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)

• Other - Our thick tissue engineering project (04/27/2018). Video Production. Creative Studios, director Steve Varela, Provost's Office, UTEP. El Paso, TX. 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.
• Serodiagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of New-World tegumentary leishmaniasis using synthetic type-2 glycoinositolphospholipid-based neoglycoproteins. Emerging microbes & infections 11 1 (2022), S M. Viana, Alberto Montoya, A M. Carvalho, B S. de Mendonça, S Portillo, J J. Olivas, N H. Karimi, I L. Estevao, U Ortega-Rodriguez, E M. Carvalho, W O. Dutra, R A. Maldonaldo, Katja Michael, C I. de Oliveira, Igor C. Almeida.
• Serodiagnosis and therapeutic monitoring of New-World tegumentary leishmaniasis using synthetic type-2 glycoinositolphospholipid-based neoglycoproteins. Emerging microbes & infections 11 1 (2022), S M. Viana, Alberto Montoya, A M. Carvalho, B S. de Mendonça, S Portillo, J J. Olivas, N H. Karimi, I L. Estevao, U Ortega-Rodriguez, E M. Carvalho, W O. Dutra, R A. Maldonaldo, Katja Michael, C I. de Oliveira, Igor C. Almeida.
• A Branched and Double Alpha-Gal-Bearing Synthetic Neoglycoprotein as a Biomarker for Chagas Disease. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 27 17 (2022), Alberto Montoya, E G. Carvajal, U Ortega-Rodriguez, I L. Estevao, R A. Ashmus, S R. Jankuru, S Portillo, Carla Ellis, C D. Knight, J Alonso-Padilla, L Izquierdo, M J. Pinazo, J Gascon, V Suarez, Douglas Watts, I R. Malo, J M. Ramsey, B De Alarcón Noya, O Noya, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
• A branched, double alpha-Gal-bearing synthetic neoglycoprotein as a biomarker for Chagas disease Molecules 27 (2022), Alba L. Montoya, Elisa G. Carvajal, Uriel Ortega-Rodriguez, Igor L. Estevao, Roger A. Ashmus, Sohan R. Jankuru, Susana Portillo, Cameron C. Ellis, Colin D. Knight, Julio Alonso-Padilla, Luis Izquierdo, Maria-Jesus Pinazo, Joaquim Gascon, Veronica Suarez, Douglas M. Watts, Iliana R. Malo, Janine M. Ramsey, Belkisyolé Alarcón De Noya, Oscar Noya, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
• Photocleavable nitroindoline-based crosslinkers (2022), Katja Michael, Chunqlang Li, Thomas Boland, Hector P. Del Castillo Vazquez, Binata Joddar, Alfredo O. Sanchez, Javier H. Ortega, Irodiel V. Lozano, Philip T. Baily.
• Specific Recognition of β-Galactofuranose-Containing Glycans of Synthetic Neoglycoproteins by Sera of Chronic Chagas Disease Patients. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 27 2 (2022), Alba L. Montoya, Eileni R. Gil, E L. Heydemann, Igor L. Estevao, Bianca E. Luna, Cameron C. Ellis, Sohan R. Jankuru, Belkisyolé Alarcón de Noya, Oscar Noya, Maria P. Zago, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
• Specific Recognition of β-Galactofuranose-Containing Glycans of Synthetic Neoglycoproteins by Sera of Chronic Chagas Disease Patients Molecules 27 (2022), Alba L. Montoya, Eileni R. Gil, Emily L. Heydemann, Igor L. Estevao, Bianca E. Luna, Cameron C. Ellis, Sohan R. Jankuru, Belkisyole Alarcon de Noya, Oscar Noya, Maria P. Zago, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
• New chemotherapy regimens and biomarkers for Chagas disease: the rationale and design of the TESEO study, an open-label, randomised, prospective, phase-2 clinical trial in the Plurinational State of Bolivia. BMJ open 11 12 (2021), Cristina Alonso-Vega, Julio A. Urbina, Sergi Sanz, María-Jesús Pinazo, Jimy J. Pinto, Virginia R. Gonzalez, Gimena Rojas, Lourdes Ortiz, Wilsoon Garcia, Daniel Lozano, Dolors Soy, Rosa A. Maldonado-Medina, Rana Nagarkatti, Alain Debrabant, Alejandro Schijman, Maria C. Thomas, Manuel C. López, Katja Michael, Isabela Ribeiro, Joaquim Gascon, Faustino Torrico, Igor C. Almeida.
