Students

Lindsay Rummel
PhD Candidate
Dept of Animal Biosciences
lrummell@uoguelph.ca

Varena Thomaz
MSc Student
Dept of Clinical Studies
vtomaz@uoguelph.ca

Sydney Banton
MSc Student
Dept of Animal Biosciences
bantons@uoguelph.ca

Pawanpreet Singh PhD Candidate
Dept of Animal Biosciences
pawanpre@uoguelph.ca

Rita Verma
PhD Candidate
Dept of Clinical Studies
rverma03@uoguelph.ca

Tobias Urbanschitz
DVSc Candidate
Dept of Clinical Studies
urbansct@uoguelph.ca

James Yan
PhD Candidate
Dept of Clinical Studies
yyan13@uoguelph.ca

Dr. Devin McCarthy
Post-Doctoral
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
dmccar02@uoguelph.ca

Olivia Smith
MSc Student
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
smitho@uoguelph.ca

Megan Allan
MSc Student
Dept of Clinical Studies
mallan05@uoguelph.ca

Johan Thiessen
MSc Student
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
jthies01@uoguelph.ca

Gabriel Romano
Undergraduate Research Student
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
groman02@guelphhumber.ca

Mikail Bhimani
MSc Student
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
mbhimani@uoguelph.ca

Pardeep Khangura
MSc Student
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
pkhang01@uoguelph.ca

Julian Bommarito
PhD-candidate
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
jbomma01@uoguelph.ca

Rileigh Stapleton
MSc Student
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
rstapl01@uoguelph.ca

Ifene David Festus
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
Student Executive Council, Undergraduate
ifestus@uoguelph.ca

Clara Dmytryshyn
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
Student Executive Council, Undergraduate
cdmytrys@uoguelph.ca

Leo Li
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
Student Executive Council, Undergraduate
lli31@uoguelph.ca

Alyssa Campbell
MSc Student
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology
acampb33@uoguelph.ca

Casey Williamson
PhD Student
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology
cwilli33@uoguelph.ca

Roshan Aggarwal
PhD Student
School of Engineering
roshan@uoguelph.ca

Ben McKellar
MSc Student
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
bmckel01@uoguelph.ca

Dr. Alexander Gamble
Post-Doctoral
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
alexander.gamble@guelphhumber.ca

Elma Misini
Undergraduate Research Student
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology
emisini@uoguelph.ca

Owen Anderson
MSc Student
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology
oander01@uoguelph.ca

Karl Steffensen
PhD Student
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology
ksteffen@uoguelph.ca

Amirashkan Bouriayee
Undergraduate Research Student
School of Engineering
abouriay@uoguelph.ca

Rebecca Goodrum
M.A.Sc.
School of Engineering
rgoodrum@uoguelph.ca

Ritu Verma
MSc Student
Dept of Clinical Studies; Dept of Pathobiology
rverma03@uoguelph.ca

James Yan
DVSc
Dept of Clinical Studies
yyan13@uoguelph.ca

Gisela Strohle
M.A.Sc.
School of Engineering
gstrohle@uoguelph.ca

Eamon Fitzpatrick
MSc Student
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Science
fitzpate@uoguelph.ca

Nicole Fletcher
PhD Student
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Science
fletchen@uoguelph.ca

Andrew Chong
DVSc Candidate
Ontario Veterinary College
chonga@uoguelph.ca

Brienne Stairs
MSc Student
Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
bstair01@uoguelph.ca

Neil Morley
MSc Student
Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
Student Executive Council
wmorley@uoguelph.ca

Christian Cheung
PhD Student
Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
ccheun05@uoguelph.ca

Bridget Coyle-Asbil
Undergraduate Research Student
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
bcoyleas@uoguelph.ca

Sally Al-Mufty
Undergraduate Research Student
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
salmufty@uoguelph.ca

Anabelle Ng
Undergraduate Research Student
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
anabelle@uoguelph.ca

Emma Holjak
MSc Student
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
eholjak@uoguelph.ca

Sophia Herrera
MSc Student
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
sherrera@uoguelph.ca

Adam McMahon
Undergraduate Research Student
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
Student Executive Council
amcmah03@uoguelph.ca

Janan Shoja Doost
PhD Candidate
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
Student Executive Council
jshojado@uoguelph.ca

David Friedman
Undergraduate
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
Student Executive Council
dfriedma@uoguelph.ca

Ananda Pires
DVSc Candidate
Ontario Veterinary College
apires@uoguelph.ca

Lucas Omazic
Undergraduate Research Student
Dept. Biomedical Sciences
lomazic@uoguelph.ca

Samantha Gosse
Undergraduate Research Student
Kinesiology, University of Guelph-Humber
sgosse02@guelphhumber.ca

Julian Bommarito
Undergraduate Research Student
Kinesiology, University of Guelph-Humber
jbomma01@guelphhumber.ca

