Monica K VanKlompenberg

EDUCATION

• 2013, Ph.D., Animal Biology, University of California, Davis
• 2008, B.S., Animal Science, Michigan State University

PROFESSIONAL WORK

• 2022 - PresentSenior Lecturer and Internship Coordinator, Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland
• 2016-2022, Lecturer and Internship Coordinator, Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, University of Maryland
• 2013-2016, Postdoctoral Fellow, Indiana University – School of Medicine, South Bend
• 2008-2013, Graduate Researcher, University of California, Davis

AWARDS

• 2025     Provost's Excellence Award to Professional Track Faculty in Teaching
• 2023     Paul R. Poffenberger Teaching and Advising Excellence Award
• 2022     NACTA Educator Award
• 2022     AGNR Student Council Outstanding Club Advisor
• 2021     AGNR Student Technology Fee Grant
• 2021     UMD LAUNCH Certificate, UMD Provost Office
• 2020     UMD Provost Office Teaching Innovations Grant
• 2019     AGNR On Campus PTK  Excellence Award
• 2012     2nd Place Ph.D. Student Oral Presentation, American Dairy Science Association
• 2012     Tucker Appreciation Club Travel Award
• 2011     National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow International Travel Award

TEACHING

Current Course Offerings:

• ANSC201 - Anatomy and Physiology of Domestic Animals (Lecture and Lab, Fall and Spring)
• ANSC247 - Goat Management (Spring)
• ANSC359 - Internship Experience in Animal and Avian Sciences (Fall, Spring, and Summer)

Previous Course Offerings

• ANSC212/214 - Applied Animal Physiology Lecture and Laboratory (Spring)
• ANSC262 - Commercial Poultry Management
• ANSC379 - Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Seminar
• ANSC417 - Regulatory Issues in Animal Care and Management
• ANSC443 - Physiology of Lactation
• ANSC444/644 - Domestic Animal Endocrinology
• ANSC446 - Physiology of Mammalian Reproduction
• ANSC450 - Animal Breeding Plans
• ANSC452 - Avian Physiology                 

TEACHING SCHOLARSHIP

• VanKlompenberg, M.K., 2024. Lessons Learned in Developing a Discipline-Specific Faculty Learning Community. North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Annual Meeting. Wooster, OH. Oral Talk.
• VanKlompenberg, M.K., 2023. Using Google Sites as a platform for creating team projects in upper-level courses. North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Annual Meeting. Las Cruces, NM. Poster
• VanKlompenberg, M.K. 2022. Innovative Internship Experience: Combining Scholarship with Practice. North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture Annual Meeting. Wooster, OH. Poster - Presented Virtually
• McLean, M. and VanKlompenberg, M.K. 2022. University of Maryland Innovations in Teaching and Learning Conference, Classroom Escape Rooms Using Google Forms as a method to improve student engagement in varying class sizes. Workshop
• VanKlompenberg, M.K. 2020. Increasing Student Engagement in Online Courses Using a Digital Escape Room. Michigan State University Department of Animal Science Teaching Seminar Series. Invited Virtual Talk.

Grants and Fellowships

• 2024 College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Student Technology Grant, Refreshing Technology for the                ANSC Laboratory Classes. Award to ANSC Department. PI: Monica VanKlompenberg. $12,344
• 2024  Jorgensen Foundation Grant, Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, Student Beef Industry Tour and               Career Experience, Spring 2025. Awarded to Racheal Slattery and Monica VanKlompenberg, Co-PIs $5000.
• 2023  Jorgensen Foundation Grant, Department of Animal and Avian Sciences, Student Beef Industry Tour and               Career Experience, Spring 2024. Awarded to Racheal Slattery and Monica VanKlompenberg, Co-PIs $4,760.
• 2023  College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Student Technology Grant “Using ultrasound technology to             enhance student learning” $17,500
• 2021   College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Student Technology Grant. “Expanding Student Experiences           and Skills Through Animal Simulation Technology” $14,636.97
• 2020  Teaching Innovations Grant, UMD Provost Office. Awarded to develop ANSC446 and ANSC447 for Fall 2020  Funding supported Dr. Monica VanKlompenberg as PI and Megan McLean, ANSC Lab Coordinator.                       University of Maryland, College Park, MD, $10,477.86
• 2018-19 Elevate Fellowship for Course Redesign of ANSC 212/214 Applied Animal Physiology at University of                     Maryland, College Park, MD, $8000
• 2010     National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
• 2008     UC Davis Graduate Scholars Fellowship

PUBLICATIONS

• Astarita, E. M., Maloney, S. M., Hoover, C. A., Berkeley, B. J., VanKlompenberg, M. K., Nair, T. M., & Prosperi, J. R. (2021). Adenomatous Polyposis Coli loss controls cell cycle regulators and response to paclitaxel in MDA-MB-157 metaplastic breast cancer cells. PloS one, 16(8), e0255738. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255738
• VanKlompenberg, M.K., E. Leyden, A.H. Arnason, J-T Zhang, C.D. Stefanski & J.R. Prosperi. 2017. APC loss in breast cancer leads to doxorubicin resistance via STAT3 activation. Oncotarget 8(61):1028680-102879. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.22263
• VanKlompenberg, M.K., R. Manjarin, C.E. Donovan, J.F. Trott and R.C. Hovey. 2016. Regulation and localization of vascular endothelial growth factor within the mammary glands during the transition from late gestation to lactation. Domestic Animal Endocrinology, 54:37-47.
• VanKlompenberg, M.K., C.O. Bedalov, K. Fernandaz-Soto and J.R. Prosperi. 2015: APC mediates chemotherapeutic responsiveness of breast cancer. BMC Cancer 15:457.
• Schennink, A., J.F. Trott, G.E. Berryhill, C.E. Donovan, R. Manjarin, M.K. VanKlompenberg, A.R. Rowson-Hodel, M-Y.O Luis, and R.C. Hovey. 2015. Alcohol intake stimulates epithelial proliferation in an authentic model of the human breast. Reproductive Toxicology 54:93-100.
• Cánovas, A., G. Rincón, C. Bevilacqua, A. Islas-Trejo, P. Brenaut, R.C. Hovey, M. Boutinaud, M.K. VanKlompenberg, P. Martin and J.F. Medrano.2014. Comparison of five different RNA sources to examine the lactating bovine mammary gland transcriptome using RNA-Sequencing. Sci. Rep. 4:5297.
• VanKlompenberg M.K., R. Manjarin, J.F. Trott, H.F. McMicking and R.C. Hovey. 2013. Late-gestational hyperprolactinemia accelerates mammary epithelial cell differentiation that leads to increased milk yield. J Anim Sci. 91(3):1102-1111.
• Berger, T., A. Conley, M. Van Klompenberg, J.F. Roser and R.C. Hovey. 2013. Increased testicular sertoli cell population induced by an estrogen receptor antagonist. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 366(1):53-58.
• Trott J.F., A. Schennink, W.K. Petrie, R. Manjarin, M.K. VanKlompenberg and R.C. Hovey. 2012. Prolactin: The multi-faceted potentiator of mammary growth and function. J Anim Sci. 90(5):1674-86.
• VanKlompenberg, M.K., H.F. McMicking and R.C. Hovey. 2012. A vacuum-assisted approach for biopsying the mammary glands of various species. J Dairy Sci. 95(1):243-246.