I am a certified professional coach and an experienced workshop facilitator. I am passionate about helping people achieve their potential and live fulfilled, successful lives aligned with their personal values. I am also a Professor of Biology with a successful career spanning different continents, and a track record of competitive research funding (NIH, NSF, HFSP, Wellcome Trust, MRC, Royal Society, Leverhulme Trust), teaching awards, and leadership roles in prestigious institutions.
Coaching Certifications
Recent Academic Positions
2020 – 2023 Chair of the Biology Department, Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA.
2019 – present Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence.
2018 – present Professor, Department of Biology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA.
2017 – 2024 Co-Director of Syracuse University’s Women in Science and Engineering Programs.
2017 – 2020 Director of Syracuse University’s Integrated Learning Major in Neuroscience.
2017 – 2020 Treasurer of the International Zebrafish Society, IZFS.
Degrees
PhD, Developmental Biology and Genetics. University College London, UK.
MA with Distinction in Women’s Studies, University of Westminster, UK.
Postgraduate credit. Harvard University, Cambridge, USA. (Kennedy Scholar).
BA (Honors), First Class (all 3 years), Natural Sciences. Cambridge University, UK. [MA awarded in 1996].
Selected Honors and Fellowships
2019 – present Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professorship for Outstanding Teaching.
2019 James K. Duah-Agyeman Award for Outstanding Faculty .
2017 – 2020 Elected Treasurer of the International Zebrafish Society (IZFS).
2004 – 2010 Royal Society University Research Fellowship. (Renewed in 2008).
2004 – 2010 King’s College, Cambridge Fellowship.
2006 National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts Crucible fellowship.
2006 Represented British Science at a reception with the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh.
2005 – 2010 Elected committee member, British Society of Developmental Biology (BSDB).
1999 & 2000 Wellcome International Prize Travelling Research Fellowship.
1994 – 1998 Imperial Cancer Research Fund PhD Studentship.
1993 – 1994 Kennedy Memorial Fellowship. Harvard University.





