CURRENT GROUP MEMBERS


Halle Barber

Ph.D. Candidate

RNA modifications for CRISPR and antisense technologies

Hometown: Glastonbury, CT, USA

Education: H.B.Sc, University of Connecticut

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Zidi Lyu

Ph.D. Candidate

Synthesis of branched RNAs for inhibition of Dbr1

Hometown: Jiangmen, China

Education: M.Sc. Northeastern University

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Julian Marlyn

Ph.D. Candidate

Green synthesis of nucleoside derivatives and oligonucleotides by mechanochemistry

Hometown: White Rock, BC, Canada

Education: B.Sc., University of Waterloo

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Abhishek Arora

Ph.D. Candidate

Chemical synthesis and biological evaluation of RNA mimics with preserved 2'-OH groups

Hometown: Rania, Haryana, India

Education: M.Sc., Panjab University Chandigarh

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Harneesh Kaur

Ph.D. Candidate

Structural studies on chemically modified duplexes and applications in ASOs

Hometown: Mandi Dabwali, Haryana, India

Education: M.Sc., Panjab University Chandigarh

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Michael Cunningham

Ph.D. Candidate

Chemical engineering of CRISPR-Cas systems and optimization of CRISPR inhibitors

Hometown: Dublin, Ireland

Education: B. A. (Mod.), Trinity College Dublin

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Emma Groenwold

Ph.D. Candidate

Modulation of gene expression using chemically modified therapeutic oligonucleotides

Hometown: Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Education: B. Sc., University of Victoria

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Emilia Cordova

Ph.D. Candidate

Design and synthesis of 4' modified purine nucleotides

Hometown: Guayaquil, Ecuador

Education: B.Sc. (Hons), Dalhousie University

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James D. Thorpe

Postdoctoral Fellow

Green synthesis of nucleoside derivatives and oligonucleotides by mechanochemistry

