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Research focus is on developing functional probiotics using synthetic biology, with applications in health biotechnology and food safety. In addition, producing and degrading bioplastics using synthetic biology, focusing on clean technology and environmental sustainability.

Come work with Jennifer Saul, who is studying the linguistic devices that are used to spread misinformation, disinformation, and bullshit. These include dogwhistles like "the storm is coming", used by QAnon adherents to communicate with each other; figleaves like "I'm just asking questions" which make people more likely to claims they would otherwise dismiss; and strategies to evade content moderation (like use of a carrot emoji by anti-vaxxers). Your own research needn't be limited to these though. You'll be in a department with philosophers like Carla Fehr, who works on both epistemology of ignorance and algorithmic bias; Patricia Marino, who works on algorithmic bias and formal philosophical methods; Laura Mae Lindo, who works on anti-racist communication and philosophy of education; and Katie Plaisance, who works on scientific communication.

Often referred to as ‘canaries in the climate change coal mine’ due to their sensitivity to climate change risks, small islands are facing increasingly frequent and intense extreme weather events, changing precipitation patterns, and threats from future sea-level rise. These events, such as tropical cyclones, often cause significant infrastructure damage, disrupting critical food, water, and energy supplies.

Like mushrooms popping up in a field, this collective springs into action in response to widespread and ongoing anti-life doctrines that reverberate across the nation and globe (e.g., anti-trans legislation, rolling back queer and disability rights). The REC, directed by Dr. Aly Bailey in the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies in the Faculty of Health at the University of Waterloo, is a collection of research, scholars, and activists centring bodymind differences by queering, cripping, and thickening leisure, fitness, and health. Bridging theory and practice, building bodymind coalitions (across fat, disabled, queer, racialized, Mad communities), and working with powerholders invested in access and inclusion, The REC demands for research and teaching that challenges power, subverts oppressive structures (e.g., ableism, racism, fat hatred, anti-queer, etc.), and celebrates embodied diversity. Graduate students at The REC engage deeply with theory, bring research to action, and strive for justice.