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Higher Education
2012-2014 PGCAP (University of Glasgow, UK)
2004-2008 PhD Molecular Virology (University of St Andrews, UK)
2000-2004 BSc (Hons) Cell Biology & Pathology (University of St Andrews, UK)

Employment
2025-now Full Professor of Medical Virology (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
2019-2025 Associate Professor of Medical Virology (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
2015-2019 Assistant Professor of Medical Virology (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
2011-2014 Lecturer in Virology (University of Glasgow, UK)
2009-2011 Post-Doc in Microbiology (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA)
2008-2009 Post-Doc in Molecular Virology (University of St Andrews, UK)

Selected Internal Activities
2026-now Member, Faculty of Medicine Junior Researcher Mentor Pool (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
2026-now Member, Faculty of Medicine Research Committee (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
2025-now Co-ordinator, MSc in Virology Program (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
2025-now Member, Inter-Faculty MD-PhD Committee (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
2025-now Member, Admission Committee, Microbiology and Immunology PhD Program (ETH Zurich and University of Zurich, Switzerland)
2015-now Member, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Science (University of Zurich, Switzerland)

Selected External Activities
2026-now Academic Editor (PLOS Pathogens)
2026-(1y) Associate Editor (Journal of Experimental Medicine)
2025-now Regional Editor (Journal of Human Immunity)
2025-now Member, Early-Career Award Interview Panel (Wellcome Trust, UK)
2022-now Member, Gene Therapy Working Group, Swiss Expert Committee for Biosafety (Federal Office for the Environment, Switzerland)

Major Awards
2013 European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant
2012 Wellcome Trust/Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellowship