Karolina Chocian

Karolina Chocian has a diverse work experience in various scientific roles. Karolina currently works as a Data Scientist at PrecisionLife since September 2022. Before that, they worked at Deductive, a MarketCast company, where they held multiple roles, including Data Science Team Leader from July 2021 to August 2022, Data Scientist from March 2020 to July 2021, and Junior Data Scientist from March 2019 to February 2020.

Prior to Deductive, Karolina served as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Chronos Therapeutics from March 2018 to February 2019. Karolina also worked at the University of Oxford, first as a Postdoctoral Researcher from March 2016 to February 2018, focusing on neurodegenerative disease modeling and developing genetic editing techniques. Karolina was also a PhD student at the University of Oxford from September 2011 to February 2016, researching the molecular basis of aging in C. elegans and actively engaging in science communication activities.

Karolina's earlier experience includes a brief Visiting Scientist position at the University of Manchester in June and July 2011, where they focused on transcriptional regulation by the TCF subfamily of ETS transcription factors. Karolina also worked as a Student Scientist at AstraZeneca from September 2009 to August 2010, gaining experience in genetic toxicology testing and drug development pipelines.

Overall, Karolina Chocian's work experience demonstrates their expertise in data science, neurodegenerative disease modeling, aging research, genetic toxicology testing, and drug development. Karolina has also actively engaged in science communication throughout their career.

Karolina Chocian began their education at The University of Manchester from 2007 to 2011. During this time, they pursued a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Genetics, specializing in Industrial Experience.

After completing their undergraduate studies, Karolina went on to attend the University of Oxford from 2011 to 2016. It was at Oxford that they earned a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Chromosome and Developmental Biology.