Dr. Tahani Baakdhah doesn’t just study eyes—the retina, the lens, the cell structure—she also crochets them!
In addition to being a skilled crocheter and crafter, Tahani is a science communicator and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Toronto, where she studies retinal stem cells. Picture the microscopes, rows of test tubes—a whole lab full of busy scientists in sterile blue gowns—Tahani is at home there.
She’s also at home with a crochet hook and has published a book called Science Crochet: Building the Retina. She sells it, plus her science amigurumi creations and other related products, on her website, The Purple Lilac Science Crochet.
All images courtesy Tahani Baakdhah.