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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Biophysics) |
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University of Toronto (Chemistry) |
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University of Toronto (Biomedical Engineering) |
| BASc |
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University of Toronto (Engineering Science) |
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| Postdocs |
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Seong Ho Kim
PDF, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Korea University of Science and Technology (UST)
2020/11 - present
Research interests: mechanobiology, single-molecule biophysics |
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Adam Yasunaga
PhD -
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UBC
(2018/9 - present)
BSc (Hons.) - Biochemistry, UBC
(2017/5 - 2018/8)
Research interests: cell adhesion, motility and mechanical signalling, single-molecule biophysics
Awards: UGF 2019-2021, NSERC CGS-M, NSERC PGS-D, GDES, URA, Graduate Travel Award, 3 poster awards (URC, BSC, and BGS), WCBC presentation award, Special UBCO Graduate Award, BSC Trainee Paper Award. |
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Scott Minh An
MSc - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UBC
(2019/9 - present)
BSc -
Biochemistry, UBC
(2018/5 - 2019/8)
Research interests: optical tweezers, coding, making stuff!
Awards: URC poster award, GDES, UGF 2021
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Liubov Frolova
PhD - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UBC
(2021/1 - present)
MSc -
Nanobiotechnology, Moscow State University
Research interests: exosome biogenesis & bioengineering
Awards: GDES, International Doctoral Partial Tuition Award, Special UBCO Graduate Award, UGF 2021
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Bahram Talebjedi
(co-supervised with M. Hoorfar)
PhD - Mechanical Engineering, UBC
(2019/1 - present)
MSc - Biomedical Engineering, University of Tehran
Research interests: acoustic microfluidics, exosome separation, droplet microfluidics
Award: GDES, International Doctoral Partial Tuition Award
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Micah Yang
MSc - Chemistry, UBC
(2022/9 - present)
BSc (Hons.) - Biochemistry, UBC
(2020/5 - 2022/8)
Research interests: mathematical biology, SMFS
Awards: NSERC-USRA 2021, 2022, GDES
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Dyuti Raghu
PhD - Chemistry, UBC
(2022/9 - present)
BSc (Hons.) - Biochemistry, UBC
(2021/5 - 2022/8)
Research interests: SMFS
Awards: IURA 2021
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Shilong Pan
MSc - Chemistry, UBC
(2022/9 - present)
BSc (Hons.) - Biochemistry, UBC
(2021/5 - 2022/9)
Research interests: exosome
Awards: NSERC-USRA 2022, NSERC CGS-M
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Nishtha Singh
MSc - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UBC
(2022/5 - present)
BSc - Biochemistry, University of Leicester
Research interests:
Awards: GDES |
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| Undergraduate Students |
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Allison Leam
Undergraduate,
Microbiology, UBC
(2020/5 - present)
Research interests: SMFS, mechanobiology
Awards: NSERC-USRA 2020, URA 2021
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Elise Phelan
Undergraduate, Biophysics, UBC
2022/5 - 2022/9
2021/5 - 2021/9
Research interests: Biophysics
Awards: NSERC-USRA 2022
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George Ng
Undergraduate, Engineering, UBC
2022/5 - 2022/9
Research interests: Instrumentation
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Lilian Ton Nu
Undergraduate, Science, UBC
2022/5 - 2022/9
Research interests: Mechanobiology
Awards: URA 2022
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| Prospective students |
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David Bakker
MSc - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UBC
(2020/9 - 2021/4)
BSc - Biochemistry, UBC
Research interests: SMFS
Awards: GDES 2021
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Vanessa White
MSC - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2020/9 - 2021/9)
BSc -
Biochemistry, UBC
Awards: GDES, Stober Foundation Graduate Award in Chemistry, UGF 2021 |
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Omkar Kulkarni (co-sup. F. Menard)
MSc - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UBC (2019/9 - 2021/12)
BSc - Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Awards: UGF 2020, International Doctoral Partial Tuition Award, Special UBC Graduate Award |
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Elise Phelan
Undergraduate summer student (2021/5 - 2021/8)
Current position: undergraduate, UBCV
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Zhongyi Dai
