Students & Staff
2022
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
2020
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
2019
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
2018
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
2017
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
2016
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
2015
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