William Lutz
Undergraduate Research Student
Dept. Biomedical Sciences
wlutz@uoguelph.ca

Matthias Purvis
Undergraduate Research Student
Dept. Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
mpurvi01@uoguelph.ca

Muhammad Kathia
MSc Candidate
Dept. Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
mkathi01@uoguelph.ca

Dr. Andre Teixeira
Post-Doctoral
Dept. Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
ateixeir@uoguelph.ca

Iryna Savinova
MSc Candidate
Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
isavinov@uoguelph.ca

Dr. Brittany Edgett
Post-Doctoral
Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
bedgett@uoguelph.ca

Dr. Kendal Prill
Post-Doctoral
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology
kprill@uoguelph.ca

Iman Aziz
Undergraduate Research Student
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
Student Executive Council, Undergraduate
iaziz@uoguelph.ca

Nina Harris
Undergraduate Research Student
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
Student Executive Council, Undergraduate
nharri03@uoguelph.ca

Megan Kuikman
MSc Candidate
Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
mkuikman@uoguelph.ca

Jeremy Cohen
MSc Candidate
Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
jcohen04@uoguelph.ca

Hesham Farag
PhD Candidate
Dept of of Biomedical Sciences
Student Executive Council
hfarag@uoguelph.ca

Jinan Saboune
MSc Candidate
Dept of of Biomedical Sciences
Student Executive Council
jsaboune@uoguelph.ca

Sergiu-Gabriel Duplea
MSc Candidate
Dept. Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
sduplea@uoguelph.ca

Rija Hassan
Undergrad researcher
rija@uoguelph.ca

Christina Di Carlo
Undergrad researcher
cdicarlo@uoguelph.ca

Dr. Mina Rasouli
Post-Doctoral
Student Executive Council
mrasouli@uoguelph.ca

Dr. Tarak Khatua
Post-Doctoral
tkhatua@uoguelph.ca

Aidan Murray
MSc Candidate
Student Executive Council
amurra12@uoguelph.ca

Leslie Ogilvie
MSc Candidate
Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
Student Executive Council
ogilviel@uoguelph.ca

Jade Marrow
PhD Candidate
Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
Student Executive Council
jmarrow@uoguelph.ca

Sophy Ding
MSc Candidate
Student Executive Council
yding01@uoguelph.ca

Grace Teng
MSc Candidate
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Student Executive Council
zteng01@uoguelph.ca

Richard Nadj
Undergraduate Student
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
Student Executive Council

Shane Ferth
MSc Candidate
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences

Dr. Trevor King
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences

Matiyo Ojehomon
MSc Candidate
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology
mojehomo@uoguelph.ca

Bersabhe Solomon
Work Study
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology
bsolomon@uoguelph.ca

Joy Oresajo
Work Study
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology
ooresajo@uoguelph.ca

Michelle Colpitts
DVSc Candidate
Dept of Clinical Studies
colpitts@uoguelph.ca

Andrew Laskary
Undergraduate Student
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
alaskary@uoguelph.ca

Cristine Reitz
PhD Candidate
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
Student Executive Council, Co-Chair
creitz@uoguelph.ca

Priya Mistry
MSc Candidate
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
Student Executive Council, Co-Chair
pmistry@uoguelph.ca

Khizer Khurram Hafeez
MSc Candidate
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
Student Executive Council

Jessica Joshua
PhD Candidate
Dept of Pathobiology

Ryan Waines
Undergraduate Research Student
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
Student Executive Council, Undergraduate Rep

Ashley Zwaiman
Undergraduate Volunteer
Dept of Biomedical Sciences

Austin Duong
MBS Candidate
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
aduong@uoguelph.ca

Zikra Awosanmi
Undergraduate Summer Research Student
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
Student Executive Council, Undergraduate Rep
zawosanm@uoguelph.ca

Samantha Steinberg
HBSc Candidate
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
ssteinbe@mail.uoguelph.ca

Dr. Jeff Kroetsch
Visiting scientist
Post-doctoral Fellow from Dr. Steffen-Sebastian Bolz Lab, University of Toronto

Ilka Lorenzen-Schmidt
Post-doctoral Fellow
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
Student Executive Council
ilorenze@uoguelph.ca

Rosephine Del Fernandes
MSc Candidate
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
Student Executive Council
rosephin@uoguelph.ca

Shari Raheb
DVSc Candidate
Dept of Clinical Studies
Student Executive Council
raheb@uoguelph.ca

Kathy Jacyniak
PhD Candidate
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
Student Executive Council
kjacynia@uoguelph.ca

Joshua Slysz
PhD Candidate
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
Student Executive Council
jslysz@uoguelph.ca

Iain R. Lamb
PhD Candidate
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
Student Executive Council
ilamb@uoguelph.ca

Anthony V. Incognito
PhD Candidate
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
Student Executive Council
aincogni@uoguelph.ca

