Principal Investigator
Dr. John Whitney, Associate professor
canada Research chair in molecular microbiology
Burroughs Wellcome Investigator in the pathogenesis of infectious disease
John received his BSc in Biological Chemistry in 2007 from the University of Guelph. He then completed his PhD in Biochemistry at the University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children. From 2013 to 2016 John was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Washington in Seattle before establishing his lab in the Department of Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences at McMaster in 2017.
Staff scientists
dr. Madoka Akimoto
PhD, Chemical Biology, McMaster University
MS, Pharmaceutical Science, University of Tokyo
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Fanyang LV
PhD, Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
MS, Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
BS, Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University
Dr. Stephen Garrett
PhD, Molecular Microbiology, Newcastle University
BSc, Microbiology, University of Glasgow
Dr. Steven Kelly
PhD, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph
BSc, Biological and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Guelph
Dr. Alexander Anderson
PhD, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph
MSc, Integrative Biology, Wilfred Laurier University
BSc, Biology, Wilfred Laurier University
Research Assistants
Sonia Marotta
BSc, Biochemistry (co-op), McMaster University (in-progress)
Graduate Students
Nathan Bullen
PhD candidate (2018-present)
BSc, Biology, University of Waterloo
bullenn(at)mcmaster.ca
Dirk Grebenc
PhD candidate (2020-present)
BSc, Biochemistry, Queen’s University
grebencd(at)mcmaster.ca
Andrea Alexei
PhD candidate (2021-present)
BSc, Biology, University of Waterloo
alexeia(at)mcmaster.ca
PRakhar Shah
MSc candidate (2022-present)
BSc, Biochemistry, McMaster University
shahp33(at)mcmaster.ca
Polina Gkragkopoulou
MSc candidate (2022-present)
BSc, Biochemistry, McGill University
gkragkop(at)mcmaster.ca
Jake Colautti
MD/PhD candidate (2022-present)
BHSc, Health Sciences, McMaster University
colauttj(at)mcmaster.ca
Sahil Karnani
MSc candidate (2022-present)
BSc, Biochemistry, McMaster University
karnanis(at)mcmaster.ca
Undergraduates
Alumni
doctoral students
Dr. Timothy Klein, PhD (2017-2022)
Current position: postdoctoral fellow at UCSF
Dr. Shehryar Ahmad, PhD (2017-2021)
Current position: medical student at the University of Toronto
Masters Students
Amirahmad Azhieh, MSc (2020-2022)
Current position: medical student at the University of Melbourne
Kartik Sachar, MSc (2021-2022)
Current position: PhD student at the University of Manitoba
Undergraduates
Eileen Bates, University of Waterloo undergraduate co-op student (2022)
Ana Fernandez, University of Waterloo undergraduate co-op student (2022)
Owen McArthur, University of Waterloo undergraduate co-op student (2022)
Valerie Chow, Undergraduate Thesis student (2022)
Stephanie Thang, University of Waterloo undergraduate co-op student (2021)
Vanessa Schiefer, University of Guelph undergraduate co-op student (2021)
Brandon Dickson, Undergraduate Thesis student (2021)
Harmy Thakar, Undergraduate Thesis student (2020-21)
Sarah Trilesky, University of Guelph undergraduate co-op student (2020)
Tahmid Tashin, Undergraduate Thesis student (2020)
Rachel Tran, Undergraduate Thesis student (2019-2020)
Vraj Shah, Undergraduate Thesis student (2020)
Shil Gandhi, Undergraduate Thesis student (2020)
Premy Shanthamoorthy, Undergraduate Thesis student (2018)
Matthew Walker, Undergraduate Thesis student (2018)
Jenny Tang, University of Waterloo Undergraduate co-op student (2017)