Curriculum Vitae
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Research experience
since Apr 2015: Edinburgh-Zhejiang Lecturer
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (UK)
Jan 2015-Mar 2015: Visiting Scientist
Neuronal Calcium Signalling
Babraham Institute, Cambridge (UK)
Jul 2013-Dec 2014: Lecturer and curriculum fellow
Quantitative biology
Harvard Medical School, Boston (US), Neurobiology Department and Curriculum Fellows Program.
Nov 2010-Jun 2013: Postdoctoral fellow
Modes of regulation of postsynaptic proteins
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (US), Kennedy lab.
Aug 2009-Oct 2010: Postdoctoral fellow
Allosteric regulation and cooperativity in synaptic plasticity
EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute, Cambridge (UK), Le Novère lab.
Jan 2010-Jun 2010: Visiting fellow
Understanding CaMKII regulation through modelling and experiment
Oct 2005-Jul 2009: PhD research
On the function of Calcium-regulated allosteric devices in synaptic plasticity
EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute, Cambridge (UK), Le Novère lab.
2005: Research assistant
Biomathematical cancer models
Jan-Dec 2004: MSc research
Morphological characterisation and genetic mapping of the zebrafish skin mutants pusteln and dandruff
MPI for Developmental Biology, Tübingen (DE), Nüsslein-Volhard lab
Aug-Sep 2003: Summer internship
Structure and activity of metalloproteases
International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw (PL), Bochtler lab
Sep 2002: Summer internship
Using MatLab for confocal image analysis
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot (IL), Reich lab
Education
Academic qualifications
PhD, Bioinformatics (2009)
Magister (MSc equivalent), Genetics (2005)
University of Salzburg (AT), graduated with distinction
MSc, Mathematics (2012)
The Open University, Milton Keynes (UK)
Higher Education
2009-2012: Postgraduate studies in Mathematics
The Open University, Milton Keynes (UK)
2005-2009: PhD studies in Computational Neuroscience
2003: Erasmus visiting student in Genetics
Charles University, Prague (CZ)
2002-2005: Postgraduate studies in Genetics
University of Salzburg (AT)
1999-2002: Undergraduate Studies in Mathematics
University of Salzburg (AT)
1999-2002: Undergraduate Studies in Biology
University of Salzburg (AT)
Courses and Summer Schools
EMBL/EMBO Science and Society Summer School. The human animal: Scientific, social and moral perspectives
Heidelberg (DE), 2011
European Science and Society Summer School. Deconstructing and reconstructing life: From classification to design
Heidelberg (DE), 2008
Okinawa Computational Neuroscience Course
Okinawa (JP), 2006
Summer School of Slavonic Studies
Brno (CZ), 2002
Austrian-Chinese Summer School for Scientists and Economists
Shanghai, Beijing (CN), 2000
Deutsche SchülerAkademie
St. Peter-Ording (DE), 1998
Teaching and mentoring
View complete list of teaching and mentoring activities hereAwards and fellowships
2016: Cruciblist
2014-2016: Fellowship in Medical Education Research
2013-2016: NeXXt fellow
2011-2013: Fast Track fellow
2011: Travel grant
2010-2012: Long-term post-doctoral fellowship
2010: Short-term post-doctoral fellowship
2009: Christian Doppler Prize for Biology
State of Salzburg (AT)
2009-2010: Short-term post-doctoral fellowship
2006: Best student project
2005-2009: Pre-doctoral fellowship
2004: Diploma student fellowship
2003: Student participant
2003: Exchange semester fellowship
2002: Scholarship for internship in Israel
2002: Excellence award for mathematics
Publications
View complete list hereConferences
View complete list hereProfessional activities
Editorial work and reviewing
since 2010: Reviewer
BMC Systems Biology, Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling, SABER National Meeting, BMC Genomics
2010-2011: Nature Jobs
Postdoc Journal keeper
2001-2007: Kriterion: Journal of Philosophy
Editorial board
Conference organisation and committee service
2008: European Science and Society Summer School. Deconstructing and reconstructing life: From classification to design
Organising committee
2008: EMBL-EBI Science and Society Symposium. The personal genome
Organising committee
2007-2008: Clare College MCR
Webmaster
2007: EMBL-EBI Science and Society Symposium. Biology and language
Organising committee
2006-2008: EMBL Science and Society Committee
EBI representative
Organising committee
Memberships
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