Molly Shoichet (she/her)
Professor and Research Team Lead
I teach undergraduate students in engineering and I lead a research team in biomedical and chemical engineering.
Yetong Dong
Research Assistant/Graduate Student
I am studying to become a scientific researcher.
Alyssa Smith
PhD Candidate in Cognitive Science
I am researching how people’s attention is affected by factors in everyday life such as taking medications.
Allison Guitor
Researcher - Antibiotic Resistance
I study antibiotic resistance, which is what makes bacteria able to live in the presence of antibiotics.
Manpreet Kaur (She/Her)
Postdoctoral Fellow
I work on research projects to discover drugs to treat infectious diseases.
Sample Size And Reproducibility
Learn how scientists use sample size and reproducibility to develop experiments.
Developing a Hypothesis
Learn what makes a good hypothesis, and how to develop one.
Precision and Accuracy
Learn about precision and accuracy and why they are important in science.
Bias and Sources of Error
Learn how scientists identify and minimize bias and sources of error to produce accurate results.
Asking Testable Questions
Learn how scientists come up with experimental or testable questions.
Identifying Variables
Learn how scientists define independent, dependent and controlled variables in experimental inquiry.
Setting Up a Fair Test
Learn how scientists set up fair tests using comparison and variables.
Dr. Rod Russell
Professor of Virology and Immunology
I run a research lab where we study viruses and how they cause disease.
Xiaoyi Bao
Professor and Canada Research Chair
Dr. Xiaoyi Bao is Canada Research Chair in Fibre Optics and Photonics.
Arinjay Banerjee (he/him)
Research Scientist and Principal Investigator
I am a scientist and I study how viruses evolve and interact with our immune system.