatology. (2022) PMID: 35313030.

5. Erin Maher, Zachary A. Kipp, Jonna M. Leyrer-Jackson, Shailesh Khatri, Emma Bondy, Genesee J. Martinez, Joshua S. Beckmann, Terry D. Hinds, Jr., Heather A. Bimonte-Nelson, Cassandra D. Gipson. Ovarian hormones regulate nicotine consumption and accumbens glutamatergic plasticity in female rats. eNeuro. (2022) PMID:

Submitted Manuscripts & Manuscripts Near Submission, University of Kentucky

1. Olufunto Badmus^, Zachary A. Kipp^, Evelyn A. Bates, Alexandre A. da Silva, Lucy C. Taylor, Genesee J. Martinez, Wang-Hsin Lee, Justin F. Creeden, Terry D. Hinds, Jr.*, David Stec* The loss of hepatic PPARα prompts fatty liver disease-induced hypertension and cardiovascular disease. Submitted to Hypertension.

^authors contributed equally   *co-corresponding authors 

B. ABSTRACT PRESENTATIONS

University of Kentucky College of Medicine
 
National

1. Zachary A. Kipp, Mei Xu, Frederique B. Yiannikouris, Andrew J. Morris, Donald F. Stec, Walter Wahli, David E. Stec, and Terry D. Hinds, Jr. (2022) The loss of PPARα in adipocytes induces lipogenesis via the PASK-SREBP1 signaling Experimental Biology EB2022 Conference. Philadelphia, PA.

2. Mei Xu, Genesee Martinez, Zachary Kipp, Terry D. Hinds, Jr. (2022) Glucocorticoid Receptor Beta as a Contributor to Prostate Cancer Growth and Migration. Experimental Biology EB2022 Conference. Philadelphia, PA.

Local

3. Zachary Grissom, Zachary Kipp, and Terry D. Hinds, Jr. (2021) The Vitamin D Receptor (VDR) Increases Transcription of Biliverdin Reductase (BVRA). Summer Training in Environmental Health and Pharmacological Sciences (SURES) Program, University of Kentucky College of Medicine.

4. Malik Appleton, Zachary Kipp, and Terry D. Hinds, Jr. (2021) FKBP51, FKBP52, and PP5 as mediators of Nuclear Receptors in Metabolism. Diabetes and Obesity Summer Fellows program, University of Kentucky College of Medicine.

5. Zachary A. Kipp, Mei Xu, and Terry D. Hinds, Jr. (2022) Vitamin D3 and Bilirubin Synergism Lowers Lipid Accumulation and Cholesterol 13th Annual Trainee Poster Session, University of Kentucky College of Medicine.

6. Wang-Hsin Lee, Zachary Kipp, Mei Xu, Genesee J. Martinez, Edwin R. Sanchez, Terry Hinds, Jr. (2022) Protein Phosphatase 5 Inversely Regulates PPARγ and PPARα Transcriptional Activity to Control Fatty Acid Metabolism. 13th Annual Trainee Poster Session, University of Kentucky College of Medicine.

7. Sally N. Pauss, Zachary A. Kipp, Cassandra D. Gipson, and Terry D. Hinds, Jr. (2022) Estrogen Induces Nicotine Use in Females, and OLFM1 and OLFM3 Summer Training in Environmental Health and Pharmacological Sciences (SURES) Program, University of Kentucky College of Medicine.

8. Sydney Schoff, Zachary Kipp and Terry D. Hinds, Jr. (2022) Effects of Urobilin and Bilirubin on C2C12 Myotubes Fusion. Summer Training in Environmental Health and Pharmacological Sciences (SURES) Program, University of Kentucky College of Medicine.

9. Zachary A. Kipp, Mei Xu, Frederique B. Yiannikouris, Andrew J. Morris, Donald F. Stec, Walter Wahli, David Stec, and Terry D. Hinds, Jr. (2022) PPARalpha in adipose tissue has a sexual dimorphic effect on adiposity. 12th Annual Barnstable Brown Diabetes and Obesity Research, University of Kentucky.

10. Wang-Hsin Lee, Zachary A. Kipp, Evelyn A. Bates, Genesee J. Martinez, Mei Xu, and Terry D. Hinds, Jr. (2022) FOXS1 is a key transcription factor in hepatic stellate cells that promotes liver fibrosis 12th Annual Barnstable Brown Diabetes and Obesity Research, University of Kentucky.