Ed Hendriks

Experience

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  The University of Manchester

  Sept 1997 - Nov 2003

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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  Imperial College London

  Apr 2004 - Oct 2011

  Lecturer

  Imperial is home to 17,000 students and 8,000 staff. It is an international community, attracting undergraduates from more than 125 countries. Imperial College London routinely ranks in the top 10 Universities on world rankings for all league tables. The College focuses on the four main disciplines of science, engineering, medicine and business and is renowned for its application of these skills to industry and enterprise. Excellence in education is at the core of Imperial’s ethos and is reflected in UK and international rankings. Imperial is home to the greatest concentration of high-impact research of any major UK university. Distinguished members of the College have included 14 Nobel laureates and three Fields Medallists. My tenured academic role at Imperial supported a research program in Molecular Parasitology as a principle investigator in the Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection and involved delivering and convening various courses for undergraduate students in Biochemistry. I also had administrative duties that included being the departmental postgraduate tutor. Show less

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  Vectus Biosystems Pty Limited

  Apr 2012 - Apr 2015

  Laboratory Manager

  Vectus Biosystems Limited is a drug discovery and development company based in North Ryde, Sydney. Using its platform technology, Vectus has constructed a library of more than 1000 small molecules with varying degrees of anti-hypertensive and/or anti-fibrotic properties.As the laboratory manager at Vectus I was responsible for the day to day running of the research program. This involved providing updates and expert advice to the Chief Executive and Executive Director (Dr Karen Duggan) on the experimental program as well as reporting to the Vectus Board of Directors on research and operational matters. My role involved line management of 6-9 researchers, a business development manager and an administrative manager. During my time at Vectus I also contributed to discussions with the companies patent attorney on the IP protection strategy as well as discussions with company stakeholders and potential investors. Show less

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  University of Sydney

  Aug 2017 - now

  • Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Development Manager

    Feb 2019 - now

  • Executive Officer, Brain and Mind Centre

    Apr 2015 - now

  • Senior Project Officer

    Aug 2017 - Feb 2019