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King Hei TamPosition/Title: M.Sc. by Coursework email: tamk@uoguelph.ca Phone: Office:
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Education
1. BSc. (Animal Biology, University of Guelph, 2017)
2. M.Sc. by coursework. (Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, 2021-Present)
Advisor: Vern Osborne
About me
I completed my undergraduate degree in 2021 with a Bachelor of Science Majoring in Animal Biology. During my fourth year in my undergraduate degree, I took courses such as Experiments in Animal Biology and Applied Environmental Physiology and Animal Housing where I discovered my interest in pursuing graduate studies after completing independent projects and discovering how interesting and fun it can be do research. I especially wanted to work with my advisor Vern Osborne due to his unique and creative approaches to solving problems as well his vast experience in different areas. By undertaking my master’s degree, I hope to challenge and enhance myself both in my scientific knowledge and my interpersonal skills.
Ever since I was young, I’ve always enjoyed and had an interest in animals and I have done activities such as volunteering at animal shelters. I’ve always wanted to have a career that involves animals or the sciences. In my spare time I like to spend time with friends and family, read, build model kits, learn about history and take care of me lop rabbit DumDum.
Research
As a coursework-based master’s student, my research will involve the investigation into whether there is an association between the occurrence neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and the quality of water. With how essential water is and how everyone consumes water yet it is often overlooked and could provide clues or provide a link. My research will examine factors such as mineral composition including potassium, sodium and magnesium. I will primarily be using 2 programs: QGIS and Python. QGIS an open-source geographic information system application for the viewing, editing, and analysis of geospatial data. Python is a programming language that can be used for statistical analysis and modelling. The applications of this research could apply equally to both humans and animals. While this research will focus on human data there is no reason why this same sort of study could be performed in animals. Animals such as cows and pigs also consume large amounts of water so there could be potential performance and welfare implications. Currently, I have not started on my project yet as I will start working in the summer as a coursework-based student. As well we are still waiting for human health records from places such as hospitals in order to perform analyses. To help in preparation of my project I am talking a course that involves working on a meta-analysis paper on mineral compositions in diets.