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FORMER GROUP MEMBERS

SCIENTIFIC/RESEARCH ASSOCIATES

  • Ms. Rupali Vyawahare - UHN

  • Dr. Mahmood Tajari - UHN (10/2018-05/2020)

  • Dr. Angelica Bello - UHN (10/2004-07/2008 and 06/2011 - 12/2015)

  • Dr. Pharhad Eli Arslan - UHN (10/2014 - 01/2015)

  • Dr. Louise Edwards - UHN (04/2012 - 09/2012) - Scientific Associate

  • Dr. William Wei - UHN (Canada), (02/2006 - 10/2013)

  • Ms. Melissa Lewis-UHN (Canada) (Sep, 2008 - Aug, 2010)

  • Ms. Ashley Ganoe-UNCG (USA) (10/2008 - 07/2009)

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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

  • Dr. Sankaran Mathan, (Apr 2017-Feb 2018)

  • Dr. Melissa Lewis, (Jan 2016 - Dec 2017)

  • Dr. Agusto Motarazzo (May 2016 - Dec 2016)

  • Dr. Socrates Cavalcanti (Apr 2015-Mar 2016)

  • Dr. Amit Sarswat (2013-2016)

  • Dr. Rene Pemha (2014-2015)

  • Dr. Sai Kumar Chakka (04/2011 - Aug, 2013)

  • Dr. Yogesh Yadav (Nov 2011 - Jun, 2012)(Current Position: PDF, Georgia State University)

  • Dr. Maria Lopeta Valladares Cisneros (Jul, 2011 - Dec 2011)

  • Dr. Mallinath Hadimani - UNCG (10/2008 - 07/2010) (Current Position: Research Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University)

  • Dr. Liyakat Fatima (03/2008 - 02/2009)

  • Dr. Chandrashaker Vanampalli - UNCG (09/2007 - 05/2009) (Current Position: Research Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University)

  • Dr. Elena Meza-Avina - UNCG (12/2006 - 05/2010) (Current Position: Research Scientist, University of North Carolina at Greensboro)

  • Dr. Musole Guillain (11/2006 - 12/2007) (Current position: Health Canada, Drugs Directorate)

  • Dr. Venkata Ramana (11/2006 - 09/2007)

  • Dr. Tanushree Bende (08/2005 - 02/2007)(Current known position: Group Leader, Advinus Therapeutics)

  • Dr. Xiaoyang Wang (08/2004 - 08/2006) (Current position: Director, UHN Shanghai)

  • Dr. Junquan Wang, (10/2004 - 01/2005) (Current position: Senior Scientist, TorCan Chemicals, Toronto)

  • Dr. Minghua Wang (co-supervisor: Dr. David Hampson) (2003 - 2006) (Current position: Director of drug discovery, startup biotech company, Boston, USA)

  • Dr. Angelica Mara-Bello Ramirez, (07/2003-09/2004) (Current position: Scientific Associate-University Health Network and Assistant Professor-Status only, University of Toronto)

  • Dr. William Wei (2001 - 01/2005).

  • Dr. Subhash Annedi (10/2000 - 09/2004),(Last known position: Group leader, NeuroAxon Inc., Mississauga)

  • Dr. Kanchana Majumder (03/2003 - 07/2004) (Current position: CEO, Zenith Scientific)

  • Dr. Chris Tan, (Feb, 2002-June 2003; co-supervisor: Dr. Robert Batey) (last known position: Medical Student, University of Ottawa)

  • Dr. Farooq Biabani, (2001-2003) (last known position: Director of Pharmacy programs, Toronto Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology)

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GRADUATE STUDENTS

  • Dr. Adam Koebel, Ph.D. Current position:  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  • Dr. Pascal Djiadeu,Ph.D., Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toronto, 2009-2017

  • Ms. Elizabeth Curiel Tejeda, M.Sc., Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toronto, 2013-2015

  • Mr. Joseph Keca, M. Sc., Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toronto, 2012-2014

  • Mr. Pascal Djiadeu (PhD/flex time, UofT; Co-supervisor: Nades Palaniyar) (09/2009 - present)

  • Dr. Meena Purohit, Ph.D., University Health Network and Department of Pharmacy, Birla Institute of Tech and Sci, Pilani, India (08/2008-2/2014)

  • Ms. Erika Loredo Calderon, M.Sc. thesis, Faculty of Chemical Sciences, Autonomous Univ of Nuevo Leon, Mexico), May-Jul, 2011

  • Ms. Molly McDonald, M.Sc., Department of Chemistry, UNCG, 2007-2010

  • Mr. Brian Brown, M.Sc., Department of Chemistry, UNCG, 2008-2010

  • Mr. Jagjeet Singh, Masters thesis, University of Skovde, Sweden, Oct 2007-April 2008

  • Dr. Melissa Lewis, M. Sc., Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toronto, 2006-2008

  • Ms. Catherine Oyiliagu, M. Sc., Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toronto, 2004-2006

  • Ms. Ewa Poduch, M. Sc., Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toronto, 2004-06

  • Ms. Sishi Tang, M. Sc., Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Unievrsity of Toronto, (2004-2006)

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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

  • Mr. Usman Jamshed (McMaster Univ), Sep - Dec, 2020

  • Mr. Rex Siming Wang (McMaster Univ), Jan - Aug, 2020

  • Mr. Hoang Pham, (Univ of Toronto), May 2019 - Mar 2020 

  • Ms. Sophie Berenger, B.Pharm. - Research Exchange Student (Univ of Montpellier), Apr-Aug, 2017

  • Mr. William Yi Yang, (University of Toronto), May, 2016 - Jun 2017

  • Ms. Junhee Park (Univ of Toronto), May - August 2016

  • Mr. Alef Cleto Almeida (Univ of Toronto/Brazilian exchange student), Science without borders), May-Aug, 2016

