Miya Tseng-West

After learning that bacteria can exchange electrons in the environment, Miya became fascinated with the undiscovered world of microbiology and conducted her undergraduate degree in Microbiology at UofT. Now as a master's student in Chemistry, she is investigating the pathway mediating the uptake of unnatural sugars in E. coli which can be used as metabolic labelling tools. In her spare time, her hobbies include harnessing the power of microbes in the kitchen for fermentation, wandering in nature, sunbathing with her cat, meditation, and creating herbal tea blends.