2015 Ph.D. grad Andressa Lacerda is in

mid-career stride, despite being only 26. 

She’s a founding partner and the CFO in Noble Inc., a company that will

manufacture and distribute filtration systems to remove nanosilvers from

wastewater as well as introduce pharmaceuticals that will cure cancer and

diseases that are caused by virus’.  Her

partner in this is Adam Noble, a whiz-kid who has set both the Trent community

and world on fire with research that he accomplished in the labs at the

university when he was just a high school student. 

 

Andessa helped mentor Adam into becoming

one of Canada’s “20 Under 20” in 2014. 

Together they have just signed on as cornerstone tenants of Trent

University’s new Research and Innovation Park, with a

$20 million, 50,000-square-foot production facility to be built soon.

 

Andressa’s own research has shed new light

onto neurological disorders – in particular how mutations

of LITAF protein cause the genetic Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. 

 

It’s a fascinating discussion – and one

where another of Andressa’s talents shine: the ability to take complex ideas

and make them relatable to students and laypeople.