Lab members and alumni
Lab members and alumni
Esther M. Verheyen
B.A. 1988 Cornell University
Ph.D. 1993 Yale University School of Medicine, Dept. of Genetics with Dr. Lynn Cooley
Postdoctoral fellow 1993-1997 at Yale University School of Medicine, Dept. of Cell Biology with Dr. Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas
Joined SFU Faculty January 1998
On Twitter: @EstherVerheyen
Jessica Gardner Blaquiere
B.Sc. Simon Fraser University
Research technician
Eric Hall
B.Sc. UBC-Okanagan
Ph.D. student
Alex Kadhim
B.Sc. Simon Fraser University
M.Sc. student, Starting Sept. 2015
Nathan Wray
B.Sc. Nipissing University
M.Sc. student
2013 NSERC MSc Research Award (PGS-M)
Summer 2014
Elizabeth Hoesing
B.Sc. University of Victoria
M.Sc. student
SooHyun (Nicole) Yoo
Research assistant
Sharayu Jangam
Research technician
Endre Sinkovics
Undergraduate researcher
NSERC USRA
Kenneth Wong
B.Sc. University of Hong Kong
M.Sc. student, Sept. 2015
Faaria Samnani
Undergraduate researcher
NSERC USRA
Grad student alumni and their current positions:
Tirthadipa Pradhan-Sundd, PhD 2015, postdoc with Dr. Paul Monga at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Vilaiwan Fernandes, PhD 2014, postdoc with Claude Desplan at NYU Medical School [NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship]
Sharan Swarup, PhD 2013, postdoc with Wade Harper at Harvard Medical School [CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship]
Maryam Rahnama, PhD 2012, Postdoctoral Fellow, Project Search and Evaluation, Centre for Drug Research and Development
Joanna Chen, MSc 2012, Project Management Specialist at Meridigen Biotech, Taiwan.
Lorena Braid, PhD 2011, postdoc at Defence Research and Development Canada - Suffield (2011-2014) [NSERC Industrial Postdoctoral Fellowship]. Founder and Lead Scientist of Aurora BioSolutions (2014)
Wendy Lee, PhD 2009, postdoc with Mayumi Ito, NYU Langone Medical Center
Arial Zeng, PhD 2005, postdoc with Roel Nusse at Stanford University 2005-2010; Faculty position at Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences
Bryan Andrews, MSc 2005, Instructor at BCIT
Kristi Charish, MSc 2004, PhD with Vanessa Auld at UBC, Author of Owl & the Japanese Circus
Worlanyo Sosu-Sedzorme, MSc 2004, currently in Pharmacy school
Andrea Uetrecht, MSc 2004, PhD with James Bear at University of North Carolina 2010, Postdoc NIH
Darrell Bessette, MSc 2003, PhD with Catherine Pallen at UBC 2010
Ivana Mirkovic, MSc 2001, PhD with Marek Mlodzik 2007, postdoc with James Hudspeth at Rockefeller Univ., Postdoc with Peter Currie, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Sheila MacLean, MSc 2000, School teacher in Surrey
Selected undergraduate lab alumni and their current positions:
(keep me posted on how you are doing if I missed you on this list!)
Sarah Siebert, Medical student at UBC
Mehrnoosh Faghih Ordobadi, MSc student UBC
Cecily Morgan-Jonker, Medical student at UBC
Kristen McKnight, PhD UBC, Postdoc Stanford University
Agata Becalska, PhD Princeton University, Postdoc Harvard
Minna Roh-Johnston, PhD University of North Carolina, Postdoc Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Paulus Mau, MSc Resource Management SFU, currently Senior Conservation Rates Advisor at BC Hydro
Technician alumni and their current positions:
Michael Chou, KASM Life Sciences
Vincent Chui, Laboratory Coordinator at the BC Cancer Agency
Simon Wang, PhD student with Nick Harden, SFU
Desiree Essen, Nursing
Adrian Ally, UBC researcher
Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Lecturer, Biology Dept. SFU