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Rebecca LeBard is an Associate Professor in the School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). She completed a Bachelor of Science with Honours and a PhD at the University of Sydney, focusing on the mechanisms for maintaining multi-drug resistance plasmids in Staphylococcus aureus. Her current research includes projects investigating plasmid DNA inheritance in Archaea and microbial molecular markers used to trace sources of water pollution. An advocate for teaching excellence, she has received multiple awards, including the UNSW Vice Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 2015 and an Australian University Teaching Award for her contributions to student learning in 2016. LeBard emphasizes the importance of quantitative skills for STEM students, particularly in biology, and has developed a model of signature pedagogy aimed at enhancing these skills. She is also active in various leadership roles related to educational excellence within the Faculty of Science at UNSW.
Faculty of Science, UNSW • Sydney, NSW, Australia
School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, UNSW • Sydney, NSW, Australia
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