Shawn Lewenza
Positions
Adjunct Associate Professor
Cumming School of Medicine
Associate Member
The Calvin, Phoebe and Joan Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases
Contact information
Phone number
Lab: +1 (403) 220-4222
Location
Lab: HSCB871
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Preferred method of communication
slewenza@athabascau.ca
Background
Educational Background
BSc Microbiology, University of Manitoba, 1994
Doctor of Philosophy Microbial Pathogenesis, University of Calgary, 2000
Post-doctoral fellow Bacterial Genomics, University of British Columbia, 2004
Post-doctoral fellow Bacterial membrane biology, Institut Pasteur, 2006
Biography
Dr Lewenza completed his PhD in Microbial Pathogenesis at the University of Calgary, followed by post-doctoral fellowships at UBC (2004-2006) and the Institut Pasteur (2004-2006). He accepted the Westaim-ASRA Chair in Biofilm Studies (2006-2012) at the University of Calgary, and transitioned to Athabasca University in 2015. Dr Lewenza's research, as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Calgary, spans microbial research areas that include antibiotic resistance, biofilms, bacterial regulatory and environmental sensing systems, and currently focuses on the use of whole cell bacterial biosensors and their application in antibiotic discovery and detection of oil sands wastewater pollutants. The lab is interested in applying naphthenic acid biosensors to environmental monitoring of naphthenic acids in the oil sands industrial processes.
Research
Participation in university strategic initiatives
Projects
Awards
- Westaim-ASRA Chair in Bacterial Biofilm Research. Mechanisms of Biofilm Formation, Regulation and Inhibition (2006-2012), University of Calgary. 2006
Publications
In the News
- Microbial biosensors to detect oil sands pollutants. AU The Hub. (2024)
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