If interested in joining the lab, please send Dr. Wenzel an e-mail using the contact form here.
If interested in joining the lab, please send Dr. Wenzel an e-mail using the contact form here.
Dr. Wenzel (Ph.D., B.Ed.) is an Assistant Professor, licensed Canadian schoolteacher, and healthcare advocate.
Before research, Dr. Wenzel was head of a special education department in British Columbia. In this role, Dr. Wenzel taught high school students with a diverse array of learning barriers, and created accessible lesson plans that encouraged school attendance and engagement. After school, Dr. Wenzel was a concert sound technician, mixing and recording concerts for musicians, including Juno-award winning artists. Life events led Dr. Wenzel to move 400 km away from their hometown for a doctoral program at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Wenzel was awarded their doctoral degree in 2020, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Before lock downs were in place, Dr. Wenzel was offered a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Saskatchewan to start the first stem cell laboratory at the institution, and this laboratory is currently where Dr. Wenzel and team conduct their research. When asked what made Dr. Wenzel chose this career, they often respond “serendipity” because they ended their undergraduate studies claiming they would never write a thesis because “writing over a hundred pages seemed boring”.
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a. Articles published or accepted in peer-reviewed journals
b. Chapters in books
c. Conference publications
We believe that people from diverse backgrounds (race, ethnicity, nationality, gender identity, different physical abilities) with diverse perspectives and insights are integral to making breakthroughs in science.
We understand that not everyone works the same way, so we are flexible with location and time of research.
All students will have equal opportunity for professional development activities.
All personnel should be able to work in supportive and inclusive environment that is free from harassment and discrimination, and we pledge to uphold our work environment to this standard.
Training is core to our laboratory, and all personnel will have 1-on-1 support.
We understand improving equity, diversity, inclusion and teaching practices require constant review, so we always seek feedback to improve our environment.