Assistant Professor of Aging
Eidgenossischen Technischen Hochschule Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
Phone: +41 44 655 74 07
E-mail: collin-ewald@ethz.ch
Eidgenossischen Technischen Hochschule Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
Phone: +41 44 655 74 07
E-mail: collin-ewald@ethz.ch
02/2011 | PhD- Neuroscience, City University of New York, USA |
05/2008 | MPhil- Biology, City University of New York, USA |
01/2007 | MSc- Molecular Biology, University of Basel, Switzerland |
11/2005 | BSc- Molecular Biology, University of Basel, Switzerland |
07/2001 | Matura- Mathematics, Gymnasium am Kirschgarten, Basel, Switzerland |
Collin Ewald has a longstanding interest in the molecular biology of healthy aging and age-related pathologies. His curiosity for aging research was ignited by the finding that neurons could regulate aging in model organisms and learning how to meditate could change the expression of stress-associated genes in humans. Fascinated by neurons and the mind, he went to New York to pursue a PhD in Neuroscience with Chris Li working on Alzheimer’s disease (AD) related proteins in C. Elegans and determined the molecular mechanisms of how AD proteins affect aging, metabolism, and learning. After a short junior faculty position at the Joslin Diabetes Center and as an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School working on how NADPH-oxidase-mediated ROS production affects aging.
2015-present | Teaching Volunteer, Department of Early Education and Care |
01/2017-06/2017 | Teaching Mentor/Supervisor, D-HEST, ETH Zurich |
2014-2015 | Teaching Assistant, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School |
2006-2007 | Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, City College of New York |
2016-present | Assistant Professor, Eidgenossischen Technischen Hochschule Zurich |
2015-2016 | Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School |
Visiting Scholar at Whitehead Institute (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) | |
Research Associate in the Research Division at the Joslin Diabetes Center |
2017-present | President, Swiss Society for Aging Research |
2016-present | Vice-President, The Swiss Society for Matrix Biology |
Young Investigator, The GENiE Network Europe | |
Member, The Molecular Life Science Graduate School Zürich | |
Member, The German Society for Aging Research | |
Member, The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies | |
2013-2016 | Member, The Gerontological Society of America |
2011-2012 | Member, The Society for Neuroscience |
2006-present | Member, The Genetics Society of America |
2006-2012 | Member, The New York Academy of Sciences |
2016 | Nomination for the 2016 Dick Heinegard European Young Investigator Award |
2015 | Featured Contributor for LIFEmag.org |
Genetics Society of America (GSA)’sDeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics | |
2013 | Certificate for Mini Symposia/ Academy Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard Medical School |
2012 | Swiss Spotlight Scientist of November 2012, Science-USA (Boston) |
Honoree Mentioning at the 27th Annual Joslin Diabetes Center Marble Banquet (Harvard Club) |
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