DERESEARCH GROUP STEWART
James Bruce Stewart
Group Leader
Nationality
Canadian
Scientific Career
| 2014- present | Max Planck Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany. |
| 2009-2014 | Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany. |
| 2005-2009 | Postdoctoral Fellow Karolinska Institutet, Division of Metabolic Diseases Stockholm, Sweden. |
Education
| 2006 | PhD. Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada. Thesis "The evolution of mitochondrial genome structure and function in insects". |
| 2001 | MSc. Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada. Thesis "The Complete Mitochondrial DNA Sequence of the Spotted Asparagus Beetle, Crioceris duodecimpunctata". |
| 1997 | BSc (Hons). Biology w/ Chemistry minor. University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |
Scientific Activities
| 2020 | Grant review panel member, Research Grants program of the Lily Foundation (UK) |
| 2018 | Ad-hoc Reviewer, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada |
| 2017 | Faculty Co-coordinator, Young MitoScientist satellite meeting for EUROMIT 10 |
| 2016 | Ad-hoc Reviewer, Polish National Science |
| 2016 | Ad-hoc Reviewer, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, France |
| 2015 | Ad-hoc Reviewer, Human Frontiers Science Program, Strasberg, France |
| 2014-2018 | Ad-hoc Reviewer, Deutsch Forschung Gemeinschaft |
| 2014-2016 | Ad-hoc Reviewer, Swiss National Science Foundation |
| 2014 | Ad-hoc Reviewer, Medical Research Council (United Kingdom) |
Awards
| 2013 | Chairman's Award. United Mitochondria Disease Foundation award for the highest-ranked grant proposal |
| 2008 | Wenner-Gren Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers. The Wenner-Gren Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2007 | Wenner-Gren Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers. The Wenner-Gren Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden |