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Our Team
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Fall 2025
Lead Investigator
Dr. Jakob Magolan
Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
Boris Family Chair of Drug Discovery
BSc (2002) Queen's University, Canada (R. Lemieux)
PhD (2007) Western University, Canada (M. Kerr)
Postdoc (2007-2010) Griffith University, Australia (M. Coster)
2010 - 2017, Assistant Professor, University of Idaho
2017 - 2023, Associate Professor, McMaster University
2023 - present, Professor, McMaster University
Research Associates
Dr. Mathew Piotrowski
Research Associate
BSc & PhD: Western University, Canada (M. Kerr)
Postdoctoral research: McMaster University (J. Magolan)
Research focus: Dr. Pitrowski develops scalable syntheses of phenolic natural products of biomedical interest. His research is sponsored by a partnership between our lab and Naturally Synthetic Inc.
Dr. Lauren Irwin
Research Associate
BSc & PhD: Western University, Canada (M. Kerr)
Research focus: Dr. Irwin works on the syntheses of phenolic natural products of biomedical interest. Her research is sponsored by a partnership between our lab and Naturally Synthetic Inc.
Graduate Students - PhD Candidates
Lara Lima
PhD Candidate, Chemical Biology
BSc: Federal University of Ceara, Brazil
Research: Novel organosulfur based synthetic methods.
Princeton Luong
PhD Candidate, Chemical Biology
BSc: University of Waterloo (with Prof. Michael Chong)
Research: Synthesis of bioactive phenolic natural products.
Gary Wang
PhD Candidate, Chemical Biology
BSc: McMaster University (in our lab)
Research: Developing strategies to access diverse phenolic natural products.
Jaxon Laramie
PhD Candidate, Chemical Biology
BSc: University of Windsor (with Prof. John Tran)
MSc: University of Windsor (with Prof. John Tran)
Graduate Students - MSc Candidates
Angela Brujic
MSc Candidate, Chemical Biology
BSc: Brock University (with Prof. Travis Dudding)
Research: Early-stage discovery of anti-inflammatory compounds.
Visiting Scientist
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Zaina Shahrouri
Visiting Industrial Researcher from Block Biosciences Inc.
Undergraduate Students
Alexander Ercoban
Undergraduate Student, Chemical Biology (McMaster)
Isabella Ing
Undergraduate Student, Biomedical Discovery and Commercialization (McMaster)
Ethan Restauri
Undergraduate Student, Chemical Biology (McMaster)
Melody Fanaian
Undergraduate Student, Chemical Biology (McMaster)
Michael Zadlo
Undergraduate Student, Biochemistry (McMaster)