• Reversed Immunoglycomics Identifies α-Galactosyl-Bearing Glycotopes Specific for <i>Leishmania major</i> Infection. JACS Au 1 8 (2021), Alberto Montoya, V M. Austin, S Portillo, I Vinales, R A. Ashmus, I Estevao, S R. Jankuru, Y Alraey, W S. Al-Salem, Á Acosta-Serrano, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
• Reversed Immunoglycomics Identifies α-Galactosyl-Bearing Glycotopes Specific for Leishmania major Infection JACS Au (2021), Alba L. Montoya, Victoria M. Austin, Susana Portillo, Irodiel Vinales, Roger A. Ashmus, Igor Estevao, Sohan R. Jankuru, Yasser Alraey, Waleed S. Al-Salem, Alvaro Acosta-Serrano, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
• Glycoconjugates and methods for their use U.S. Patent (2021), Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael, Nate Schocker, Susana Portillo, Rosa A. Maldonado.
• Photoreactive collagen-like peptides (2019), Chunqiang Li, Thomas Boland, Hector P. Del Castillo Vazquez, Katja Michael, Binata Joddar, Alfredo Ornelas.
• A prophylactic α-Gal-based glycovaccine effectively protects against murine acute Chagas disease. NPJ vaccines 4 (2019), S Portillo, B G. Zepeda, E Iniguez, J J. Olivas, N H. Karimi, O C. Moreira, A F. Marques, Katja Michael, Rosa A. Maldonado-Medina, Igor C. Almeida.
• A prophylactic alpha-Gal-based glycovaccine effectively protects against murine acute Chagas disease NPJ VACCINES 4 (2019), Susana Portillo, Brenda G. Zepeda, Eva Iniguez, Janet J. Olivas, Nasim H. Karimi, Otacilio C. Moreira, Alexandre F. Marques, Katja Michael, Rosa A. Maldonado-Medina, Igor C. Almeida.
• alpha-Gal-based prophylactic glycovaccine effectively protects against experimental Chagas disease npc Vaccines 4 (2019), S Portillo, B G. Zepeda, E Iniguez, J J. Olivas, N K. Hosseini, , O C. Moreira, A F. Marques, Katja Michael, R A. Maldonado, I C. Almeida.
• Synthesis of neoglycoproteins as potential biomarkers and vaccines for Chagas disease ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 257 (2019), Elisa G. Carvajal, Susana Portillo, Fikri Avci, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
• Purification of Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored Mucins from Trypanosoma cruzi Trypomastigotes and Synthesis of α-Gal-Containing Neoglycoproteins: Application as Biomarkers for Reliable Diagnosis and Early Assessment of Chemotherapeutic Outcomes of Chagas Disease. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 1955 (2019), U Ortega-Rodriguez, S Portillo, R A. Ashmus, J A. Duran, N S. Schocker, E Iniguez, A L. Montoya, B G. Zepeda, J J. Olivas, N H. Karimi, J Alonso-Padilla, L Izquierdo, M J. Pinazo, B A. de Noya, O Noya, Rosa A. Maldonado-Medina, F Torrico, J Gascon, Katja Michael, I C. Almeida.
• Purification of Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored Mucins from Trypanosoma cruzi Trypomastigotes and Synthesis of α-Gal-Containing Neoglycoproteins: Application as Biomarkers for Reliable Diagnosis and Early Assessment of Chemotherapeutic Outcomes of Chagas Disease. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 1955 (2019), U Ortega-Rodriguez, S Portillo, R A. Ashmus, J A. Duran, N S. Schocker, E Iniguez, A L. Montoya, B G. Zepeda, J J. Olivas, N H. Karimi, J Alonso-Padilla, L Izquierdo, M J. Pinazo, B A. de Noya, O Noya, Rosa A. Maldonado-Medina, F Torrico, J Gascon, Katja Michael, I C. Almeida.
