Dr. Simon Kaja
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Resumé (March 2016)

Employment and Research Experience

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Loyola University Chicago

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

2013 - present
Chief Executive Office and Co-Founder
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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

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University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth

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

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

07/2006 - 06/2008
Research Associate, Michael Smith Laboratories
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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. 
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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 
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Novo Nordisk A/S

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

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