▁Sydney ▁and ▁completed ▁her ▁education ▁at ▁R MIT ▁where ▁she ▁received ▁a ▁Bach elor ▁of ▁App lied ▁Science ▁in ▁App lied ▁Bi ology . ▁She ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁complete ▁her ▁Ph D ▁at ▁R MIT ▁studying ▁the ▁" bi ological ▁control ▁of ▁the ▁we ed ▁th orn apple ." ▁She ▁has ▁studied ▁many ▁aspects ▁of ▁we ed ▁control , ▁as ▁well ▁as , ▁fung al ▁dise ases ▁on ▁plants . ▁ ▁Stewart - W ade ▁has ▁also ▁review ed ▁the ▁scientific ▁literature ▁twice ▁for ▁the ▁nur ser y ▁and ▁garden ▁industry ▁on ▁plant ▁path og ens ▁in ▁rec yc led ▁ir rig ation ▁water , ▁and ▁the ▁effic acy ▁of ▁organ ic ▁soil ▁am end ments ▁such ▁as ▁comp ost . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁ ▁Stewart - W ade ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁Melbourne , ▁Australia , ▁where ▁her ▁parents ▁settled ▁down ▁after ▁living ▁in ▁Canada ▁for ▁two ▁years . ▁She ▁is ▁the ▁young est ▁of ▁four ▁children , ▁two ▁older ▁brothers , ▁and ▁an ▁older ▁sister . ▁She ▁grew ▁up ▁att ending ▁private ▁school ▁and ▁claims ▁that ▁her ▁parents ▁were ▁" very ▁encourag ing , ▁offering ▁to ▁help ▁us ▁with ▁our ▁home work ▁and ▁so ▁on ." ▁She ▁cons iders ▁her ▁primary ▁school ▁education ▁the ▁main ▁reason ▁she ▁became ▁interested ▁in ▁science , ▁cit ing ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁she ▁very ▁curious ▁as ▁a ▁child ▁and ▁wanted ▁to ▁know ▁how ▁things ▁worked . ▁Her ▁parents ▁did ▁not ▁direct ▁them ▁toward ▁science ▁but ▁were ▁more ▁encourag ing ▁in ▁a ▁broad ▁sense ▁of ▁having ▁all ▁of