Science Manager, Helmholtz Zentrum München1/2022 - Present
Initiate and nurture international partnership, develop Scientific Exchanges (stays, groups) and associated funding, internal and external communication, annual reports to funding agency). Community-building of the Helmholtz AI Network Coordination of Educational offering Increase awareness on Entrepreneurship among research participants by building grassroot networks, and creating innovative workshops Support of the development of academic agreement (documentation, consultation with Legal, review of documents, budget). Set up international hybrid Symposiums and local Seminars (outreach, agenda, logistics, communication).
Consultant, College of Research Associate, European Science Foundation11/2022 - 10/2024
Identify field experts for grant reviews
Project Manager - Response to the Opioid Crisis, Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada8/2021 - 12/2021
Develop a national, evidence-based online learning platform for health professional, by leveraging medical and patient expertises. Define deliverables, timelines and budget for linked projects (PM&E). Envision and develop Knowledge Translation(KT) solution. Identify and use funding opportunities for growth, including federal funding ; writing proposal. Support and track the progress of 50+ stakeholders/contractors ; recruiting new partners. Provide briefing notes. Lead financial management (budgetting, forecasting, reconciliation) for a $3M budget.
Project Coordinator, Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada3/2021 - 10/2021
Support the development of a national, patient-centred evidence-based health care curriculum, for medical residents and continuous professional education.
Program Manager, McMaster University4/2019 - 3/2021
Structured/led monthly meetings of 25+ cross-functional scientist from five distinct health research institutes (logistics, agenda, minutes, action items). Produced/reviewed and timely delivered quarterly financial and annual scientific reports. Actively engaged scientific/non-scientific audiences (international conferences, local scientific networking, student/patient advocacy groups) to extensively communicate on our work. Established and nurtured collaborations with external partners.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, McMaster University3/2017 - 3/2021
Initiated and supported in-house modelling of tumor immune microenvironment. Immuno-design and engineer of chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cells to target patient-derived glioblastoma stem cells, preclinical evaluation. Implemented the use of bioinformatic analysis tools among trainees. Organized resources to develop a machine learning pipeline for our multiplatform datasets. Managed undergraduate/graduate students research projects; guided them on hands-on experiments/data analysis. Glioblastoma initiating cells / patient derived tumor xenograft murine recurrence models / CAR T cells.
MITACS Research Fellow, Longbow Therapeutics Inc.11/2017 - 11/2019
Participation in R&D strategy. Development of targeted radio-isotopes (alpha-therapy) on patient-derived glioblastoma cells.
Doctoral Researcher, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a. Main4/2013 - 6/2016
Identification of the pro-apoptotic, pro-oxidative and pro-migration (EMT) properties induced by a chemotherapy combination on GBM cell lines. Development and validation of experimental plans. Establishment of new assays. Summarization and presentation of projects. Paper writing.
Trainee, University of Luxembourg1/2012 - 6/2012
Project: Adaptative capacities of Glioblastoma under hypoxia: is there a role for cancer stem cells?
Student placement, CHRU de Strasbourg - Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg3/2011 - 8/2011
Drug prescription / delivery control, study of therapeutic scheme applied to patients, in coordination with hospital pharmacists (MedRec project development).
Pharmacy research project, Université de Strasbourg10/2010 - 3/2011
Epigenetic reprogramming of fibroblasts into a pluripotent state (iPSC).
Student representative for educational guidance, University of Strasbourg9/2009 - 12/2010
Presentation of pharmaceutical studies in regional high schools.
IT Tutor, Université de Strasbourg9/2009 - 11/2009
Tutoring undergraduate students.