Hometown: Montreal, QC, Canada

Education: Ph.D., McGill University

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GROUP ALUMNI

Graduate Students
McGill 1992–present
Toronto 1988–1992
  1. Alicia Montulet, M.Sc. 2024
  2. James Thorpe, Ph.D. 2023
  3. Roberto El Khoury, Ph.D. 2022
  4. Ada McVean, M.Sc. 2022
  5. Leonora Abdullahu, Ph.D. 2021
  6. Daniel O'Reilly, Ph.D. 2019
  7. Hala Abou Assi, Ph.D. 2018
  8. Danielle Vlaho, Ph.D. 2017
  9. Maryam Habibian, Ph.D. 2017
  10. Elise Malek-Adamian, M.Sc. 2017
  11. Jovanka Bogojeski, Ph.D. 2017
  12. Maryam Yahyaee Anzahaee, Ph.D. 2015
  13. Adam Katolik, Ph.D. 2015
  14. Glen F. Deleavey, Ph.D 2013
  15. Matthew Hassler, Ph.D. 2013
  16. Fereshteh Azizi, M.Sc. 2013
  17. Pascal Gallant, M.Sc. 2011
  18. Robert A. Donga, Ph.D. 2010
  19. Alexander S. Wahba, Ph.D. 2010
  20. Jeremy G. Lackey, Ph.D. 2010
  21. Siara Isaac, M.Sc. 2008
  22. Jonathan K. Watts, Ph.D. 2008
  23. David Sabatino, Ph.D. 2007
  24. Debbie Mitra, Ph.D. 2008 (co-supervised with H. Sleiman)
  25. Chang Geng Peng, Ph.D. 2007
  26. Bénédicte Pâtureau, M.Sc. 2006
  27. Maria M. Mangos, Ph.D. 2005
  28. Anna Lisa Tedeschi, M.Sc. 2004
  29. Sandra Carriero, Ph.D. 2003
  30. Kazim A. Agha, Ph.D. 2003
  31. Rami N. Hannoush, Ph.D. 2003
  32. Rawan Mourani, M.Sc. 2002
  33. Daniel R. Yazbeck, M.Sc. 2001
  34. Anita Liscio, M.Sc. 2001
  35. Christopher J. Wilds, Ph.D. 2000
  36. Ravinderjit S. Braich, Ph.D. 1999
  37. Anne M. Noronha, Ph.D. 1999
  38. Sébastien Robidoux, Ph.D. 1999
  39. Margherita Scartozzi, M.Sc. 1998
  40. André H. Uddin, Ph.D. 1996
  41. Miguel A. Roman, M.Sc. 1995
  42. Kanjana Ganeshan, Ph.D. 1995
  43. Robert H. E. Hudson, Ph.D. 1995
  44. Yunkui Guo, M.Sc. 1992
  45. Paul A. Giannaris, M.Sc. 1991
  46. Steven V. Zabarylo, M.Sc. 1990
Postdoctoral Fellows
& Research Assistants
  1. Adam Katolik, Research Scientist 2018-2022
  2. Miguel Garavís Cabello, PDF 2019-2020
  3. Sunit Jana, PDF 2018-2020; Research Associate 2022-2024
  4. Elise Malek-Adamian, Research Assistant 2017-2018
  5. Saùl Martinez-Montero, PDF 2012-2016
  6. Jory Liétard, PDF 2013-2015
  7. Ken Yamada, PDF 2012-2014
  8. Richard Johnsson, PDF 2008-2011
  9. Nandyala Mallikarjuna Reddy, PDF 2008-2011
  10. Nuria Bayo-Puxan, PDF 2007-2009 (co-supervised)
  11. Kyung-Lyum Min, PDF 2001-2002; Research Associate 2002-2004
  12. Annie Galarneau, Research Assistant 2002-2003
  13. Ekaterina Viazovkina, PDF 1997-2001; Research Associate 2001-2004
  14. Mohamed Elzagheid, PDF 2002-2004; Research Associate 2004-2005
  15. Marita Wasner, PDF 1996-1997
Visiting Students
  1. Luca Pisano, Ph.D. (Sapienza Università di Roma), 2023-2024
  2. Arnau Dominguez, Ph.D. (Universitat de Barcelona), 2023
  3. Wiebke Teich, M.Sc. (University of Münster), 2022-2023
  4. Cristina Cabrero Fernández, Ph.D. (Instituto de Química Física Rocasolano), 2022
  5. Israel Serrano, Ph.D. (IInstituto de Química Física Rocasolano), 2019
  6. Luisa Fernanda López De la Fuente, B.Sc. (Tecnológico de Monterrey), 2018
  7. Annabelle Schofield, B.Sc. (U of Nottingham), 2017
  8. Nobuhiro Tago, Ph.D. (Tokyo Institute of Technology), 2013
  9. Saùl Martinez-Montero, Ph.D. (Universidad de Oviedo), 2012
  10. Nerea Martin-Pintado Zugasti, Ph.D. (CSIC-Madrid), 2010
  11. Paula Lopez Senin, Ph.D. (Universidad de Barcelona), 2009
  12. Júlia Viladoms, Ph.D. (Universidad de Barcelona), 2008
  13. Signe Inglev Steffansen, Ph.D. (University of Southern Denmark), 2005
  14. Maxie Roessler, B.Sc. (Oxford University), 2004
Undergraduate Students
McGill 1992–present
Toronto 1988–1992
  1. Ali Baghirov, 2024
  2. Nicolas Beauparlant, 2024
  3. Paige Roehrig, 2024
  4. Kaixiang Wang, 2023
  5. Diana McCorquodale, 2023
  6. Vivian Zhang, 2022
  7. David Friedland, 2022
  8. Morgane Roman, 2021
  9. Henri Zhu, 2019
  10. Patrick Nathael Javorcik, 2019
  11. Ada McVean, 2018
  12. Jeff Guo, 2018
  13. Anne Liao, 2016
  14. James Thorpe, 2016
  15. Yu Chen (Jimmy) Lin, 2016
  16. Logan Di Giovanni, 2015
  17. Arden Dierker Viik, 2014
  18. Michael Thomson, 2013
  19. Christine Button, 2012
  20. Simon Wisnovsky, 2011
  21. Erika Steels, 2011
  22. Petra Lindovska, 2011
  23. Volodymyr Hrabovskyy, 2010
  24. Yi Qiao (Prudence) Wu, 2010
  25. Kim Beauregard, 2008
  26. Pascal Gallant, 2006
  27. Jennifer Pfeiffer, 2006
  28. Gail Fernandes, 2004
  29. Michael Hunter, 2002
  30. Ariel Breiner, 1999
  31. Sherri Gavin, 1999
  32. Isabelle Paquin, 1996
  33. Chris Harrison, 1996
  34. Sandra Carriero, 1996
  35. Sarah Weeks, 1994
  36. Janelle Anderson, 1994
  37. Juanita Chan, 1993
  38. Christopher Tomalty, 1993
  39. Verna Salado, 1990
  40. Laura Rubino, 1989
  41. Louella Lobo, 1989
  42. Dave Dindayal, 1989
  43. Barb Helbrecht, 1988
  44. Paul A. Giannaris, 1988
  45. Adrian Bojko, 1988
  46. Steven V. Zabarylo, 1987