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Specialised in leading consultant teams to navigate and secure large multi-stakeholder funding applications. Responsible for strategising, coordinating, and executing comprehensive application processes, aligning work flows and co-ordinating with stakeholders to maximise funding opportunities. Experienced in leading applications for the EU Innovation Fund, Hydrogen Bank Auctions, and EIC Accelerator.

Stockholm, Sweden

Funding consultant and proposal writer for the European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator. At ZAZ Ventures we help technology focussed SMEs and research institutes in the European Union with H2020 grant proposals. We are also supporting companies with other European grant programs. Particular areas of expertise are all cleantech related topics, industry, ICT and healthcare.

Stockholm, Sweden

Helping high-risk, high-reward companies bridge the funding gap from innovation to market. We work with early-stage deep-tech companies to develop business strategies and to secure funding through Horizon Europe and other EU funding schemes.

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

Stockholm, Sweden

Produced user and technical documentation for eye tracking systems used in research and professional settings.Redesigned documentation system and integration with other departments including integrated ways of working and cloud based review systems.

Uppsala, Sweden

Responsible for preparing technical documentation and protocols for using GE's Life Science laboratory equipment, with a focus on ÄKTA protein purification and Amersham Bioimager systems.

Prepared and managed applications for the European Commission's Horizon 2020 Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) Instrument. Experienced in writing Phase 1 and 2 applications, and Feasibility Reports. This includes business model development, market analysis, and project planning of work packages and key deliverables.

Uppsala, Sweden

My research projects at SLU focused on epigenetic changes relating to plant development. In particular, this involved studying histone modifications caused by the polycomb group repressive complex and the subsequent higher order chromatin changes leading to gene repression. To identify these changes I used a range of molecular techniques such as ChIP, expression analysis by qPCR, DNase and MNase assays to investigate nucleosome and DNA accessibility changes, proximity ligation assay to determine protein interactions, and next generation sequencing for large scale studies.Alongside these projects, I also investigated the role of non-B DNA structures in gene regulation. This required development of a new technique termed the structural bisulfite assay to determine the presence of these structures in vivo. Using this new method I was able to identify the first endogenous DNA cruciform structure in Arabidopsis.Supervisor: Prof. Lars Hennig

Uppsala, Sweden

Teaching of the Undergraduate Genetics II module

My doctoral thesis concerned the recruitment of DNA methylation to specific DNA structural elements of transgenes in the model organism Arabidopsis thaliana. By making alterations to a putative super-helical DNA structure I was able to demonstrate that recruitment of DNA methylation to that region was dependent on its structural properties and not its sequence.PhD Supervisor: Prof. Peter MeyerLab rotations:Supervisor: Dr. Nicola StonehouseInterruption of the interaction between HPV16 and p53 by RNA aptamersSupervisor: Dr Kenny McDowallCapture of transcription factors on specific promoters

Leeds, United Kingdom

Practical demonstration of a range of laboratory classes from ecology to molecular biology for undergraduate biology students. Weekly supervision of MSc. students during their main practical project on bacterial cloning and expression, including practical demonstrations, labbook writing, and grading of assignments.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Molecular Biology

Msc, Human Genetics, Distinction

Bsc, Biology