Education
Ph.D.: University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany, 2006
Diploma: University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany, 2002
Pre-Diploma: Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, 1999
Awards
2020 - 2022: Board of Governors' Teaching Chair, University of Lethbridge
2017-2024: Member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada
2015: RiboClub Blue Jacket Award in recognition of leadership in the RNA field in Canada
2015-2020: Alberta Innovates Technology Futures Strategic Research Chair in Transcriptomics of RNA Modification
2014: Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Lethbridge
2012: CIHR Synapse Mentorship Award - Individual Researcher
2011: Minerva Mentoring Award of the Alberta Women’s Science Network
2007: Altana PhD award of the GBM (German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), best PhD in this field in Germany in 2006