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Curriculum Vitae
Present Position
| 2011 | International Max Planck Research School, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Human Evolution, Leipzig, Germany |
Education
| 2008-2011 | M.Sc. , Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia Supervisor: Timothy Murphy Thesis: "Optical probing of hemodynamic responses in vivo with Channelrhodopsin-2" |
| 2008 | Directed Studies in Anthropology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia Supervisor: Ranald Donaldson Major research paper: “Mechanisms of energy dissipation in cortical bone” |
| 2007 | Canada-Europe Initiative in Health Promotion and Advanced Learning Project (CEIHPAL) internship, Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Athens |
| 2001-2007 | B.Sc. Biology Honours with Distinction, University of Victoria Supervisor: Perry Howard Thesis: “Characterising the role of ephrin A1 in a cervical cancer cell line” |
Scholarships and Awards
| 2011-2014 | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postgraduate Scholarship (Doctoral) |
| 2009 | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship (Master's) |
| 2008-2010 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategic Training Program in Neurobiology and Behaviour Scholarship |
| 2007 | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postgraduate Scholarship (Master's) (Declined) |
| 2005 | President's Scholarship, University of Victoria |
| 2005 | Pearse Biology Scholarship, University of Victoria |
| 2004 | Edythe Hembroff-Schleicher Scholarship, University of Victoria |
Teaching Experience
| 2011 | Summer Program in Neuroscience course, Canadian Stroke Network Trainee Association: Laser speckle and intrinsic optical imaging |
| 2009 | 14th Annual Live Cell Microscopy Course (University of British Columbia): Laser speckle imaging |