ACADEMIC POSITION

Professor

Department of Developmental Biology

Developmental, Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology Program

Neuroscience Program

Molecular Genetics and Genomics Program

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

EDUCATION  AND TRAINING

  • McGill University, Montreal, PQ, Canada
    • B.Sc. Physiology (Honors Neurophysiology)
  • University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
    • M.Sc. Experimental Medicine (Neurology)
  • Columbia University, New York, NY
    • Ph.D. Cellular, Molecular and Biophysical Studies
  • Stanford University, Stanford, CA
    • Postdoctoral fellow

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Mallinckrodt Scholar Award, Mallinckrodt Foundation, 2018
  • Distinguished Investigator Award, Washington University School of Medicine, 2018
  • Presidential Early Career Award for Scientist and Engineers (PECASE), The White House, 2013
  • NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, NIH, 2012
  • Ellison Medical Foundation New Investigator in Aging Award, Ellison Foundation, 2012
  • Mallinckrodt New Investigator Award, Mallinckrodt Foundation, 2012          
  • Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Fellowship, HHWF, 2007
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postgraduate Award (for tenure at universities outside Canada), 2001
  • Honors in Neurophysiology, McGill University, 1995