Academic Skills Adviser (Maths)
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Room 7 University Office
Student Learning Service
Centre for Learning and Teaching
King's college
AB24 3FX
Academic Skills Adviser (Maths)
Ph.D., M.Sc.
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Biography
August 2012 - present: Academic Skills Adviser in math, University of Aberdeen.
November 2007 - September 2011: Post-Doc in System Biology, University of Aberdeen. Projects: mathematical model of resistance of bacteria to change of pH; mathematical model of repair of damaged bacterial chrmosome.
October 2004- February 2008: PhD, University of Surrey. Thesis title: Mathematical Modelling of the Response of Mammalian Cells to Radiation. Funding: Cellion project of the Marie Curie Research Training Network.
2001-2004: Ecole Nationale Superieure de Physique de Grenoble (ENSPG, Physics Engineering degree, France).
1999-2001: Classe Preparatoires, Lycee Clemenceau Nantes.
1999: Baccalaureat Scientifique (French Baccalaureat in Sciences).
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Research Interests
In 2004, I gained a master degree from the Ecole Nationale Superieure de Physique de Grenoble (National Engineering School of Physics, Grenoble), France with a specialisation in electronics, instrumentation and biotechnologies.
In 2008, I completed a PhD at the university of Surrey under the supervision of Dr. Norman Kirkby, Prof. Karen Kirkby and Prof. Roger Webb. I worked on the response of mammalian cells to low doses (i.e. below 2 Gy) of radiation of different qualities (X-rays, protons, alpha particles). I focused on two phenomena of the low dose domain: the low dose hyper-radiosensitivity (increased sensitivity of cells to doses lower than 1 Gy compared to the predictions of models traditionally used) and the bystander effect (communication between irradiated and non-irradiated cells which results in death and increased mutation rate in non-irradiated cells). I showed that the low-dose hypersensitivity could be due to the bystander effect.
Between 2007 and 2010 I worked as a Research Fellow in Systems Biology at the University of Aberdeen. I worked on a mathematical model of resistance of bacteria to change in pH, and more particularly how metabolism contributes to the buffering of the cytoplasm. I also developed a theoretical model of the repair of breaks in bacterial chromosome and calculated the probability that the repair created a more severe break and triggered the death of bacteria.
After a maternity leave, I was appointed in August 2012 by the Centre for Learning and Teaching as Academic Skills Adviser in Maths at the Student Learning Service. I provide support and advice to all students encountering maths in their studies and who wish to discuss maths-related questions.
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Publications
Contributions to Journals
Articles
- Karschau, J., de Almeida, C., Richard, MC., Miller, S., Booth, IR., Grebogi, C. & de Moura, APS. (2011). 'A matter of life or death: modeling DNA damage and repair in bacteria'. Biophysical Journal, vol 100, no. 4, pp. 814-821.
[Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.12.3713 - Baeten, KM., Richard, MC., Kanse, SM., Mutch, NJ., Degen, JL. & Booth, NA. (2010). 'Activation of single-chain urokinase-type plasminogen activator by platelet-associated plasminogen: a mechanism for stimulation of fibrinolysis by platelets'. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, vol 8, no. 6, pp. 1313-1322.
[Online] DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2010.03813.x
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