Andrew Foster
PhD Candidate
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
Student Executive Council
afoste01@uoguelph.ca

Shara Birnbaum
MSc Candidate
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
Student Executive Council
birnbaum@uoguelph.ca

Love Sandhu
MSc Candidate
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Student Executive Council
lsandhu@uoguelph.ca

Michael Jones
PhD
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Student Executive Council, Ggraduate Rep

Vishali Balasubramaniam
Undergraduate Summer Research Student
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
balasubv@uoguelph.ca

Sydney Sinopoli
MBS Candidate
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
ssinopol@uoguelph.ca

Mathew Platt
PhD Candidate
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
plattm@uoguelph.ca

Laura Farquharson
MSc Candidate
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
lfarquha@uoguelph.ca

Alanna Whinton
MSc Candidate
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences

Alexandra Coates
PhD
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
Student Executive Council
acoate01@uoguelph.ca

Kyle Thompson
MSc Candidate
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences

Rachel Aubry
MSc Candidate
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences

Chris Pignanelli
MSc Candidate
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences

Brett Thurston
MSc Candidate
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences

Heather Petrick
MSc Candidate
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences

Tonia Pereira
MSc Candidate
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences

Karam Notay
MSc Candidate
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences

Massimo Nardone
PhD Candidate
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences

Jeremy Seed
BSc Candidate
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences

Jordan Lee
PhD Candidate
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
jlee33@uoguelph.ca

Eamon Abdullah
MSc Coursework Candidate
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences

Connor Doherty
MSc Candidate
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences

Matt Burns
MSc Candidate
Dept of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences

Zeeshan Shaikh
MSc Candidate
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Navneet Sidhu
PhD Candidate
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Evan Despond
MSc Candidate
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Clea Heathfield
Undergraduate Research Student
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Elizabeth Johnston
PhD Candidate
Dept of Integrative Biology

Lauren Gatrell
MSc Candidate
Dept of Integrative Biology

Sarah Schorno
PhD Candidate
Dept of Integrative Biology

Allegra Pearce
Undergraduate Research Student
Dept of Integrative Biology

Dr Laura New
Research Associate
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Manali Tilak
PhD Candidate
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Hannah Robeson
MSc Candidate
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Claire Martin
PhD Candidate
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Afreeda Mahesaniy
MSc Candidate
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Nikkita Dutta
MSc Candidate
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Adam Golding
PhD Candidate
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Hayley Lau
PhD Candidate
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Alex Mitro
Master of Biotechnology
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Elena Tsimakouridze
Ph.D., University of Guelph, Graduated 01/2017

Faisal Alibhai
Ph.D., University of Guelph, Graduated 09/2016
B.Sc.H., University of Guelph

Alex Hall
MBS Candidate
Dept of Biomedical Sciences
ahall09@uoguelph.ca

Tijana Matovic
MSc Candidate
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Maria Anillo
MSc Candidate
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology
manillo@uoguelph.ca

Liz Sears
MSc Candidate
Dept of Integrative Biology
esears@uoguelph.ca

Haidun Liu
MSc Candidate
Dept of Molecular and Cellular Biology
haidun@uogelph.ca

Brittany King
HBSc Candidate in Biomedical Sciences

Craig Hilborn
HBSc Candidate in Biomedical Sciences

Kaley Hogarth
MBS Candidate
H.Bsc in MBG & BIOM
khogarth@uoguelph.ca

Peter Podobed
Ph.D., University of Guelph, Graduated 08/2014
B.Sc.H, University of Toronto

Michael Bennardo
M.Sc

Heather Chin
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Department of Biomedical Sciences

Shawn Hutchinson
Undergraduate Research Student
Department of Biomedical Sciences

Nirmala Chinnappareddy (Nimmi)
Postdoctoral Fellow

Feng Hua Yang
Ph.D.
M.Sc, Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine

Marissa Dahari
M.Sc Candidate
MCB, B.Sc.H, Biological Science
mahari@uoguelph.ca

Alex Inglis
Undergraduate Student
Mathematics, University of Waterloo

Bailey Robison
Undergraduate Student
Astronomy and Physics, University of Waterloo

Shaelyn Zhang
M.Sc Candidate
B.Sc in Toxicology

Melissa Corso
M.Sc Candidate
B.Sc Biomedical Sciences
mcorso@uoguelph.ca

Dr. Liz Sinclair
Ph.D Candidate
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

Thea Belanger-Polak
UTS student

Allison Mackay
Technician/Research Assistant
M.Sc, Queen’s University, Dep’t of Biology
amackay@uoguelph.ca

Shawn Veitch
M.Sc
B.Sc Biomedical Sciences

Jordan Klaiman
Ph.D
B.Sc.H, Biology, University of Western

Chris Araujo
Masters of Biomedical Science (MBS)
HBSc in Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University

Robyn Goldstein
HBSc in Biological Sciences
University of Guelph