Episode 14: Shivani Sachdev PhD, Molecular Pharmacology of Cannabinoids
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The ResourcefulHDR podcast guest for March is Shivani Sachdev. Shivani was awarded a Master of Research (Biomedical Science) in 2017 from Macquarie University and recently submitted her PhD thesis. Shivani’s research project was entitled “Molecular Pharmacology of Cannabinoids: beyond THC” which she completed in the laboratory under the supervision of Professor Mark Connor, Asociate Dean, HDR, Macquarie University.
Shivani loved juggling many different things alongside her PhD including taking on the role of Vice-President of MedSoc, Creative Producer of TEDx MQ, Participant in the Future STEM Leader program and IMNIS Mentee. Aside from her fascination with research and work in academia, Shivani likes to swim, cook, watch TV and is also planning on taking guitar classes.
Shivani has accepted a Postdoc position at Indiana University with Professor Ken Mackie and will be relocating to the USA in the next couple of months.
Follow Shivani on Twitter @GrrrlInScience
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