MSc - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2018/9 - 2021/8)
BSc - Life Science, Lanzhou University,
蘭州大學萃英學院
Awards: UGF, GDES, Mitacs Globalink, Globalink Graduate Fellowship, Covid Relief Funding
Current position: QC technician
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Runjhun Saran Narayan
Postdoc, Chemistry (2020/4 - 2021/3)
PhD, Chemistry, University of Waterloo |
M.Tech, Biotechnology, Anna University
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Duhan Yendi
Undergraduate thesis, Biochemistry (2020/09 - 2021/08)
Current position: undergraduate, UBCO
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Victor Sun
Research Technician (2019/10 - 2020/10)
Undergraduate thesis (2016/6 - 2017/4)
MSc, Chemistry, UVic |
BSc, Chemistry, UBC
Current position: Engineer, Infinti Electro-Optics |
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Rafaeal Hossain Rakin
MASc, Mechanical Engineering (2019/1 - 2020/12)
BASc,
Electrical Engineering, North South University
Awards: UGF
Current position: Project Engineer, LabTest Certification |
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Alexander Corbett
Undergraduate thesis,
Biochemistry (2018/5 - 2020/4)
Awards: 2xNSERC-USRA, MURPH Scholar
Current position: MSc, UofT |
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Summer Li
Postdoc, Chemistry (2018/4 - 2020/8)
PhD, MSc, Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, RMC
BSc, Biological Chemistry, University of Toronto
Current position: Assistant Professor,
Thompson River University
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Raunak Dey
Mitacs Summer Student (2019/5 - 2019/8)
BSc, Physics, IISER Kolkata
Current position: PhD, Georgia Tech
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Erfan Taatizadeh
MASc, Mech. Eng. (2018/1 - 2019/12)
BASc, Mech. Eng., Toosi University of Technology
Awards: UGF
Current position: PhD, UBCV |
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Varun Surendran
Research Assistant, Chemistry (2018/1 - 2019/5)
MTech, BTech, Nanotechnology, Amity University
Awards: Kerala Government Scholarship
Current position: PhD,
National Institute of Technology Calicut |
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Victoria Lange
NSERC USRA,
Biochemistry (2019/5 - 2019/8)
Awards: NSERC-USRA
Current position: Medical School
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Nicole Skidmore
Undergrad thesis, Biochemistry (2018/9 - 2019/5)
Awards: URC poster award (biology) |
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Sydney Fearnley
Undergrad thesis, Biochemistry (2018/5 - 2019/7)
Awards: Undergraduate Research Award (URA)
Current position: MSc,
McGill University |
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Yousif Murad
UBC Medical School (2018/9 - 2021/8)
MSc, Chemistry (2016/9 - 2018/8)
BSc - Biochemistry, UBC
Awards: UGF, Graduate Student Travel Grant, SSRP
Current position: Medical school, UBC |
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Riley Waters
(co-supervise with Abdallah Mohamed)
Undergrad thesis,
Computer Sciences (2017/9 - 2018/5)
Current position: MSc, Computer Science,
University of Washington |
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Sydney Neumeier
Work-Study, URA, Biochemistry (2018/5-8,
2019/5-8)
Awards: Undergraduate Research Award (URA) |
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Queena Pan
Undergradute volunteer,
Chemistry (2017/1 - 2018/8) |
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Sophia Ng
Undergrad thesis, Biochemistry (2016/9 - 2018/5)
Awards: Tuum Est
Fund
Current position: Clinical Operations Associate, Babylon Health |
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Yuechao Tang
Postdoc, Chemistry (2018/4 - 2018/8)
PhD, University of Alberta |
MSc, Fudan University |
BSc, Zhejiang University
Current position: Assistant Professor,
Chang'an University |
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Sara Tasnim
MSc, Chemistry (2017/1 - 2017/8)
Awards: GDES
Current position: MSc, UBCV |
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Keith Taverner
Undergrad thesis, Biochemistry (2017/5 - 2018/8)
Current position: MSc, Chemistry, UTM |
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Nadia Anvari
Undergrad volunteer, Biochemistry (2017/5 - 2017/9) |
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Melissa LeRose
Work-Study, Mechanical Engineering (2017/5 - 2017/9)
Current position: Mechanical engineer,
Integral Group |
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Dawei Gu
Undergradute volunteer, Biochemistry (2016/6 - 2016/12) |
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Christine Furrer
Undergrad thesis, Chemistry (2016/9 - 2017/4) |
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Nolan Frymire
Work-Study, Physics (2016/9 - 2017/4)
Current position: Software Developer,
QHR, Kelowna |
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