News Category: Directors
Mojgan Kavoosi, 2011-2012 Director
Mojgan Kavoosi holds a Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Engineering from The University of British Columbia.
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Gordana Pejic, 2011-2012 Director
Gordana Pejic received B.Sc in Electrical Engineering from University of Novi Sad, Serbia and M.S.S. in Software Systems from UBC. She works as an Embedded Electrical Engineer for Océ Display Graphics Systems where she enjoys using her hardware experience and knowledge in software systems to design embedded software for the large format, flat-bed printers.
Occupation: Embedded Electrical Engineer
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Naomi Fast, 2011-2012 VP Programs
Naomi is an Assistant Professor in the Botany Department at the University of British Columbia, where she is also a member of the Biodiversity Research Centre and the Centre for Microbial Diversity and Evolution. Her research focuses on cellular evolution, understanding what effects genome reduction has had on the complex cellular machinery of unicellular eukaryotes.
Occupation: Assistant Professor
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Halyna Shribak, 2011-2012 Treasurer
Halyna is currently a Manager in the Transaction Services group of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Vancouver. She assists corporate and private equity clients with financial due diligence investigations in M&A transactions.
Occupation: Manager, Transaction Services
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Anna Stukas, 2011-2012 President
Anna Stukas is the Director of Intellectual Property and Regulatory Affairs at Angstrom Power Incorporated, a privately funded R&D start-up focused on developing micro fuel cells for portable power applications. Her responsibilities at Angstrom include patent portfolio management, technology licensing, standards development and creation of international regulations.
Occupation: Director of Intellectual Property and Regulatory Affairs
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Jazz Bamra, 2011-2012 Director
Jazz holds a BSc. in cell and molecular biology and biochemistry. She has attended numerous networking events, gained valuable contacts that will assist her with her educational and career goals. She has also gained numerous contacts that she keeps in touch with on a regular basis. Due to her strong background in communication/interpersonal skills she has obtained a substantial amount of networking experience.
Occupation: Project Manager
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Antonia Issa, 2011-2012 Director
Antonia Issa is a business consultant and writer for Write Ahead, a boutique firm in Vancouver. Write Ahead’s mission is to foster growth of the local economy by providing top-level business consulting and writing services to start-ups and small businesses.
Occupation: Consultant
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Julie Wong, 2011-2012 Director
Julie received her PhD from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of British Columbia where she developed novel diagnostic tools for the study of G-protein couple receptors and related membrane proteins employing peptide synthesis, photocrosslinking and mass spectrometry.
Occupation: Business Development Intern
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Maddison Spenrath, 2011-2012 VP Grants
Maddison has a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Calgary and is currently working towards a MSc in Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia.
Occupation: Masters student
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