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CV of Prof. Dr. Mihaela Zavolan
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8832-2041 |
| Google Scholar | Google Scholar |
| Nationality | Romanian, Swiss |
| Positions: | |
| Since 2014 | Professor in Computational Biology/Genomics, Biozentrum, University of Basel |
| 2008 – 2014 | Associate Professor in Computational and Systems Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel |
| 2003 – 2008 | Assistant Professor in Computational and Systems Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel |
| Since 2003 | Group leader at the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics |
| 2000 – 2003 | Postdoctoral Fellow in the Laboratory of Computational Biology, The Rockefeller University, NY, USA. |
| 1999 – 2000 | Postdoctoral fellow in the division of theoretical biology and biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, USA |
| 1996 – 1999 | Teaching assistant and lecturer for the introductory programming class at Computer Science Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA |
| 1994 – 1996 | Research associate at the division of Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA |
| 1993 – 1994 | Research associate, Theoretical Immunology Program, The Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, USA |
| Education: | |
| Since 1999 | Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA in the group of Dr. Stephanie Forrest. |
| Since 1996 | M.Sc. in Computer Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA |
| Since 1992 | MD at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timisoara, Romania. |
| Selected Memberships: | |
| Since 2024 | Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology |
| Since 2018 | Scientific Advisory Committee, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) |
| Since 2016 | Scientific Advisory Board, RNACentral European Bioinformatics Institute |
| Since 2015 | Elected member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) |
| Since 2014 | Appointed member of the Academia Europaea |
| 2019 – 2020 | Director, RNA Society |
| 2009 – 2018 | SystemsX.ch, member of the Scientific Executive Board |
| PLOS Genetics, associated editor | |
| Cells, Bioinformatics, RNA, Genome Biology: member of the Editorial Board | |
