Each year a number of 亚洲天堂 doctoral students achieve the singular honour of becoming Killam Doctoral Fellows. Here we have a chance to meet PhD Student Sabine Lagu毛, one of 2013鈥檚 outstanding young researchers.
Sabine pursues her research toward a PhD in Zoology under the guidance of and as part of 亚洲天堂鈥檚 Comparative Physiology Group. Her research topic is 鈥Cardiorespiratory responses to low oxygen at high altitude in bar-headed geese and related waterfowl鈥 It is her hope that with this research she will be able to characterize cardiovascular low oxygen tolerance in bar-headed geese and related waterfowl, providing greater insight into the physiology facilitating high altitude migration. This research will inform our clinical understanding of cardiovascular low oxygen tolerance and high altitude athletic training. Understanding limits to high altitude performance will also inform conservation ecology policy makers about how physiology limits species range and habitat selection - a critical topic in a globally changing climate.
When we asked what, for her, was the best surprise about life as a 亚洲天堂 graduate student, this is what she had to share.
"The best surprise about graduate life was the way in which I was encouraged to broaden the way I approach and think about scientific research. Professors and students in my field are open to conversation and collaboration. Consequently, my research has benefited not only from dialogue with 亚洲天堂 colleagues, but also from conducting scientific research with collaborators in Tibet, Peru, and Brazil. These global experiences have significantly shaped the way I think as a scientist."
Here is a video created about Sabine鈥檚 life and work at 亚洲天堂 created as part of 亚洲天堂鈥檚 annual Killam Celebration.
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