Delaney Nash

Delaney is co-supervised by Dr. Nissimov (main supervisor Dr. Trevor Charles). She joined Nissimov’s research group in January 2021. Delaney attained an undergraduate and Master’s degree in Biology from the University of Waterloo. During her undergraduate degree, Delaney specialized in plant biology and bioinformatics.  In her Master’s degree, Delaney studied protein trafficking in plant cells and became interested in learning diverse molecular biology techniques.  Now in her PhD work, she continues to explore molecular biology techniques such as viral genome sequencing and using environmental viral detection methods. Her research aims to detect viruses in hydroponic solutions that cause devastating crop losses, as well as tracking the spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants in wastewater.

Delaney is an avid knitter and designs her own clothing patterns. She also spends lots of time outdoors with family and enjoys camping and cottaging.