Research Interests
Sana first joined the Servos Lab as a technician in 2022, where she contributed to a large-scale exposure study investigating the effects of venlafaxine and its R- and S-enantiomers on rainbow darters (Etheostoma caeruleum). In this role, she supported experimental work examining how pharmaceutical contaminants can influence behavioural and physiological responses in small-bodied fish species used in aquatic ecotoxicology studies.
She subsequently completed her Master’s degree in the Paul Craig Lab at the University of Waterloo, where her research examined how early-life exposure to diel thermal variation affects microRNA expression and performance in zebrafish, linking developmental temperature variability to molecular and physiological outcomes.
She briefly returned to the Servos Lab in 2024 as a technician, primarily contributing to data interpretation and manuscript preparation related to the venlafaxine exposure study.
