Education

• PhD Program in Developmental Biology, University of Cambridge, UK
  • PhD rotations: Azim Surani, Sarah Bray, Sir John B Gurdon
• BSc in Medical Genetics, University of Leicester, UK
  • Projects with Ed Louis
• BSc (Vordiplom) in Physics, University of Stuttgart, Germany

Professional Experience

• Principal Investigator
  • Chinese Institute for Brain Research, CIBR, China
• Post-Doctoral Scientist with Sir John B Gurdon
  • Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, UK
• Post-Doctoral Scientist with Antonio Giraldez
  • Department of Genetics, Yale University, USA
• Post-Doctoral Scientist with John Rinn
  • Broad Institute & Harvard University, USA
• Boston Consulting Group, Management Consulting in Pharma/Chemical Industries, Frankfurt Office, Germany

Funding

• Koziol Laboratory funding from CIBR, China
• 830k GBP project grant from the BBSRC, UK
• Isaac Newton Trust from University of Cambridge, UK
• Human Frontiers Long Term Fellowship, USA 
• Wellcome-Trust PhD Studentship, UK

Awards

• Prize from AAAS ScienceJournal for Excellence in Science for work done during PhD
• 2x Honorary Cambridge European Trust Studentship, Trinity College, University of Cambridge     
• Invitation by Queen Elizabeth II to Buckingham Palace for being the top student
• 2x Prizes for being the top student in Medical Genetics BSc degree