Trainees

Tia Gareau
University of Calgary
Undergraduate Internship  
Email: tia.gareau@gmail.com

Tia Gareau is currently completing her BSc in chemical engineering with a biomedical engineering specialization at the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary. As a part of her degree, she is completing an internship before her final undergraduate year at the Pharmaceutical Production Research Facility (PPRF). Under the supervision of Dr. Michael Kallos, Tia is researching how effectively shear force maintains and rescues murine embryonic stem cell pluripotency in suspension bioreactors. Tia has held two NSERC undergraduate student research awards and currently is a recipient of a Stem Cell Network Co-op Award and a CIHR Skeletal Regenerative Medicine Trainee Award. Tia is very interested in the biotechnology industry. In her spare time, Tia enjoys playing piano, playing soccer, and volunteering with the Girl Guides of Canada.