EDUCATION

• BSc Computer Science (2004, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, USA)
• MSc Biology (2009, Leiden University, NL)
• PhD Biomedicine (2013 (projected), supervisor: Jaume Bertranpetit, Pompeu Fabra University, ES)

MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Complexity in biological systems
• Evolution of complex systems
• Visual phototransduction

EXPERIENCE

• Research Technician (2004-2007, laboratory of Dr. Lawrence H. Pinto, Northwestern University, USA)

AWARDS

• Huygens Scholarship Program (2008, NL)
• Unilever Research Prize (2009, NL)
• AGAUR FI (2010, ES)

PUBLICATIONS

Dall’olio GM, et al. (2011) Ten simple rules for getting help from online scientific communities. PLos Computational Biology 7(9):e1002202

Oostra V, et al. (2010) Translating environmental gradients into discontinuous reaction norms via hormone signalling in a polyphenic butterfly. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Science. doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.1560

Maddox DM, et al. (2008) Allelic variance between GRM6 mutants, Grm6nob3 and Grm6nob4 results in differences in retinal ganglion cell visual responses. The Journal of Physiology 586: 4409 - 4424

Pinto LH, et al. (2007) Interpretation of the mouse electroretinogram. Documenta Ophthalmologica 115: 127-136

Pinto LH, et al. (2007) Generation, identification and functional characterization of the nob4 mutation of Grm6 in the mouse. Visual Neuroscience 24: 111-123

Pinto LH, et al. (2005) Generation, characterization, and molecular cloning of the Noerg-1 mutation of rhodopsin in the mouse. Visual Neuroscience 22: 619-629.