Graduate Students
Zhizhong Gao, Ph.D. Student
Hometown: Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, China
Project: Design and synthesis of antiestrogen/HDACi hybrids
e-mail: zhizhong.gao@mail.mcgill.ca
Vanessa Watts, Ph.D. Student
Hometown: Douglas, Isle of Man
Project: Photoredox initiated iminium addition reactions
e-mail: vanessa.watts@mail.mcgill.ca
Spencer Petras, Ph.D. Student
Hometown: Victoria, BC
Project: 14-3-3 protein-protein agonist development
e-mail: spencer.petras@mail.mcgill.ca
Zheng Zhou, Ph.D. Student
Hometown: Windsor, ON
Project: Development of novel osteoanabolics
e-mail: zheng.f.zhou@mail.mcgill.ca
Tess Fortier, Ph.D. Student
Hometown: Grimsby, ON
Project: Development of novel VDR agonist/HDACi hybrids
e-mail: tess.fortier@mail.mcgill.ca
Peter Vicenzo, M.Sc. Student
Hometown: Montreal, QC
Project: Development of novel senolytic agenst
e-mail: peter.vicenzo@mail.mcgill.ca
Sydney Gray, CHEM 470 Honours Student
Hometown: Toronto, ON
Project: Development of 14-3-3 PPI agonists
e-mail: sydney.gray@mail.mcgill.ca
Nicolas Beauparlant, CHEM 470 Honours Student
Hometown: Montreal, QC
Project: Development of novel vitamin D receptor agonists
e-mail: nicolas.beauparlant@mail.mcgill.ca
Former Graduates (and their last known whereabouts...)
Ph.D.
Anthony Izzotti -
Ryan Barrett - Postdoc - UC Irvine (Chris Vanderwal)
Josie Warnica - Postdoc - UC Irvine (Vy Dong), Research Scientist - AbbVie
Sam Plamondon - Research Scientist - Ventus Therapeutics
Adam Elmehriki - Postdoc with Varinder Aggarwal (Bristol), Research Scientist - Merck (London)
Jon Hughes - Merck Process, Rahway, NJ
Nicklas Häggman - Research Scientist - Intellisyn Pharma
Dainis Kaldre - Postoc with Nuno Maulide (U. Vienna), Research Scientist - Roche (Basel)
Daniel Rivalti - Postdoc w/ Tyler McQuade (Florida State), Industrial postdoc - Boehringer Ingelheim
Rodrigo Mendoza Sanchez - Postdoc w/ Andrei Yudin (U. Toronto); Research Scientist, Encycle Pharmaceuticals, Toronto
Erica Tiong - Research Scientist, Gilead Pharmaceuticals
Christian Drouin - Professor, CEGEP Maisonneuve
Jonathan Hudon - Postdoc w/ Laura Kiessling (Wisconsin); M.D. Program - McGill
David Soriano del Amo - Project Manager, Acellera Ltd.
Tim Cernak - Postdoc w/ Tristan Lambert (Columbia), Research Scientist, Merck, Professor - University of Michigan
James Ashenhurst - Postdoc w/ Mo Movassaghi (MIT), Entrepreneur, http://www.masterorganicchemistry.com
Andrew Corbett - Postdoc w/ Pierre Deslongchamps; Research Scientist, Toronto Research Chemicals
Alain Ajamian - Research Scientist, Methylgene; Director, Business Development, Chemical Computing Group
Diane Burke - Postdoc w/ Dennis Hall (Alberta); Canadian Patent Office
Jeff Manthorpe - Postdoc w/ Erick Carreira (ETH- Zurich); Professor, Carleton University
Ljubomir Isakovic - Research Scientist, Methylgene
Regis Dolaine - Research Scientist, Methylgene
M.Sc.
Amelia Caza - Research Scientist, Sygnature Discovery
Angela Novakovic - Calibre Scientific
HyunJune Jun - Ph.D. student - University of Deleware
Yufei Wang - Intellisyn Pharma., Ph.D. with Antonio Echavarren (ICIQ)
Ali Mansour - Ph.D. student at U. Ottawa
Anthony Palermo - Research Scientist, Therevance Inc., Ph.D. student, University of Toronto
Marx Ruiz Wilson - Research Scientist, AptoChem
Chris Doyle - Research Scientist, Prometic Pharmaceuticals
Benjamin Williams - Ph.D. student w/ Dirk Trauner (Ludwig Maximillian University - Munich)
Laurie Lim - Research Scientist, Toronto Research Chemicals
Jean-François Lacroix - Graduate Student, U. Sherbrooke
Melanie Burger - Graduate Student, U. Toronto; Biomedical Illustrator
Jeff St. Denis - Ph.D. w/ Andrei Yudin (U. Toronto), postdoc; Research Scientist, Astex Pharmaceutical
Bin Zhao - Research Scientist, Advanced Polymer Materials
Neenah Navasero - Medical school, McMaster
Azelie Arpin - Professor, CEGEP Maisonneuve
Evelyn Martins - Research Scientist, Merck Frosst
Bunda Hin - Research Scientist, Guilford Pharmaceuticals
