Speaker bio: Shalini Dukhan

Shalini Dukhan is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Wits University. Her research focuses on exploring lecturer and student approaches and practice to improve learning within first-year biology classes. She has also done work on student career aspirations in the Sciences at high school, undergraduate, and postgraduate level. She has supervised students to graduation in Sciences and Science Education. Shalini received her PhD in Science Education (2014), Master’s in Psychology (2004), Honours in Botany (2001) and Bachelor of Science (2000).