Alice is currently in her last year of BSc of Science, Biology at Dalhousie University (2019-2020).

She fell in love with Dr. Gunawardena's work in the PCD Lab during her second year, when she was enrolled in Diversity of Life (pt.2). Alice started volunteering in the PCD lab and developed a true passion for plants and molecular work that pushed her to enrol in the experiential learning course and the independent research project during her third year. These two experiences were a great opportunity for Alice because she learned about unique laboratory techniques, microscopy, as well as plant cell mechanisms. Her endless work during the experiential learning led her to be a co-author in one of Dr. Dauphinee's articles, "The Function of Autophagy in Lace Plant Programmed Cell Death"(2019). Because of the independent research project and the collaboration between Dr. Gunawardena and Dr. Hoskin, from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Alice is currently hard at work collecting interesting results on the cytotoxicity of the lace plant phenolic compound, anthocyanin. Her work involves investigating the anti-cancer and anti-proliferative activities of crude anthocyanin extracts on two human ovarian cancer cell lines and one control mammary epithelial cell line.

Alice's hard work during the independent research project led her to obtain the Sarah Lawson research scholarship (Summer 2019), which allowed her to continue and deepen this work on both lace plant and human cell lines. Alice is currently furthering her research through the honours course. Her project has now expanded to working on four human cell lines, two ovarian cancer, one breast cancer and one mammary epithelial cell line.

Alice's goal after graduation is to continue studying anthocyanin extracts from the lace plant and looking at the effects that it has on cancer cells during her master studies. Alice is determined to bring Science closer to a cure for cancer and eventually enter into Medical School where she will achieve her final goal of becoming a heart surgeon.

Alice has been volunteering for the MS Society as well as Doors Open Halifax. In her spare time she enjoys taking care of her Gourami fish Boing and his fellow fishy friends, and spending time with her close friends and family.