Biography
Dr. Zoie Diana (pronouns: she/her) is an interdisciplinary scholar 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 pollution abatement as a global sustainability challenge. Her research explores the social and ecological dimensions of plastic pollution by characterizing the ecological consequences of the global pollutant in marine ecosystems and examining societal responses and mitigation. 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 a 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.