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King's Prize Fellow

King's College London

• Establishing an independent research programm on unlocking the epigenetic code for understanding and diagnosing age-related disease

Senior Scientist/Lecturer

European Translational Oncology Prevention and Screening Institute, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

• Lead of bioinformatics team
• Co-PI on a lifestyle intervention study for disease prevention
• Teaching and preparation of course materials

Postdoctoral scientist

European Translational Oncology Prevention and Screening Institute, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

• Co-PI on a lifestyle intervention study for disease prevention
• Lead on several early detection and risk prediction biomarker projects for ageing and cancer

Associate Business Development Manager

BioClavis Ltd., Glasgow, UK

Postdoctoral scientist

Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

PhD in Neuroscience

Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Supervisors: Dr. Leah Herrgen and Prof. Catherina Becker

PhD

University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Neuroscience

MSc by Research (distinction)

University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Integrative Neuroscience

BSc (distinction)

Medical University Innsbruck, Innbruck, Austria

Molecular Medicine

ÖGMBT Basic Science Award

ÖGMBT

Each year, the ÖGMBT awards a basic science award to a young researchers who has published outstanding scientific research papers in the field of life sciences and biotechnology. The Life Sciences Research Award Austria is the most prestigious life sciences award a young researcher working in Austria can win.

AGO Austria Young Scientist Award

AGO Austria

The AGO Austria Young Scientist Award is awarded annually to a promising researcher in the area of gynaecology.

Prof. Brandl Preis

Prof. Brandl Stiftung

The Prof. Ernst Brandl Prize is awarded for innovative scientific discoveries that tackle the challenges of our time, and ensure a future worth living. Prof. Brandl discovery orally-available, gastric acid-resistant penicillin, thus saving millions of lives. I was honoured to receive this year’s award for our work on non-invasive womb cancer detection.

Falling Walls Lab Austria Winner

Falling Walls Lab Austria

Falling Walls Lab is a world-class pitch competition, networking forum, and stepping stone that brings together a diverse and interdisciplinary pool of students and early-career professionals by providing a stage for breakthrough ideas both globally and locally.

Student Publication of the Year (Runner Up)

Scottish Newspaper Society

The Edinburgh University Science magazine of which I was editor and president at the time, was awarded the Student Publication of the Year (Runner Up) award by the Scottish Newspaper Society.

Company of Biologists Travelling Fellowship

Company of Biologists

Competitive travelling fellowship to enable a new collaborative project and fund a two-month exchange to collaborator’s institution.