Anthony Siame, Ph.d.

Biography

Anthony Siame is an Associate Professor of Biology at Trinity Western University and is currently the Chair of Biology. He joined Trinity Western University in 2007 and has taught courses in Introductory Biology, Biochemistry, and Microbiology. Apart from teaching, Anthony has been researching the role of type III and type VI secretion systems in bacterial pathogenesis in collaboration with Dr. Leung. He has published more than 20 papers in scientific journals. Anthony grew up in Zambia and holds a BSc and MSc in Chemistry from the University of Zambia. He completed his PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN) in 1993. His research focused on isolating chemical compounds from sorghum root exudates that triggered germination of the parasitic weed, . He also analyzed defense compounds produced by sorghum in response to fungal infections. Upon completing his studies at Purdue University, he returned to Zambia and taught courses in Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry at the University of Zambia. He later moved to the University of Botswana and taught undergraduate courses in Cell Biology and Biochemistry and graduate courses in Applied Microbiology. He was actively involved in research and supervised graduate students working on mycotoxins in food and cyanotoxins in wastewater which resulted in several publications in scientific journals. After 12 years at the University of Botswana, he relocated to Canada and currently lives in Langley with his wife and three children.

Research Interest

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research Interests: Mycotoxins (toxic substance produced by fungus) and Algal (related to algae) toxins