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About Us
Dr Jenny Koenig is a very experienced and innovative teacher and facilitator.
She was nominated for a National Teaching Fellowship Award by the University of Cambridge in 2006 in recognition of her innovative use of technology in teaching. She is a Fellow at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge.
Jenny has many years research experience in receptor pharmacology (see for example, Koenig and Edwardson (1997) Trends in Pharmacological Science, 18, 276-287 and further publications).
She was awarded the International Union of Pharmacologists 1st Receptor Mechanisms Research Award, 1998 for development of the understanding of receptor regulation through the use of mathematical modelling.
Jenny has collaborated with a number of pharmaceutical companies on research projects relating to receptor regulation and signalling and contributed to several textbooks, for example Koenig JA (2004) Signal Reception: G Protein-Coupled Receptors. In "Molecular Biology of the Neuron, Ed W. Davies and B Morris.
Jenny has a long-standing interest in communicating science - at the Cambridge Science Festival since 1998 and in talks to schools and community groups.
Qualifications:
- PhD, Darwin College and MRC Molecular Neurobiology Unit, University of Cambridge 1990.
- BSc (Hons I) and University Medal in Pharmacology, University of Sydney, Australia, 1985
- LeTTOL (Learning to Teach Online), Sheffield College, 2005.
Membership of Professional Societies:
- British Pharmacological Society
- Biochemical Society