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Current Group (L to R): Ekta Gupta, Samira Komijani, Hanna Le, Faizan Rasheed, Youxuan (Bill) Guo, Indrajit Bandyopadhyay, Jiaqi Shi, Krishna Yarkali, Anmol Dhesi, Matthew Puzhitsky and Art Orellana

Past Members

Post-Doctoral Researchers
Fernando Fernandez -2009-2010             Research chemist, PharmaMedica.
Mahmoud Sayah - 2013-2014                          Research chemist at Intellisyn Rd - Montreal    
Liam O'Donnell - 2015-2017                 Research chemist, Toronto Research Chemicals.
Ashik Sayyad - 2019-2022                                 Research c
hemist (location withheld)


Graduate Students
Brian Doan - M.Sc. 2022                                   Ph.D. Candidate - Lundgren group, University of Alberta
Isabelle Hunter - M.Sc. 2020                            Synthetic Chemist, Avro Lifescience

Nour Wasfy - M.Sc. 2020                                  Ph.D. Candidate - Renata group, Scripps Florida
Minhao Zhang - M.Sc. 2019                             Ph.D. Candidate - Coric group, University of Zurich                               
Faizan Rasheed - M.Sc. 2019                           Synthetic Chemist, Toronto Research Chemicals
Andrei Nikolaev - Ph.D. 2018                           Post-doctoral fellow, University of California at Santa Barbara
Zi Wang - M.Sc. 2017                                        Synthetic Chemist, Toronto Research Chemicals
Sadaf Samadi - M.Sc. 2016                               Analytical Chemist, Toronto Research Chemicals                      
Nisha Nithiy - M.Sc 2014                                  Teacher - Greater Toronto Area
David Rosa - Ph.D 2013                                    Post-Doctoral Fellow - Patrick Gunning, University of Toronto
Bojan Dragisic - M.Sc. 2013                             
Diana Guecha - M.Sc. 2013                             Teacher - London England
Andrei Chtchemelinine - M.Sc. 2012              Process Chemist - Gilead Pharmaceuticals, California
Angelika Schweinitz - M.Sc. 2011                    Pharmacist - Austria


Undergraduate Students
Jin Shi - Research Assistant 2021                   Cummins group, University of Toronto
Brian Doan - CHEM 4000 2019                        Orellana group, York University

Shrey Desai - CHEM 4000 2018                       University of Toronto Chemistry, Taylor group
Amar Deodanan - CHEM 4000 2019               University of Toronto School of Pharmacy
Obinna Dinneya - CHEM 4000 2018                Faculty of Science, York University
Amir Binesh - York DURA 2017                         Faculty of Science, York University
Sharif Ali - NSERC USRA 2017                          Faculty of Science, York University
Isabelle Hunter - volunteer 2016                     University of Toronto, Faculty of Science
Fathimath Shifaly - volunteer 2016                  Faculty of Science, York University
Minhao Zhang - CHEM 4000 2016                  Orellana Group, York University
Faizan Rasheed - CHEM 4000 2016                Orellana Group, York University
Nour Wasfy - CHEM 4000 2015                       Orellana Group, York University
Karen Feldman - NSERC USRA 2014              University of Toronto, Dentistry
Mohammad Quaderi - NSERC USRA 2014    
Dario Jeginovich - CHEM 4000 2013               University of Toronto School of Pharmacy
Danny Bousmail - CHEM 4000 2012-13           McGill University Chemistry, Sleiman group
Jason Quach - CHEM 4000 2012-13
Tyler Koronyi - CHEM 4000 2012                     Align Technology
Shane Marriot - CHEM 4000 2012                   Quality Control Chemist, Alumicor, Toronto
Ladan Ouromi - CHEM 4000 2011-12
Stephanie Ho - CHEM 4000 2011                    University of Waterloo, Taxation
Andrei Nikolaev - CHEM 4000 2011                York University Chemistry, Orellana group
Jovana Velimirovic - CHEM 4000 2011
Sonia Thakar - CHEM 4000 2010-11
Mike Harkness - CHEM 4000 2010-11            York University Chemistry, Lavoie group
Amanda Ngo - CHEM 4000 2010-11              Waterloo University Pharmacy
Ganna Bondarenko - CHEM 4000 2010         Waterloo University Chemistry, Fillion group
Tim Morse - Research Assistant                      McGill University Chemistry, Andrews group
Nicholas Luong - CHEM 4000 2009-10          McMaster University Chemistry, Brook group
Stephan Burella - CHEM 4000 2009-10          York University Chemistry, Yousaf group
Tammy Sikakane - CHEM 4000 2009
Anumeet Virdi - CHEM 4000 2008-09
Vijay Dhand - NSERC USRA 2008                   Simon Fraser University, Britton group
Ian Brown - CHEM 4000 2008
Nick Baboulas - CHEM 4000 2007-08

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