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EDUCATION
PhD Harvard University November 2007
MA Harvard University November 2003
BA Cornell University January 2001
Abitur Simpert-Kraemer-Gymnasium Krumbach, Bavaria June 1996
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
HHMI Janelia Research Campus — Senior Scientist — December 2015 – Present
HHMI Janelia Research Campus — Research Scientist — January 2015 – December 2015
HHMI Janelia Research Campus — Research Specialist — January 2013 – December 2014
Albert Einstein College of Medicine — Postdoctoral Fellow — September 2010 – December 2012
Uppsala University — Postdoctoral Fellow — September 2007 – August 2010
Harvard University — Graduate Research Fellow — October 2001 – August 2007
Harold A. Scheraga Laboratory — Research Technician — January 2001 – August 2001
Cornell University — Chemistry Major — September 1997 – December 2000
Fachklinik Ichenhausen — Patient Care Assistant — August 1996 – July 1997
HONORS
Janelia & EMBL BioImaging Seminar Series (co-organizer) — May 2022 – Present
2015 AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Prize — February 2016
Estonian Science Foundation PUT37 Grant, co-applicant with Dr. Vasili Hauryliuk — August 2012
Postdoctoral Representative to the Einstein Senate, Albert Einstein College of Medicine — October 2010 – December 2012
Human Frontier Science Program Cross Disciplinary Fellow — June 2008 – August 2011
Young Researcher Participant of the Nobel Laureates Meeting in Lindau — June 2009
Swedish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship — January 2008 – May 2008
Student-nominated Fieser Speaker, Harvard Chemistry — April 2007
National Institute of Health Training Grant — January 2002 – July 2005
Eli Lilly Poster Presentation Award, 19th Annual Symposium of the Protein Society — August 2005
George C. Caldwell Prize, Cornell University, Department of Chemistry, Ithaca, NY — October 2001
Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society — May 2001
Bachelor of Arts with Distinction in all Fields (3.96 Cumulative GPA), Ithaca, NY — January 2001
2000 Undergraduate Award in Analytical Chemistry, American Chemical Society — October 2000
COMPLETED RESEARCH SUPPORT
PUT37 (co-applicant, PI: Vasili Hauryliuk) 01/01/2013 – 12/31/2015
Estonian Science Foundation (ETF)
ppGpp-mediated activation of RSH proteins: from the mechanism of allosteric regulation to computational properties of the stringent response system
Cross Disciplinary Fellow (LT00829/2008, PI: English, Brian P) 06/01/2008 – 08/31/2011
International Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP)
Transcription factor dynamics in living bacterial cells at the single cell level
Postdoctoral Fellowship (623-2007-8116, PI: English, Brian P) 01/01/2008 – 05/31/2008
Swedish Research Council (VR)
The Dynamics of Gene Regulation – The Study of Individual Transcription Factor Molecules in Living Cells
Molecular, Cellular and Chemical Biology NIH Training Grant (5 T32 GM07598) 01/01/2002 – 08/31/2005
National Institutes of Health Graduate Research Training Fellowship, Harvard University
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Administrative Assistant and Photographer, The BackPack Gallery — April 2010 – present
INVITED SEMINARS
UT Southwestern — Computational & Systems Biology Seminar Series — November 2017
Multiplexed Single-molecule Live-cell Imaging Reveals the Dynamic Nature of Complex Biological Reactions (link)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology — Biophysics Seminar — November 2013
Insights into translation by simultaneous single particle tracking of ribosomes and mRNAs
Umeå University — International Seminar Series — October 2013
Insights into mRNA translation by simultaneous tracking of ribosomes and mRNAs, and by imaging of cytoskeletal structures in live cells
Duke University — Joint Biology and Chemistry Seminar — April 2013
Mechanistic insights from single molecule tracking of individual enzymes, ribosomes and mRNAs in bacteria and mammalian cells
University of Tartu — Biomedical Technology Seminar — November 2012
Simultaneous single molecule tracking of β-actin mRNA and the ribosome
University of Munich (LMU) — Gene Center Seminar — October 2012
Single molecule investigations into β-actin mRNA localization and compartmentalization
University of Munich (LMU) — Invited SFB 594 Seminar — November 2011
Live-cell imaging and single molecule tracking in bacteria and mammalian cells with laser feedback interference and fluorescence microscopy
TU Delft — Applied Physics Seminar — April 2009
Stringent Response - From the Test-Tube to Living Cell
University of Tartu — Biomedical Technology Seminar — December 2008
Single Molecule Approach to Enzymology - From the Test-Tube to Living Bacterial Cells
Harvard University — Student-nominated Fieser Lecture — April 2007
Fluctuating Single Molecules – Zooming in on Enzyme Kinetics
Georgia Institute of Technology — Molecular Biophysics Seminar — April 2007
