Meet Your Associate Dean
“What an opportunity to serve in the role of the Associate Dean of Science, Academic! I look forward to this exciting opportunity to learn more about and contribute to Trent University from a different perspective. Through collaborative work across divisions, we can enhance and grow our academic programing in meaningful ways to ensure students success, address global challenges and societal needs.”
Dr. Sanela Martic
Acting Associate Dean of Science, Academic
About Sanela Martic (she/her)
Dr. Sanela Martic is the Associate Professor, who joined the Forensic Science Department at Trent University in January 2019. Prior to Trent, she was a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry at Oakland University (USA) as an Assistant Professor (2012-2017) and Associate Professor (2017-2018). Sanela received Ph.D. degree in Chemistry in 2009 from Queen's University, under the supervision of Prof. Suning Wang and co-supervision of Prof. Gang Wu. In 2009, she joined the research group of Prof. Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz (currently at the University of Toronto Scarborough, previously at Western University) as a postdoctoral fellow in chemistry.
Currently, the research in Martic lab is aimed at evaluating molecules that are of relevance to forensic, biomedical, environmental and material sciences. Martic lab has received funding support through CFI/ORF, NSERC DG, NSERC Alliance COVID, NSERC Alliance Missions, NSERC Alliance International Catalyst, MITACS, ACS PRF, NIH, and industrial contracts. Sanela mentors undergraduate students with diverse majors/minors, and graduate students as a faculty member of the ENLS and MTSC graduate programs. Sanela is also passionate about teaching and has developed several in-person courses and laboratories as well as an online course with the support from Trent Online and funding through the eCampus Ontario VLS.
Sanela previously held the position of Associate Chair, Forensic Science, has served on various committees, including the University Senate and the Board of Governors. Sanela is the NSERC DG 1501 Evaluation Group member, Director-at-large on the Canadian Society for Chemistry Board, the board member of the Canadian Society for Chemistry Working for Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (WIDE) committee, secretary and treasurer of the Electrochemical Society Canada Chapter, the member-at-large and the conference committee member for the Canadian Society for Molecular Biosciences.