Ria Saha

Affiliation

Masters Student
Biology Specialization Chemical and Environmental Toxicology, Environmental Sustainability
Email: rsaha047@uottawa.ca

Research interests

Environmetal Health & Genomics
Toxicology
Microbiology

Bio

I have a Bachelors degree and Masters degree in Microbiology, both from University of Calcutta. After that, I have worked for a year as a Microbiologist in the Department of Medicinal Biochemistry at Jadavpur University and as a part project fellow in Calcutta Medical Research Institute (CMRI). With in this course of work, I had opportunities to present my research at 99th Indian Science Congress and at an International conference on Eco-toxicology where I won a gold medal as the best presenter. Currently, I am pursuing my research (thesis) in Environmental Toxicology under the joint supervision of Dr. Laurie Chan and Dr. Alexandre Poulain with full scholarship and research assistantship.

Research project

• Role of diet in shaping up the human gut microbial community structure and how it affects mercury metabolism.

Presentations

Saha, R., Guo, G., Chan, L., and Poulain, AJ. Poster. Role of diet in shaping up the human gut microbiota and how it affects mercury metabolism. OCIB symposium 2016