Vivian Dayeh’s focus is on undergraduate teaching in physiology, human anatomy and zoology. She has received numerous awards for her teaching and professional performance, including the University of Waterloo Outstanding Performance Award twice in 2015 and 2006, the University of Waterloo Distinguished Teacher Award in 2011, and the Excellence in Science Teaching Award in 2010. Toxicology Animal cell culture Cell biology Animal physiology Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Society of in Vitro Biology (SIVB), Membership chair Instructional Skills Workshop Facilitator 2004 PhD Biology, University of Waterloo 2001 MSc Biology, University of Waterloo 1999 BSc Biology, University of Waterloo

Dr. Dayeh's primary focus is on undergraduate teaching and joined the Department of Biology in 2004 as a full-time lecturer. Dr. Dayeh's research interests are in cellular toxicology and development of in vitro methodology. Her previous research investigated the use of animal cell cultures and protozoa as alternatives to the use of whole organisms in toxicology and the effects of different classes of toxicants at the cellular level.

Dayeh, V.R., Bols, N.C., Tanneberger, K., Schirmer, K. and Lee, L.E.J. (2013). The Use of Fish-Derived Cell Lines for Investigation of Environmental Contaminants: An Update Following OECD's Fish Toxicity Testing Framework No. 171. In: Current Protocols in Toxicology. John Wiley & Sons. New York, NY, USA. 56:1.5.1–1.5.20. Lee, L.E.J., Dayeh, V.R., Schirmer, K., and Bols, N.C. (2009). Applications and potential uses of fish gill cell lines: examples with RTgill-W1. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology – Animal. 45: 127-134. Dayeh, V.R., Schirmer, K., and Bols, N.C. (2009). Ammonia-containing industrial effluents lethal to rainbow trout vacuolization and neutral red uptake in the rainbow trout gill cell line, RTgill-W1. Alternatives to Laboratory Animals. 37: 77-87. Dayeh, V.R., Chow, S.L., Schirmer, K., Lynn, D.H. and Bols, N.C. (2004). Evaluating the toxicity of Triton X-100 to protozoan, fish and mammalian cells using fluorescent dyes as indicators of cell viability