Sidrah is a fourth year undergraduate student from the University of Toronto completing a double major in chemistry and physics with a minor in mathematics. She is conducting research for the summer at TMU under the co-supervision of Dr. Sacripante and Dr. Foucher. She is working on functionalizing a lignin by-product, vanillin, into renewable polyurethanes. In her free time, Sidrah enjoys reading, blogging, and trying out new cuisines.