  • Mr. Peiqui Yu, (University of Toronto), Jul - Sep, 2015

  • Ms. Chithra Muthuramu (McMaster University), Sep - Dec, 2015

  • Ms. Hanna Grover (Queen’s University), May - Aug, 2015

  • Ms. Rhonda Tu (PHC489), Sep 2014-Aug 2015

  • Ms. Sophia Tang (PHC489), May - Aug, 2014

  • Mr. Michael F. Saikali, May - Aug, 2014

  • Ms. Caroline Tyrawa (University of Guelph), May - Aug, 2014

  • Ms. Aurelie Muller (Faculty of Pharmacy, Montpollier, France), Jun-Aug, 2013

  • Ms. Monika Kitor (University of Waterloo), Apr-Jul, 2013

  • Ms. Jane Yang (Pharm. Chem. program, Univ of Toronto), May - Aug, 2013

  • Ms. Rita Yucheng Zhao (Pharm. Chem. Program, Univ. of Toronto), May-Aug, 2013

  • Ms. Noruê Salum (Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil), May-Aug, 2013

  • Ms. Stephanie Hedges (Univ of Montreal), May - Aug, 2012

  • Mr. Joseph Keca (Brock University), May-Aug, 2012

  • Mr. Harneet Bedi (Univ of Toronto), May-Aug, 2012

  • Mr. Yixiong Wu (Univ of Toronto), May-Aug, 2012

  • Ms. Sadia Rehman (Univ of Toronto), Sep 2011 - Apr 2012

  • Ms. Yatong Wang (Univ of Toronto), May-Aug, 2011

  • Mr. Prashant Verma (Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Chandigarh), June-July, 2011

  • Mr. Brandon Slater Stead (University of Waterloo), May-Aug, 2010

  • Ms. Tracy Cui (University of Toronto), May-Aug, 2010

  • Ms. Lily Wen Fu (Univ of Toronto), May-Aug 2010

  • Ms. Raevti Bole (Univ of Toronto), May 2009 - May, 2010

  • Ms. Kofo Owolabi (Univ of Toronto), Sep 2008 - Apr 2009

  • Ms. Natalia Mykhaylova (Univ of Toronto), Oct 2007 - Apr 2009

  • Ms. Lili Huang (Univ of Toronto), Oct 2007 - Apr 2007

  • Ms. Sylvia Baglione (York Univ), May 2006-August 2006

  • Ms. Rabab Toubar (Egypt), May 2006-August 2006

  • Mr. Christopher Dyanand (Univ of Toronto), May-August 2006

  • Ms. Paula Hant (Univ of Toronto), May 2004 - Aug, 2004

  • Ms. Shishi Tang (Carleton Univ, Ottawa), May 2004 - Aug, 2004

  • Ms. Catherine Oyiliagu (Univ of Toronto, Scarborough), May 2004 - Aug 2004

  • Mr. Victor Xiao, (Univ of Toronto), May 2004 - August 2004

  • Ms. Katherine Duffield (Dalhousie Univ), May 2004 - August 2004

  • Mr. Sohrob Cohan (Univ. of Toronto), Sep 2003 - Apr 2004

  • Ms. Aasthaa Bansal (Univ. of Waterloo), May 2003 - Aug, 2003

  • Ms. Caroline Weekes (Univ. of Toronto), May 2003- Sep 2003

  • Ms. Praveena Dixit (University of Toronto), May 2003 - Aug 2003

  • Mr. Sam Khalouei (University of Toronto), May, 2002 - Dec, 2002

  • Ms. Nidhi Kanwar (University of Toronto), Sep, 2001 - Apr, 2002

  • Mr. Alexei Baev (University of Toronto), June, 2001 - Dec, 2001

  • Mr. Omar Hayani (University of Toronto), Burroughs-Wellcome Undergraduate Research Fellow, 2001

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VISITING SCIENCTISTS/STUDENTS

  • Mr. Jorge Enrique Hernandez Gonzalez, University of Havana, Faculty of Biology, Dec 2013-May 2014

  • Mr. Oliver Martin, Université d'Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, UFR Pharmacie, Jun-Jul, 2012

  • Mr. Romain Marliac, Université d'Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, UFR Pharmacie, Jun-Jul, 2012

  • Dr. Amitabh Jha, Acadia University, Feb-Mar, 2009

  • Dr. Raed A. Al-Qawasmeh, Dept of Chemistry, University of Jordan (Jun, 2008-Aug 2008)

  • Ms. Pia Tschische, Sweden (Jan 2006 - Jan 2007)

  • Ms. Maria Novalen, Uppsala University, Sweden (02/2005 - 09/2005)

  • Mr. Husni Fattayer, Uetrecht University, The Netherlands (01/2005 - 11/2005)

  • Prof. Angelica Mara-Bello Ramirez, Universidad autonoma del Estado de Morelos, Mexico (07/2002-06/2003)

  • Mr. Weiyong Li, Associate Professor, Nankai University, China (2000 - 2001)

  • Dr. Fereshteh Pourmorad, Assistant Professor, Medicinal Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Iran (12/2001- 06/2002)

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TECHNICIANS / PART-TIME RESEARCHERS

  • Ashraf Adbelkhalik, M.Sc. (2016-17)

  • Mr. Sridhar Devalla (2007)

  • Mr. John Tajalli, (2004) Synthetic Medicinal Chemistry

  • Ms. Sheeba Samson (2002-03) - current position: Graduate student, Mcmaster University

  • Ms. Alpana Ghosh (2001), Research Technician, Dept of Justice, Govt of Ontario.

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