Full Name
Naowarat (Ann) Cheeptham
Job Title
Professor
Company/Org.
Department of Biological Sciences, Thompson Rivers University
Speaker Bio
Dr. Cheeptham’s research interests have included cave microbiomes/new drug discovery, white-nose syndrome in bats, alternative treatment tools against multidrug-resistant infections, and geomicrobiology (in particular cave biomineralization).
Her work has been featured in the New York Times, WIRED, Bloomberg TV network’s Spark series, Al Jazeera TV, the CBC’s Nature of Things (The Antibiotic Hunters episode), Global TV (Global 16x9 and Global Health), Knowledge Network, CBC radio (Daybreak), and in several International and Canadian magazines. In 2013, she was invited to serve as chief editor and co-author of a book entitled Cave Microbiomes: A Novel Resource for Drug Discovery, published by Springer.
She is now working on a book entitled “Humanizing Science Education: An edited collection of creative work”.
Her work has been featured in the New York Times, WIRED, Bloomberg TV network’s Spark series, Al Jazeera TV, the CBC’s Nature of Things (The Antibiotic Hunters episode), Global TV (Global 16x9 and Global Health), Knowledge Network, CBC radio (Daybreak), and in several International and Canadian magazines. In 2013, she was invited to serve as chief editor and co-author of a book entitled Cave Microbiomes: A Novel Resource for Drug Discovery, published by Springer.
She is now working on a book entitled “Humanizing Science Education: An edited collection of creative work”.
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