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SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY

• 1979 – 1988: SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION: Gymnasium Buckhorn, Im Regestall 25, D-22359 Hamburg, Germany. Final ‘Abitur’ mark: 1.9 (top mark: 1.0, pass mark: 4.0). Final exam subjects: English, French, Mathematics, Philosophy. Other subjects taken up to ‘Abitur’ level included Chemistry, Physics, Latin, German, Music, History, Social Studies.
• 1989 – 1999: UNIVERSITY EDUCATION:
  • 01/10/1989 – 30/06/1993: B.Sc. Honours in Biology and Biochemistry (class 2(i) (68%)), Keele University, Staffordshire, UK. Keele Foundation Year; Subsidiary courses: Chemistry, Biophysics, Psychology, Spanish. Final Year Project Biology: Non-invasive measurement of arterial blood pressure and its application to the assessment of arterial compliance (mark: 89%).
    Final Year Project Biochemistry: Characterisation of the light/dark regulation of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase in Spinach chloroplasts and Nostoc sp. Mac (mark: 75%).
  • 01/10/1993 – 31/12/1994: Master of Science by research in Medical Electronics, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK. Thesis title: The evaluation of a computer-based method for the analysis of a geometric figure copying test in learning disabled children.
  • 01/10/1994 – 14/04/1999: Doctorate (D.Phil.) in Human Physiology at the University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford, UK. Thesis title: Human cardiorespiratory responses to sustained hypoxia with an assessment of the role of the autonomic nervous system.

STUDENTSHIPS AND PRIZES

• UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Studentship for doctoral research
• Thesis prize for Master of Science (best thesis in the faculty submitted that year)
• European Social Fund Studentship for Master of Science research