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Past Members

PhD chemists:

  • Frank Lee (Scientific Associate, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto)
  • Mikio Sasaki (Senior Director, Technology R&D Management, Sumitomo Pharma, Japan)
  • Chirag Apte (Research Scientist, X-chem, Montreal)
  • Sungjoon Huh (Research Scientist, Paraza Pharma, Montreal)
  • Aleksandra Holownia (Senior Scientist, Abbvie, Chicago, IL)
  • Harjeet Soor (Research Scientist, Paraza Pharma, Montreal)
  • Diego Diaz (Research Scientist, Merck, Rahway, NJ)
  • Joanne Tan (Medicinal Chemist, ORIC Pharmaceuticals, San Francisco, CA)
  • Sherif Kaldas (Laboratory Head, Bayer Crop Science, Wuppertal, Germany)
  • Victoria Corless (Editor for Advanced Materials, VCH Wiley, Germany)
  • Sean Liew (Senior Research Scientist, Gilead, Alberta)
  • Serge Zaretsky (Director, Worldwide Medical Oncology, Bristol Myers Squibb, NJ)
  • Jeff St. Denis (Principal Scientist, Dunad Therapeutics, Toronto)
  • Benjamin Chung (Senior Scientist, NuChem Therapeutics, Montreal)
  • Naila Assem (Director, Bolt Threads, San Francisco, CA)
  • Ben Rotstein (Professor of Radiochemistry, University of Ottawa)
  • Zhi He (Professor of Chemistry, diseased, Beijing Normal University, China)
  • Igor Dubovyk (Senior Scientist, Abbvie, Chicago, IL)
  • Ryan Hili (Professor of Chemistry, York University)
  • Lawrence Cheung (Department of National Defence, Ottawa)
  • Chris White (Senior Scientist, NuChem Therapeutics, Montreal)
  • Iain Watson (Associate Principal Scientist, AstraZeneca, Boston, MA)
  • Greg Chen (Senior Research Scientist, Siemens, Los Angeles, CA)
  • Larissa Krasnova (Research Scientist, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA)
  • Shadi Dalili (Teaching Faculty, University of Toronto at Scarborough)
  • Yu Chen (Professor of Chemistry, Queens College, New York City, NY)
  • Tung Siu (Patent Examiner, Ottawa)
  • Jim Martyn (Patent Examiner, Ottawa)
  • Shahla Yekta (Lead Scientist, Global Public Health, Toronto)
  • Chieh-Hung Tien (Process Chemist, POINT Biopharma, Toronto)
  • Solomon Appavoo 
  • Michelle Madin 
  • Vincent Trudel 
  • Daniel Ou (in progress)
  • Chelsey Brien (in progress)
  • Matthew Diamandas (in progress)
  • Martynas Sirvinskas (in progress)
  • Alina Trofimova (in progress)

MSc students:

  • Eric Vanootsen (Surgeon, Stratford General Hospital, Hamilton)
  • Lily Yu (Patent Examiner, Government of Canada, Ottawa)
  • Tiantong Lou (General Dentistry, Scarborough)
  • Jennessa Youm (Mortgage Specialist, Hamilton)
  • Genevieve Canzonieri (Analytical Chemist, Apotex, Mississauga)
  • Xinghan Li (Research Chemist, China)
  • Sharon Yang (Patent Lawyer, Beijing, China)
  • Joy Yu (Senior Scientist, Genentech, CA)
  • Tim Rasmussen (Senior Scientist, Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Boston, MA)
  • Shannon Decker (Associate Director, Chinook Therapeutics, Vancouver)
  • Nick Afagh (Vascular Surgeon, GCH, Guelph)
  • Brittany Inman (PhD student, Chemistry, University of Kansas)
  • Kowan O'Keefe (PhD student, Public Policy, University of Maryland, MD)
  • Adam Zajdlik (Scientist, Terremoto Biosciences, San Francisco, CA)
  • Rebecca Courtemanche (Clinical Research Coordinator, Pediatric Surgery, UBC)
  • Christine Picard (Associate Professor of Forensics, Indiana University, IN)
  • Leslie Fradkin (Teacher, Toronto District School Board)
  • Alaeddeen Al-Toum (currently looking for a job)
  • Timothy McTiernan (Research Scientist, Paraza Pharma)
  • Nick Heller (currently applying for medical school)
  • Morgan Cordell (in progress)
  • Betty Ben Zhen Huang (in progress)

 Postdoctoral fellows: 

