| Research Interests: | Gene editing technologies CRISPR/Cas systems High-throughput biochemistry Protein & nucleic acid interactions Cellular mechanisms of genome integrity Weird science |
| Present Position: | VU LSC EMBL Partnership Institute, PROTEGE project, research professor VU LSC EMBL Partnership Institute, senior researcher (group leader) |
| Education: |
PhD in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, USA BSc in Molecular Biology, Florida Institute of Technology, USA |
| Experience (Past Positions): | 2015–2021 - Postdoctoral researcher, University of Texas at Austin, USA 2016–2020 - NIH postdoctoral fellow, University of Texas at Austin, USA 2010–2015 - NIH predoctoral fellow, Brown University, USA |
| Supervision of Doctoral Students: | 2021–2025 Uzair Ahmed. Vilnius University, Lithuania |
| Awards: | “High-throughput analysis of mitochondrial renewal and oxidative stress in cellular lifespan and quiescence of Schizosaccharomyces pombe”, NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Institutes of Health, USA “Phenotypic Plasticity and Inter-Species Communication in Candida Albicans”, NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship, National Institutes of Health, USA |
| Publications: | LABT_LMAVB GoogleScholar |
| Academic Cooperation: | Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Vilnius University Life Sciences Center, Lithuania Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Lithuania University of Heidelberg, Germany |
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Projects and Grants: |
2022–2028 “Profile Nucleases and Repurpose Off-Targets to Expand Gene Editing”, Starting Grant, European Research Council. Principal Investigator. |
| Languages: | English |