ACADEMIC AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
 

 2010                 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, Stanford University

     Awarded to outstanding US students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

  

2008                 Faculty of Applied Science Prize for Academic Excellence, UBC

     Awarded to 1 out of ~600 graduating UBC students in the Faculty of Applied Science.

  

2008                 Computing Research Association Outstanding Undergraduate Award - Honorable Mention

     Awarded to North American undergraduates with outstanding potential in computing research.

  

2008-2009         Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Postgraduate Scholarships:

Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship (declined) and Postgraduate Scholarship M

     Canada Graduate Scholarship awarded to top-ranked Postgraduate Scholarship applicants, for

     academic excellence, research potential, and communication / interpersonal / leadership skills.

  

2006                 PMC-Sierra Founders Award in Electrical and Computer Engineering, UBC

     Awarded to 1 UBC electrical / computer engineering student for academic achievement,  

     entrepreneurship, leadership, interest in integrated circuit and communication system design.

  

2006                 Microsoft Technical Scholarship

     Awarded to students studying in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, who show passion for

     software and academic excellence.

  

2005                 MDSI Mobile Data Solutions Inc. Peter Kam Memorial Scholarship, UBC

     Awarded to 1 out of ~400 UBC electrical / computer engineering students in 3rd or 4th year.

  

2004                 Leslie and Greta Carter Memorial Engineering Scholarship, UBC

     Awarded to 1 out of ~600 UBC students entering 2nd year engineering.

  

2003-2007         IBM Canada Limited Pacific Development Centre Scholarship

     Awarded annually to 10 Canadian students entering a BC university in fields in computing.

 

PUBLICATIONS & CONFERENCES
 

2010                 “Analysis of the regulatory landscape affecting translational efficiency”

Translational Control Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

                        Poster Presentation

 

2010                 “Analysis of the regulatory landscape affecting translational efficiency”

Biomedical Computation at Stanford Symposium

                        Selected Talk (3^rd best talk award)

2010                 “Improved free energy parameters for RNA pseudoknotted secondary structure prediction”

Mirela Andronescu, Cristina Pop, and Anne Condon

RNA Journal 16(1):26-42

 

2007                 “HFold: RNA Pseudoknotted Secondary Structure Prediction Using Hierarchical Folding”

Hosna Jabbari, Anne Condon, Ana Pop, Cristina Pop, and Yinglei Zhao

7th Workshop on Algorithms in Bioinformatics (WABI), Philadelphia, USA
Algorithms in Bioinformatics, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) 4645:323-334

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 

 

ASSOCIATIONS
 

 2008-present    Women in Computer Science, Stanford University (Secretary for 2 years, President for 1 year)

2004-present    Golden Key International Honour Society (received UBC New Inductee Scholarship)