  • Sivaraj Baktharaman (Senior Scientist, Toronto Research Chemicals)
  • George Saunders (Research Scientist, AstraZeneca London, U.K.)
  • Shinya Kobori (Senior Scientist, Nippon Soda, Japan)
  • Akitake Yamaguchi (Senior Scientist, Daiichi Sankyo, Japan)
  • Takuya Kaji (Assistant Professor, Tohoku University, Japan)
  • Milan Bergeron-Brlek (Teaching Professor, University of Quebec)
  • Julie Grouleff (Postdoctoral Fellow, Aarhus University, Denmark)
  • Wenjie Shao (Senior Scientist, Ganlee Pharmaceuticals, China)
  • John Frost (Associate Principal Scientist, Merck, Rahway, NJ)
  • Sai Chakka (Senior Scientist, Unnatural Products Inc., San Francisco, CA)
  • Piera Trinchera (Senior Scientist, Pharmaron, U.K.)
  • Anton Makarov (Professor, Perm State University, Perm, Russia)
  • Igor Titaniouk (Professor, INEOS, Moscow, Russia)
  • Manuel Perez Vazquez (Research Chemist, OTI Lumonics, Toronto)
  • Conor Scully (Associate Director, Computational Chemistry, Dunad Therapeutics, Toronto)
  • Shinya Adachi (Staff Researcher, University of Tokyo, Japan)
  • Monzur Morshed (Research Chemist, Encycle Therapeutics)
  • Jen Hickey (Principal Scientist, Merck, Rahway, NJ)
  • Kazuya Kobayashi (Professor, Kyoto University, Japan)
  • Vishal Rai (Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), India)
  • Wei Li (Research Chemist, Beijing, China)
  • David Soriano (Research Chemist, Montreal, Canada)
  • David Winternheimer (Principal Consultant, ScaleHealth, Los Angeles, CA)
  • Baktharaman Sivaraj (Senior Scientist, Toronto Research Chemicals)
  • Patrik Vastila (Stockholm, Sweden)
  • France-Aimee Alphonse (Senior Scientist, GlaxoSmithKline, U.K.)
  • Evgenii Blyumin (Senior Scientist, DSM, Switzerland)
  • Aldo Caiazzo (Senior Research Scientist, Shell Global, The Netherlands)
  • Rodrigo Mendoza (Senior Research Scientist, Institut de recherche en immunologie et en cancérologie, IRIC, Montreal)
  • Yury Lebedev (Senior Research Scientist, Solgate, Austria)
  • Subramanian Pandiaraju (Senior Research Scientist, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto)
  • Joonseong Hur (Assistant Professor, Inje University, Gimhae, South Korea)
  • Caleb Griesbach

Undergraduate students:

  • Juan Zheng (undergraduate student)
  • Sarah Styler (undergraduate student)
  • Benjamin Chiu (undergraduate student)
  • Medina Afindiyeva (undergraduate student)
  • Bohodur Hamzaev (undergraduate student)
  • Branden Kwak (undergraduate student)
  • Spencer Ler (undergraduate student)
  • Takahito Kasahara (undergraduate student)
  • Akos Kokai (undergraduate student)
  • Olga Chernoloz (undergraduate student)
  • Bruce Gregoire (undergraduate student)
  • Eugene Kwan (undergraduate student)
  • Ester Pierce (undergraduate student)
  • Alex Morrissey (undergraduate student)
  • Julia Steele (undergraduate student)
  • Tatiana Rogova (undergraduate student)
  • Sarah Hill (undergraduate student)
  • Joshua Graham (undergraduate student)
  • Dennis Dobrovolsky (undergraduate student)
  • Timur Adrianov (undergraduate student)
  • Katherine Burton (undergraduate student)
  • Dmitry Pichugin (undergraduate student)
  • Claire Willmer (undergraduate student)
  • Benjamin Ding (undergraduate student)
  • Natalia Ivanova (undergraduate student)
  • Seamus Corlett (undergraduate student)
  • Monica Mitrache (undergraduate student)
  • Simon Popovic (undergraduate student)
  • Aditya Natarajan (undergraduate student)
  • Adelle Vandersteen (undergraduate student)
  • Stafford Bronte-Tinkew (undergraduate student)
  • Alicja Koprianiuk (undergraduate student)
  • Agniezhka Zaucha (undergraduate student)
  • Karen Skonieczny (undergraduate student)
  • Omar Green (undergraduate student)
  • Simon Popovic (undergraduate student)
  • Atang Peloewetse (undergraduate student)
  • Nuro Khasanzode (undergraduate student)

 Visiting scholars:

  • Verena Buback (visiting scholar from Germany)
  • Helen Gallon (visiting scholar from U.K.)
  • Armin Welker (visiting scholar from Germany)
  • Frauke Weidlich (visiting scholar from Germany)
  • Marola Lenhard (visiting scholar from Germany)
  • Thomas Schneider (visiting scholar from Germany)
  • Niklas Heine (visiting scholar from Germany)
  • Christina Retich (visiting scholar from Germany)
  • Leo Gonzales (visiting scholar from Cuba)
  • Lukas Veth (visiting scholar from Germany)
  • Stephanie Meyer (visiting scholar from Germany)
  • Christiaan van Campenhout (visiting scholar from the Netherlands)
  • Fiona Sprang (visiting scholar from Germany)
  • Amelie Gutmann (visiting scholar from Germany)

 Technicians:

  • Chung Woo Fung (technician)
  • Megan St. Denis (technician)
  • Anastasia Bogdanchikova (technician)