Tanya Dahms

University of Regina, Canada

Born and raised in Guelph, Ontario, Tanya attained a co-operative B. Sc. in Biology and Chemistry at the University of Waterloo (1990), a Ph. D. in Biophysics (1996) from Ottawa University at the National Research Council (NRC) campus, a Postdoctoral Fellowship in protein X-ray crystallography at Purdue University, and a Research Associateship in advanced microscopy at NRC. Tanya is a Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Regina where she launched the atomic force microscopy (AFM) facility in 2000. Of special interest to her research group is how xenobiotics, such as herbicides and antifungals, impact nontarget (microbes, human cells) and target (opportunistic pathogens) organisms, respectively. The Dahms group routinely develops new microscopic methods for studying live cells at the nanoscale to help assess environmental and health impacts. Dahms has been the recipient of various awards, including a visiting fellowship to the National Institutes of Health, AstraZeneca Research Award, Canadian Cancer Society Award and the YMCA Woman of the Year Award.