Prof Nicole Weckman (ISTEP, ChemE) is the Paul Cadario Chair in Global Engineering at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on developing the next generation of point-of-care technologies for diagnosing diseases, monitoring outbreaks of drug-resistant infections, and protecting our environment. She is particularly interested in developing low cost and sustainable diagnostics that can help to improve health equity. Dr. Weckman is joining U of T after completing postdoctoral research at Harvard University and the University of Cambridge. Before her postdoctoral work, Dr. Weckman obtained her PhD in Engineering from the University of Cambridge, her MEng in Chemical Engineering from McGill University and her BASc in Nanotechnology Engineering from the University of Waterloo.

Beyond her academic work, Dr. Weckman is co-founder of the start-up 52 North Health, where she is working in the medical diagnostic space to develop low-cost digitally linked technologies that help improve health outcomes and health equity for people receiving chemotherapy.