• Synthesis and Characterization of a Photocleavable Collagen-Like Peptide Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry (2018), Alfredo Ornelas, Kaitlyn N. Williams, Kevin Hatch, Aurelio Paez, Angela C. Aguilar, Cameron C. Ellis, Nishat Tasnim, Supriyo Ray, Carl W. Dirk, Binata Joddar, Thomas Boland, Chunqiang Li, Katja Michael.
• Synthesis and characterization of a photocleavable collagen-like peptide Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry 16 (2018), Alfredo Ornelas Sanchez, Kaitlyn N. Williams, Kevin A. Hatch, Aurelio Paez, Angela C. Aguilar, Cameron C. Ellis, Nishat Tasnim, Supriyo Ray, Carl W. Dirk, Thomas Boland, Binata Joddar, Chunqiang Li, Katja Michael.
• Anti-alpha-Gal antibodies detected by novel neoglycoproteins as a diagnostic tool for Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania major PARASITOLOGY 145 13 (2018), Krishanthi S. Subramaniam, Victoria Austin, Nathaniel S. Schocker, Alba L. Montoya, Matthew S. Anderson, Roger A. Ashmus, Mina Mesri, Waleed Al-Salem, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael, Alvaro Acosta-Serrano.
• Synthesis and characterization of a photocleavable collagen-like peptide Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 16 6 (2018), Alfredo Ornelas Sanchez, K N. Williams, K A. Hatch, A Paez, A C. Aguilar, C C. Ellis, N Tasnim, S Ray, C W. Dirk, Thomas Boland, B Joddar, C Q. Li, Katja Michael.
• Anti-alpha-Gal antibodies detected by novel neoglycoproteins as diagnostic tool for Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania major Parasitology 145 13 (2018), K S. Subramaniam, V Austin, N S. Schocker, A L. Montoya, M Mesri, W Al-Salem, I C. Almeida, Katja Michael, A Acosta-Serrano.

• 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.
• Discovery of carbohydrate-based biomarkers for protozoan parasitic infections (2022), Volume Chicago, IL, Katja Michael.
• Synthesis of branched alpha-Gal-containing glycans derived from Trypanosoma cruzi (2021), Volume Honolulu, HI - virtual, Elisa Garcia Carvajal, Uriel Ortega Rodriguez, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
• Synthesis of branched alpha-Gal-containing glycans derived from Trypanosoma cruzi (2021), Volume Honolulu, HI - virtual, Elisa Garcia Carvajal, Uriel Ortega Rodriguez, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
• Specific Recognition of beta-Galactofuranosyl-Containing Glycans by Sera from Chronic Chagas Disease Patients (2021), Volume El Paso, TX, Eileni R. Gil, Alba L. Montoya, Emily L. Heydemann, Igor L. Estevao, Bianca E. Luna, Cameron Ellis, Elisa Garcia Carvajal, Belkisyolé Alarcón de Noya, Oscar Noya, Jorge Diego Marco, Maria Paola Zago, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
• Specific Recognition of beta-Galactofuranosyl-Containing Glycans by Sera from Chronic Chagas Disease Patients (2021), Volume El Paso, TX, Eileni R. Gil, Alba L. Montoya, Emily L. Heydemann, Igor L. Estevao, Bianca E. Luna, Cameron Ellis, Elisa Garcia Carvajal, Belkisyolé Alarcón de Noya, Oscar Noya, Jorge Diego Marco, Maria Paola Zago, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
• Exploration of N-thiocarbamoyl-7nitroindolines for the generation of a photocleavable crosslinker (2021), Volume online, P T. Baily, H P. Del Castillo, A Paez, M R. Weaver, R P. Iturralde, Chunqiang Li, Carl W. Dirk, Katja Michael.
