Appointments:

1- Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Inserm)Directeur de Recherche, 10/2016

-2- Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle epiniere

-National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Fellowship, NIH, 1999 - 2001

Team Leader, 01/2016 -

3- Berlin Institute of Health

Einstein Visiting Fellow, 01/2016 –

4- HHMI/Janelia Farm Research Campus

Visiting Scientist: 10, 2010 – 04, 2013

5- University of Leuven

Professor, 10, 2002 – 12/2016, Center for Human Genetics

6- VIB

Group Leader, 07, 2001 – 12/2016, VIB Center for the Biology of Disease

7- HHMI/Baylor College of Medicine

Postdoctoral Fellow, 10,1996 - 07, 200, Human and Molecular Genetics

Education:

1- Ohio State University

Ph.D., September 1996, Program in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

2- American University of Beirut

B.S., Biology, December 1989, Department of Biology

Awards and Honors:

Group Leader:

-Allen Distinguished Investigator, 2016

-Einstein Fellow, 2016

-EMBO member, 2009

-EMBO Young Investigator, 2003

Postdoctoral Fellow:

-National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Fellowship, NIH, 1999 - 2001