Who we are
WHO WE ARE
We are a team of dedicated Research Associates, Postdocs, Graduate Students, and Undergraduates. We work collaboratively and openly, but everyone is expected to take ownership of a project and engage fully with it. We are members of the Department of Biochemistry and the Department of Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto.
Alex Ensminger, Ph.D. (PI)
alex<dot>ensminger<at>utoronto.ca
Beth Nicholson, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
John MacPherson
Ph.D student, Molecular Genetics
Morgan Petersen
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry
Joint Educational Placement: U. Toronto / U. Melbourne
Co-supervisor: Dr. Hayley Newton, Ph.D. (Monash U.)
Oscar Shang
M.Sc. student, Biochemistry
Elizabeth Chaney
Ph.D. student, Molecular Genetics
Dustin Loso
Ph.D. student, Molecular Genetics
Past members of the lab:
Dr. Malene Urbanus – Senior Research Associate.
Dr. Jordan Lin – Ph.D. student, Molecular Genetics. Current position: Postdoctoral fellow, A. Bhatt laboratory, Stanford.
Dr. Shayna Deecker-Simon – Ph.D. student, Biochemistry. Current position: Senior Scientific Project Coordination Biologist, Health Canada.
Dr. Harley O’Connor Mount – Ph.D. student, Molecular Genetics. Current position: Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, Roche.
Dr. Chitong Rao – Ph.D. student, Molecular Genetics. Current position: Chief Scientist, Bluepha.
Dr. Guangqi Zhou – Postdoctoral fellow. Current position: MSAT Associate Scientist II, CCRM.
Dr. Hadas Benhabib - M.Sc. student, Molecular Genetics. Current position: Radiologist, Assistant Professor, Medical Imaging, U. Toronto.
Dr. Amy Chung – M.Sc. student, Molecular Genetics. Current position: Emergency Physician.