Education
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2002-2008 |
PhD Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada (Professor Masad Damha) |
1997-2001 |
BSc Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada (Professor Bruce Grindley) |
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Positions
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2015 - present |
Associate Professor, RNA Therapeutics Institute and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA |
2015 |
Associate Professor of Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry and Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, UK |
2012-2015 |
Lecturer in Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry and Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, UK |
2008-2012 |
Postdoctoral Fellow, Departments of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (Professor David Corey) |
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Honorary Positions
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2015 - present |
Board of Directors, Oligonucleotide Therapeutics Society |
2014 - present |
Editorial Board, Nucleic Acid Therapeutics |
2013-2015 |
Committee Member, Biological and Medicinal Chemistry Sector of The Royal Society of Chemistry |
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Selected Honors and Awards
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2018 |
Angel Award, The Angel Fund for ALS Research |
2015 |
Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Teaching, University of Southampton |
2013 |
Young Investigator Award, Oligonucleotide Therapeutics Society |
2010 |
NSERC postdoctoral fellowship (held from July 2010–2012) |
2007 |
FQRNT postdoctoral fellowship (held from July 2008–June 2010) |
2007 |
Pall Dissertation Award for excellence in the final year of PhD studies |
2005 |
NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship |
2002 |
Tomlinson Fellowship for top-level graduate students entering McGill |
2001 |
University Medal in Chemistry, Dalhousie University |