1990 - MS in Chemistry at Frankfurt University, Germany<br>1996 - Ph.D. in Chemistry at Technical University Munich, Germany<br>1996 - 1999 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Diego<br>1999 - 2000 - Visiting Scientist at the Technical University Aachen, Germany<br>2000 - 2006 - Assistant Professor, University of Hawaii<br>2006 - present - Associate Professor, University of Texas at El Paso

• College of Science Mentor award - College of Science (05/10/2016)
• Best 2010 Thesis in the College of Science, and in Engineering, Science, Health Sciences and Nursing - College of Science and The University of Texas at El Paso (01/01/2011-12/31/2011)
• IMPACT Fellow - The University of Texas at El Paso ADVANCE Institutional Transformation for Faculty Diversity (01/01/2008-12/31/2008)
• IMPACT Fellow - The University of Texas at El Paso ADVANCE Institutional Transformation for Faculty Diversity (01/01/2007-12/31/2007)
• Thieme Chemistry Journal Award - Thieme journals Synthesis, Synlett, and Synfacts (01/01/2007-12/31/2007)

• Ph D in Organic Chemistry, Technical University in Munich (1996)
• MS in Organic Chemistry, University of Frankfurt (1990)
• BS in Chemistry, University of Frankfurt (1987)

• Selective Transfection of a Transferrin Receptor-Expressing Cell Line with DNA-Lipid Nanoparticles. ACS omega 9 38 (2024), I Vinales, J C. Silva-Espinoza, B A. Medina, Urbay JEM, M A. Beltran, D E. Salinas, M A. Ramirez-Ramos, Rosa A. Maldonado-Medina, Wilson Poon, M L. Penichet, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
• Selective Transfection of a Transferrin Receptor-Expressing Cell Line with DNA-Lipid Nanoparticles ACS Omega (2024), Irodiel Vinales, Juan C. Silva-Espinoza, Bryan Medina, Juan E. Urbay, Miguel A. Beltran, Dante E. Salinas, Marco A. Ramirez-Ramos, Rosa A. Maldonado, Wilson Poon, Manuel L. Penichet, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael, .
• Big is not better: Comparing two alpha-Gal-bearing glycotopes in neoglycoproteins as biomarkers for Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis infection Carbohydrate research Carbohydrate Research: 536 (2023), Alberto Montoya, E R. Gil, I Vinales, I L. Estevao, P Taboada, M C. Torrico, F Torrico, J D. Marco, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
• Big is not better: Comparing two alpha-Gal-bearing glycotopes in neoglycoproteins as biomarkers for Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis infection Carbohydrate Research (2023), Alba L. Montoya, Eileni R. Gil, Irodiel Vinales, Igor L. Estevao, Paola Taboada, Mary C. Torrico, Faustino Torrico, Jorge D. Marco, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
• Synthesis and Photoreactivity of 7-Nitroindoline-S-thiocarbamates ACS Omega 8 (2023), Philip T. Baily, H. P. Del Castillo, Irodiel Vinales, Juan E. Urbay, Aurelio Paez, Matthew R. Weaver, Roberto Iturralde, Igor L. Estevao, Sohan R. Jankuru, Igor C. Almeida, Chunquiang Li, Carl W. Dirk, Katja Michael.

• Synthesis of Photoreactive Cross-Linkers (2023), Volume El Paso, TX, Grecia Perea, Juan Enrique M. Urbay, Katja Michael.
• Alpha-Gal-Containing Biomarkers for New World Leishmaniasis Caused by L. braziliensis (2023), Volume Holderness, NH, Katja Michael.
• Discovery of carbohydrate biomarkers for New World leishmaniasis caused by L. braziliensis using reversed immunoglycomics (2023), Volume Holderness, NH, Katja Michael.
• Synthesis of an N-acetylglucosamine acceptor as a building block for a Trypanosoma cruzi-derived glycan (2023), Volume Natural Gas Conference Center at UTEP, Ariadne K. Vasquez, Eileni R. Gil, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
• Synthesis of novel branched alpha-Gal-containing oligosaccharides derived from Trypanosoma cruzi tGPI-mucins (2022), Volume Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Elisa G. Carvajal, Uriel Ortega-Rodriguez, Cameron C. Ellis, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.

• Task Order 1: Work Order 1: Material Engineering and Additive Manufacturing of Advanced Materials for Nuclear Energy Needs (12/01/2021 - 12/31/2025) TECHSOURCE
• Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) Center for Advanced Materials Research (09/01/2018 - 08/31/2024) NSF
• New Chemotherapy Regimens and Biomarkers for Chagas Disease (01/08/2018 - 07/31/2024) National Institute of Health - National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases
• Targeting cancer with antibodies present in parasitic diseases (12/01/2021 - ) Dr. Keelung Hong
• Targeting cancer with antibodies present in parasitic diseases (12/01/2021 - ) The Yen Chuang Foundation
• MRI: Acquisition of a microfluidic-based 3D bioprinter for additive manufacturing of biomaterials for fabrication of tissue-on-a-chip models. (09/01/2018 - 08/31/2021) NSF
• Differential diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis by immunoassays with density-controlled presentation of glycan biomarkers (06/01/2018 - 05/31/2021) NIH-NIAID