Lab Members
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Dr. Dasantila Golemi-Kotra
Wayne State University (2002, Ph.D.)
Yale University (2004, Postdoctoral Associate)
Assistant Professor, 2004
Associate Professor, 2008
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Saptarshi Sengupta
Ph.D. York University (Biology)
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Sai Sowndaraya
Ph.D. York University (Biology)
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Matthew Capota
M.Sc York University (Biology)
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Lomesh Choudhary
Undergraduate (Biology)
Lab Alumni
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Aneela Quamar
Ph.D. York University (Biology)
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Antoaneta Belcheva
Ph.D. York University (Biology)
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Uzma Muzamal
M.Sc York University (Biology)
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Xin Fan
M.Sc York University
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Yu-Hong Liu
M.Sc York University
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Bruna Krauspenhar
Exchange student from Brazil
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Charles Lin
A 2012 Spark award recipient
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Daniel Gomez
Research Assistant
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Martin Romero
Laboratory Assistant
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Michael Fridman
M.Sc student (Biology)
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Kevin Patel
M.Sc student (Biochemistry)
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Zhifeng Yang
M.Sc student (Biology)
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Muhammad Rahman
M.Sc student (Chemistry)
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Preet Gill
M.Sc student (Chemistry)
Fenika Kapadia
Current Undergraduate
Ana Zimina
Current Undergraduate
Fatima Zahra Ngom (Undergraduate, Biology)
Waard Goneid (Undergraduate, Biology)
Alisha Khan (Undergraduate, Biology)
Simon Lim (Undergraduate, Biology)
Gaddy Rakhaminov (Undergraduate, Biology)
Monica Naguib 2013 SPARK awardee
Cyrus Savalanpour (Undergraduate, Biology)
Michelle Porter (Undergraduate, Biology)
Henry Lee (Undergraduate, Biology)
Marjan Moallem (Undergraduate, Biology)
Maryan Mohiadine (Undergraduate, Biology)
Katherine Van (Undergraduate, McMaster University)
Laura Romero (Undergraduate, Psychology)
Denisa Bani (Undergraduate, University of Toronto)
Maryam Mohammadin (Undergraduate, Chemistry)
Kunal Bhatt (Undergraduate, Biochemistry)
Hisham Shokr (Undergraduate Chemistry, Research)
Atul Singh Postdoctoral Fellow
Vidhu Verma Postdoctoral Fellow
Todd Roy Postdoctoral Fellow
Kaveh Amini M.Sc. (Chemistry)
Varvara Gagarina Undergraduate (Biology)
Shafagh Khodadadi Undergraduate (Biology)
Tharseekan Manoharan Undergraduate (Biology)
Jatan Patel Undergraduate (Biology)
Pedram Akbari Undergraduate (Biology)
Tunde Sokunbi Undergraduate (Biology)
Ahmed Fadairo Undergraduate (Biology)
Naresh Balachandran Undergraduate (Biology)
Siobhan Stynes Undergraduate (Biology)
Shaidah D. Manshadi Undergraduate (Biology)
Michael Zhao Undergraduate (Biology)
Shoeb Ahssan Undergraduate (Biology)
Wayne Deng Undergraduate (Biology)
Negar Nostrati Undergraduate (Biology)
Past Visiting Students
Shivendra Singh
Ph.D.
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Rajnikant Sharma
Ph.D.
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Rasham Garg
Undergraduate
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee