Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, 2018
Master of Science (M.Sc.) in BioScience, Technology & Public Policy, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB, 2012
Bachelor of Science with Honours (B.Sc.H.) in Biology, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, 2009
Research experience highlights
Feb 2021 to present
Postdoctoral Fellow, PIs: Dr. Matthew Miller, Dr. Mark Loeb
Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Nov 2018- May 2020
Research Associate and Lecturer/Assistant Professor
School of Science and Technology, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Jul 2018-Oct 2019
Research Associate (unpaid), PI: Dr. Ganmaa Davaasambuu
Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA
Sept 2013-Nov 2018
Ph.D. student researcher, PI: Dr. Rupert Kaul
Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, ON, Canada
Community and volunteer activities
1. Immunopaedia (www.immunopaedia.org), open access Immunology knowledge exchange platform: active content contributor and ambassador at McMaster University.
2. Beyond Sciences Initiative (www.beyondsciences.org), student-led initiative for local and international community outreach, open-access research conferences: member of executive team at the University of Toronto 2015-2021.
3. Reviewer for academic journals (Cytokine; PeerJ; Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines; Malaria Journal; Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases; Plos One; Journal of the International AIDS Society; Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution; Tropical Medicine and Health, BMC Medicine).
