Christoph W. Sensen Curriculum Vitae

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University:

• 04.1981 - 09.1983 Biology (Grundstudium) at the Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität (6500 Mainz)
• 19.05.1983 Vordiplom (Biology)
• 10.1983 - 07.1988 Biology (Hauptstudium) at the Heinrich-Heine-Universität (4000 Düsseldorf)
• 14.07.1988 Diplom (Biology) [similar to masters]. thesis-title: Molekulare Charakterisierung der plastidären DNA von Coscinodiscus granii. [Molecular characterization of the plastid DNA from Coscinodiscus granii.] advisor: Prof. Dr. K. V. Kowallik.
• 10.1988 - 10.1992 PhD thesis at the Universität zu Köln (5000 Köln) supervisor: Prof. Dr. M. Melkonian.
• since 04.1989 scholar of the Konrad- Adenauer- Stiftung e.V.
• 03.02.1994 Promotion (Dr. rer. nat.) thesis-title: Untersuchungen zur molekularen Phylogenie von Spermatozopsis similis Preisig et Melkonian, 1984 (Chlorophyceae). [Studies of the molecular phylogeny of Spermatozopsis similis Preisig et Melkonian, 1984 (Chlorophyceae).] first referee: Prof. Dr. M. Melkonian. second referee: Prof. Dr. J. Willenbrink.

Employment:

• 10.1992 - 11.1993 Visitor at the European Molecularbiological Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg
• 01.1994 - 12.1995 Assistant Research Officer at the Institute for Marine Biosciences (National Research Council, Canada)
• 01.1996 - 12.1998 Associate Research Officer at the Institute for Marine Biosciences (National Research Council, Canada)
• 01.1997 - 01.2001 Project Manager Canadian Bioinformatics Resource (CBR-RBC)
• 05.1997 - 01.2001 continuing Research Officer at IMB/NRC
• 01.1999 - 01.2001 Senior Research Officer (SRO) at the Institute for Marine Biosciences (National Research Council, Canada)
• 16.07.1999 - 01.2001 Senior Research Officer (SRO) 50% and Manager (MG2) 50% at the Institute for Marine Biosciences (National Research Council, Canada)
• since 02.2001 tenured Full Professor University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
• since 01.2005 iCORE/Sun Microsystems Research Chair on Applied Bioinformatics (5 year term)
• 08.2005 - 01.2009 Centre Director: Centre for Advanced Technologies, University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine

Institute Membership:

• since 03.2009 Full Member, Institute of Child and Maternal Health (ICMH)

Honors and Awards:

• 06.1995 - 06.2002 CIAR associate (Canadian Institute for Advanced Research) Evolutionary Biology Program
• since 07.1997 Adjunct Professor, Dalhousie University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry
• 1998 NRC Corporate Outstanding Achievement Award for the Outstanding Contribution to the Canadian Bioinformatics Resource Team
• since 06.2002 Fellow of the International Faculty, International Graduate School in Bioinformatics and Genome Research
• Computerworld Honors Award 2003
• since 07.2003 Adjunct Professor, University of Calgary, Faculty of Science, Department of Computer Science
• The Duke's Choice Award for Coolest Java Applications and Products at JavaOne 2003: Coolest Java 3D Application: University of Calgary's Visualization CAVE

Scott McNealy, CEO of Sun Microsystems, handing me the Dukie award. Photo by Andras Schramm

Membership of Scientific Advisory Boards and Program Comittees:

• 1996 - 2005 CBR User Committee
• 09.1998 - 08.2001 Manager EMBnet Canada
• 09.2000 - 08.2001 EMBnet TM/PC (Technical Manager Program Committee)
• 2001 - 2003 Sun Microsystems Informatics Advisory Council
• 2002 - 2006 CIHR Priority and Planning Committee Bioinformatics
• since 2002 Kompetenznetzwerk Genomforschung an Bakterien für den Umweltschutz, die Landwirtschaft und die Biotechnologie: Wissenschaftlicher Beirat (Chair)
• 2004 - 2006 Enhancing Canola through Genomics (Genome Canada project): Scientific and Management Advisory Committee (SMAC)
• since 2005 Systems Biology of Microorganisms - SysMO: Scientific Advisory Board (Chair)
• since 2007 NPC/NBIC Bioinformatics Initiative (Utrecht, The Netherlands): International Scientific Advisory Board

Member of Editorial Boards:

• Journal of Integrative Bioinformatics (online journal)

Member of Conference Organizing Panels:

• Argonne National Laboratory, International workshop on Computational Strategies for Whole Genome Analysis (with Terry Gaasterland).1996
• ISMB'96 in St. Louis, U.S.A.
• ISMB'98 in Montreal, Canada
• HGM 2000 in Vancouver, Canada
• Biotechnology 2000 in Berlin, Germany
• Canadian Biodiversity Network Conference 2001 in Ottawa, Canada
• Canadian Society of Biochemistry, Molecular & Cellular Biology 2001, 44th Annual Meeting in Alliston, Ontario
• ISMB'02 in Edmonton, Canada
• First Canadian Plant Genomics Conference 2003 in Saskatoon, Canada
• 1st European Conference on Prokaryotic Genomes 2003 in Göttingen, Germany
• Integrative Bioinformatics - Aspects of the Virtual Cell 2004, Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany
• Advanced Digital Technology in Head and Neck Reconstruction 2005, Banff, Canada
• 2nd European Conference on Prokaryotic Genomes 2005 in Göttingen, Germany
• The Future of Genome Research in the light of Ultrafast Sequencing Technologies 2007 in Bielefeld, Germany
• 3rd European Conference on Prokaryotic Genomes 2007 in Göttingen, Germany
• ISMB'07/ECCB'07 Program Committee
• 3rd International Congress of Advanced and Digital Technology in Head and Neck Reconstruction 2008 in Cardiff, UK (Vice Chair Scientific Advisory Committee)
• DECHEMA Status Workshop "Microbial Genome Research in the Age of Ultrafast Sequencing Technologies" in Frankfurt, Germany (2008) Scientific Program Committee
• 5th International Symposion on Integrative Bioinformatics in Wittenberg, Germany (2008)
• 4th European Conference on Prokaryotic Genomes 2009 in Göttingen, Germany
• 6th International Meeting on Integrative Bioinformatics in Cambridge, UK (2010)
• 5th CeBiTec Symposium: New Frontiers in Microbial Genome Research in Bielefeld, Germany (2010)

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