Alice (Xia) Zhu, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Environmental & Marine Scientist | Plastic Pollution Researcher | Environmental Champion
Teaching and Mentorship
Teaching Positions
Guest Lecturer, Marine Pollution, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, October 2025
Guest Lecturer, Introductory Biological Oceanography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, March 2025
Guest Lecturer, Exploration of the World Ocean, Memorial University of Newfoundland, February 2025
Guest Lecturer, Marine Biology, California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, December 2023
Guest Lecturer, Marine Pollution, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, October 2023
Guest Lecturer, Marine Pollution, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, October 2021
Teaching Assistantships
Laboratory Teaching Assistant, CHMA10H3, Introductory Chemistry I: Structure and Bonding, University of Toronto Scarborough, Winter 2024
Teaching Assistant, EESB18H3, Natural Hazards, University of Toronto Scarborough, Fall 2019
Laboratory Teaching Assistant, CHMA11H3, Introductory Chemistry II: Reactions and Mechanisms, University of Toronto Scarborough, Winter 2020
Laboratory Teaching Assistant, BIO120H1, Introduction to Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Fall 2017
Mentorship
Current Students
K. Oldford, Research Assistant, Microplastics in the ETNP Oxygen Minimum Zone, 2025
Past Students
M. Kocela, Research Assistant, Plastic Pollution and the Biological Carbon Pump, 2025
J. Konik, Research Assistant, The Plastics & Climate Project, 2023-2025
S. Wu, Work-Study Student, Plastic Spiraling in River Networks, 2021-2022
S. Hansra, Research Assistant, Plastic Spiraling in River Networks, 2022
J. Wang, Work-Study Student, Global Reservoirs Project, 2020-2021
M. Arshad, Research Assistant, San Francisco Bay Project, 2018-2019
C. Sherlock, Undergraduate Research Student, San Francisco Bay Project, 2018-2019
E. Guo, Undergraduate Research Student, San Francisco Bay Project, 2017-2019
L. Werbowski, Undergraduate Research Student, San Francisco Bay Project, 2017-2019