Fluctuating Single Enzyme Molecules
Dickinson College — Invited Physics Colloquium — October 2006
Biophysics of Single Molecules - Zooming in on Enzyme Kinetics
CONFERENCE LECTURES
4D-Nucleome Annual Meeting, North Bethesda — September 2017
Imaging of Multiple Single-Molecules Reveals the Dynamic Nature of Complex Biological Reactions
10th Berlin Summer Meeting, Computational and Experimental Molecular Biology, Germany — June 2017
Simultaneous Live-Cell Imaging of Multiple Single-Molecules Reveals the Dynamic Nature of Complex Biological Reactions
60th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Los Angeles, CA — February 2016
Simultaneous High-Speed Tracking of Multiple Single-Molecules Reveals Functional Interactions in Living Cells (abstract)
Transcription Imaging Consortium Meeting, HHMI Janelia, Ashburn, VA — September 2015
Tracking multiple single molecules in living cells reveals functional interactions
SPIE Optics + Photonics, San Diego, CA — August 2015
A three-camera imaging microscope for high-speed single-molecule tracking and super-resolution imaging in living cells
8th Berlin Summer Meeting, Computational and Experimental Molecular Biology, Germany — June 2015
A three-camera imaging microscope for high-speed single-molecule tracking: Insights into translation by co-movement analysis of ribosomes and mRNAs, and by and super-resolution imaging of cytoskeletal structures in living cells
Transcription Imaging Consortium Meeting, HHMI Janelia, Ashburn, VA — October 2014
A three-color live cell microscope for fast and accurate tracking of multiple interacting molecules
EMBO | EMBL Symposium: Seeing is Believing, Heidelberg, Germany — October 2013
Insights into mRNA compartmentalization and translation by simultaneous single particle tracking of ribosomes and mRNAs, and by super-resolution imaging of cytoskeletal structures in live cells
Transcription Imaging Consortium Meeting, Janelia Farm, Ashburn, VA — September 2012
Positively alarming: mechanistic insights from single particle tracking in a living cell
Focus on Microscopy 2011, Konstanz, Germany — April 2011
Ninth HFSP Awardees Meeting and 20th Anniversary Celebration,Tokyo, Japan — June 2009
Single Molecule Approach to Stringent Response in Individual Living Bacterial Cells
232nd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA — September 2006
Ever-fluctuating single enzyme molecules: Michaelis-Menten equation revisited
40th IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, Beijing, China — August 2005
From single molecule enzymology to imaging gene expression in live cells, one molecule at a time
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
EMBO | EMBL Symposium: Seeing is Believing, Heidelberg, Germany — October 2019
Initiation of cap-dependent translation monitored by fluorescence auto- and cross-correlation spectroscopy and single particle tracking in living cells
Focus on Microscopy 2015, Göttingen, Germany — April 2015
Focus on Microscopy 2011, Konstanz, Germany — April 2011
Single Molecule Investigations of the Stringent Response Machinery in Living Bacterial Cells
4th Mechanobiology Workshop – Biophysical Society Meeting, Singapore — November 2010
Imaging Adhesions with Phase-Shifted Laser Feedback Interference Microscopy
10th HFSP Awardees Meeting, Thiruvananthapuram, India — November 2010
Stroboscopic Single-molecule Tracking of Freely Diffusing Cytoplasmic Proteins in Living Cells
54th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, San Francisco, CA — February 2010
Single Molecule Tracking Inside Individual Living Bacterial Cells
Wallenberg Consortium North Symposium on Modeling and Systems Biology, Stockholm, Sweden —September 2009 Single Molecule Tracking Inside Living Cells
Ninth International Conference on Systems Biology, Göteborg, Sweden — August 2008
A Single Molecule Approach to Stringent Response in Individual Living Bacterial Cells
19th Symposium of the Protein Society, Boston, MA — July 2005
A Michaelis-Menten Study of Individual Beta-Galactosidases
228th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA — August 2004
Enzymatic dynamics of individual Beta-Galactosidases
17th Symposium of the Protein Society, Boston, MA — July 2003
Single-molecule Enzymatic Dynamics Probed by Fluorescent-product Detection
TEACHING FELLOW, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Frontiers in Molecular Biophysics — Fall term, 2003
Principles of Chemistry — Spring term, 2002
Honors Introductory Chemistry — Fall term, 2001
SELECTED COURSEWORK
Advanced Organic Chemistry ● Business Management Study Group (Harvard Business School) ● Chemical Aspects of Biological Processes ● Laboratory Electronics ● Macromolecular Structure and Function ● Quantum Chemistry ● Single Molecule Biophysics ● Statistical Mechanics
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Biophysical Society ● American Chemical Society ● The International Society for Optics and Photonics ● The 4D nucleome project: Imaging Tools Initiative Consortium Member
