{"id":4283,"date":"2022-03-30T10:37:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T14:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/its-cuthemedev1.carleton.ca\/chemistry\/?post_type=cu_people&p=4283"},"modified":"2025-08-21T10:51:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T14:51:07","slug":"amanda-sakyi","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/people\/amanda-sakyi\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Sakyi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Current Degree Program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Carleton University – M. Sc. Chemistry and Environmental Toxicology <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Research Supervisor<\/strong>: Amy Rand<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Field<\/strong>: Toxicology <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My research is focused around discovering if oxidative stress is caused by styrene (monomer to polystyrene) in the humanized version of the model organism C.elegans<\/em>. A lot of the research I do crosses over throughout biochemistry, microbiology, and biology. I\u2019m usually in the lab 4-5 days per week depending on what work needs to be done. Unfortunately, due to COVID, I have not had an opportunity to attend a conference in person but have attended many virtual seminars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching and Outreach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The time commitment to TA depends on the course. I TA first year General Chemistry, which involves more teaching of the fundamentals and can range anywhere from 8 hours in the lab and 5-10 hours per week of marking. For outreach, I love to volunteer for the Chemistry Magic Show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lifestyle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve lived in Ottawa all my life, it\u2019s a safe, but busy city! There\u2019s lots to discover if you\u2019ve never been here and many stable jobs and housing opportunities for those who stay for a long time. It\u2019s perfect for people who love the big city feeling but still need a nice balance of places to hike or explore. Transportation in Ottawa is usually quick and clean, especially with the LRT. In the city I like to explore restaurants with friends and family, and I find people are so friendly compared to many other cities. Carleton has a great gym and pool, and many other fitness centers around the city, some even available to women only. For my undergrad I lived with family, and now in my Masters I was able to purchase a townhome. Many students live in an apartment alone or with roommates, and many undergraduate students choose to stay in Residence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4284,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Amanda ","cu_people_last_name":"Sakyi","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[37],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-4283","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-graduate-students"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"","cu_people_degree":"","cu_building":"","cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/4283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/4283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5490,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/4283\/revisions\/5490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=4283"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=4283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}