Employment and Research Experience

Loyola University Chicago

2015 - present
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Molecular Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Dr. John P. and Therese E. Mulcahy Professor in Ophthalmology

K&P Scientific LLC

2013 - present
Chief Executive Office and Co-Founder

Experimentica Ltd.

2014 - present
Chief Scientific Officer
Director North American Operations

University of Missouri - Kansas City

2009 - 2015
Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology
Associate Director Preclinical Research, Vision Research Center
Interim Director, Microscopy Core Facility, Vision Research Center
Adjunct Doctoral Faculty, School of Graduate Studies

University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth

10/2008 - 12/2008
Research Scientist, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience

NeuroSearch A/S

07/2008 - 10/2008
Research Scientist, Department of Behavioral Pharmacology
Consultant, Cerebellar Ataxia Drug Discovery Program

University of British Columbia

07/2006 - 06/2008
Research Associate, Michael Smith Laboratories

Leiden University Medical Center

07/2002 - 06/2006
Research Assistant / Ph.D. student
Departments of Neurology and Neurophysiology

Doctoral thesis: 
Kaja S, Synaptic effects of mutations in neuronal CaV2.1 calcium channels. 2007; ISBN 9-78097819050-7. 

Durham University

10/1998 - 06/2002
B.Sc. degree in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry 
School of Biological Sciences

Undergraduate thesis:
Kaja S, Aberrant cerebellar GABAA receptor expression in the ataxic mutant mouse, Tottering. 
Published in 2007: Medline, Fulltext 

Novo Nordisk A/S

07/2000 - 08/2001
Research Assistant
Department of Molecular Biology and Virology

Bayer AG

07/1999 - 09/1999
Volunteer
Department of Molecular Biology and Virology