Maria Abou Chakra University of Toronto, Donnelly Centre, Canada B
[email protected] Ï google scholar Positions Held Ï orcid:0000-0002-4895-954X Ï researcherid:K-4735-2013 Current, from July 2016 Ï http://web.evolbio.mpg.de/∼abouchakra Research Associate Ï http://individual.utoronto.ca/abouchakra University of Toronto, Canada Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research Mathematical modelling of human tissue development as part of the Medicine by Design Project. Modelling intestinal Education development in an organoid. 2006-2010 Doctor of Philosophy Computational Biology Jan 2011-July 2016 Dep. of Biology. McMaster University Post-Doctoral Researcher Thesis: Modelling echinoid skeletal Max Planck Institute, Pl¨on,Germany growth and form Dep. of Evolutionary Theory 2004-2005 M.Sc., Transferred to Ph.D. Using Evolutionary Game theory to understand the emer- 1999-2003 Honors Bachelors of Science gence of complex interactions. General Biology Dep. of Biology. McMaster University 2013-2015 Anthony (5.2013) & Olivia (1.2016) Part-time and Maternity I have worked part-time or taken maternity leave during Computational Experience these years. 1994-present Programming: QBasic, Visual Basic, VBA(Microsoft Office Certified), C, 2002-2010 C++, bash, and awk Research Assistant 2004-present Mathematica McMaster University, Hamilton Certification for Mathematica Advance Dep. of Biology, Dr J. Stone (2004-2010) Level Foundation Studied the morphological disparity in echinoid skeletons. Dep. of Math. and Stats., Dr M. Lovric (2002-2005) Summarized survey results from educational research. Teaching Experience Dep. of Health Science, Dr J. Bain (2002-2004) 2011-2014 Max-Planck Institute Studied the effects of tension on the various cell layers Lecturer: designed and presented a surrounding a nerve fibre.