Kessaris short CV

Contact information

Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research
University College London
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6AE
UK

Email:                   n.kessaris@ucl.ac.uk
Phone:                  +44 (0)20 7679 6737
Fax:                      +44 (0)20 7209 0470

Appointments

2018  Deputy Director
Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research
University College London, UK

2016   Professor of Neuroscience
Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research
University College London, UK

2009 -  2016  Reader in Developmental Neuroscience
University College London, UK

2006 - 2009   MRC New Investigator and Honorary Lecturer
University College London, UK

2003 – 2006  Wellcome Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University College London, UK     

1999 – 2003  MRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow
University College London, UK                 

Education and Training

1998                     PhD, University of Cambridge, UK.
1993                     MSc, King’s College, London, UK.
1992                     BSc, Imperial College, London, UK.

Awards         

2008                     ERC Starting Independent Grant
2006                     MRC New Investigator award
2003                     Prize for Best Oral Presentation at a Genetics Meeting
2005                     Young Investigator Travel Award
1993                     Wellcome Prize for PhD studies
1993                     MSc Degree awarded with Distinction
1993                     Prize for Best Performance during the MSc Degree
1992                     First Class BSc Honours Degree awarded
1992                     Forbes Memorial Medal for Excellence during the BSc Degree

Last updated May 2018