• Discovery of Glyco-Biomarkers for Old World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis by a Reversed Immunoglycomics Approach (2020), Volume Honolulu, HI - virtual, Alba L. Montoya, Irodiel Vinales, Susana Portillo, Uriel Ortega Rodriguez, Igor L. Estevao, Victoria Austin, Nassim Hosseini, Janet J. Olivas, Sohan R. Jankuru, Roger A. Ashmus, Faustino Torrico, Mary Cruz Torrico, Maria Paola Zago, Jorge Diego Marco, Alvaro Acosta-Serrano, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
• Discovery of Glyco-Biomarkers for Old World Cutaneous Leishmaniasis by a Reversed Immunoglycomics Approach (2020), Volume Honolulu, HI - virtual, Alba L. Montoya, Irodiel Vinales, Susana Portillo, Uriel Ortega Rodriguez, Igor L. Estevao, Victoria Austin, Nassim Hosseini, Janet J. Olivas, Sohan R. Jankuru, Roger A. Ashmus, Faustino Torrico, Mary Cruz Torrico, Maria Paola Zago, Jorge Diego Marco, Alvaro Acosta-Serrano, Igor C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
• N-acyl-7-nitroindolines: Application in photodegradable hydrogels (2019), Volume El Paso, TX, H P. Del Castillo, P T. Baily, A B. Cruz Neto, Katja Michael.
• Photoreactive Crosslinkers, Films, and Hydrogels (2019), Volume El Paso, TX, Katja Michael.
• Functionalization of α-Galactose with an amine linker and its covalent attachment to a Reduced Graphene Oxide platform (2019), Volume El Paso, TX, I. Vinales, A N. Nair, V S. Chava, P Zago, I C. Almeida, S. Sreenivasan, Katja Michael.
• Discovery of glycan biomarkers for Chagas disease and cutaneous leishmaniasis (2019), Volume El Paso, TX, A L. Montoya, S Portillo, I Estevao, U Ortega-Rodriguez, N H. Karimi, J J. Olivas, I C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
• Exploration of functional groups in N-derivatized nitroindolines (2019), Volume El Paso, TX, P T. Baily, H P. Del Castillo, A Paez, M R. Weaver, R Iturralde, Chunqiang Li, Carl W. Dirk, Katja Michael.
• New photochemical methodologies for the synthesis of linear and cyclic peptides (2019), Volume El Paso, TX, H P. Del Castillo, A B. Cruz Neto, Katja Michael.
• Synthesis of homobifunctional photocleavable crosslinkers (2019), Volume El Paso, TX, J Hernandez, H P. Del Castillo, A B. Cruz, Katja Michael.
• Synthesis of neoglycoproteins as potential vaccines for Chagas disease (2019), Volume El Paso, TX, E Garcia, A L. Montoya, F Avci, I C. Almeida, Katja Michael.
• Development of a novel versatile crosslinker for the generation of a photodegradable hydrogel (2019), Volume El Paso, TX, P T. Baily, H P. Del Castillo, A Paez, M R. Weaver, R P. Iturralde, A M. Reyes, A Cruz, Chunqiang Li, Katja Michael.
• Novel Crosslinkers Enabling Reversal of Crosslinking with Light (2019), Volume Seattle, WA, Hector P. Del Castillo Vasquez, Katja Michael.
• Synthesis of neoglycoproteins as potential vaccines for Chagas disease (2019), Volume Orlando, FL, Elisa Garcia, S Portillo, F Avci, I C. Almeida, Katja Michael, .
• Discovery of Biomarkers for Chagas Disease and Leishmaniasis by Reversed Immunoglycomics (2019), Volume Barcelona, Spain, Katja Michael.
• N-Acyl Nitroindolines in Biomaterials (2019), Volume El Paso, TX, Katja Michael.
• Synthesis of neoglycoproteins as potential diagnostic tools for cutaneous leishmaniasis (2019), Volume Orlando, FL, Alba L. Montoya, V Austin, K S. Subramaniam, S Portillo, E Heydemann, Igor C. Almeida, Alvaro Acosta-Serrano, Katja Michael.

• Targeting cancer with antibodies present in parasitic diseases
• Targeting cancer with antibodies present in parasitic diseases
• Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) Center for Advanced Materials Research
• MRI: Acquisition of a microfluidic-based 3D bioprinter for additive manufacturing of biomaterials for fabrication of tissue-on-a-chip models.
• Differential diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis by immunoassays with density-controlled presentation of glycan biomarkers
• Discovery of glycan biomarkers for diagnosis and follow-up of chemotherapy of Chagas disease and leishmaniasis