Biography
Dr. Zoie Diana (pronouns: she/her) is an interdisciplinary environmental scientist and Liber Ero Postdoctoral Fellow in the Rochman Lab in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto. She is broadly interested in anthropogenic stressors and pollution abatement as a global sustainability challenge. Her research explores aquatic ecosystems in the Anthropocene by characterizing the ecological consequences of the stressors in aquatic ecosystems and examining societal responses and mitigation. Much of her work thus far has focused on plastic pollution as an anthropogenic contaminant. She co-founded the Duke University Plastic Pollution Working Group and previously earned her Ph.D. at Duke University in Dr. Dan Rittschof’s lab in the Marine Science and Conservation Division and Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program. She is also served as plastic waste consultant for the World Bank. For more information, please see her CV here. In her spare time, Zoie can be found running, reading, or walking her rescue greyhound Charlie.