of enthusiastic scientists
Our Team
September 2019
Lead Investigator
Dr. Jakob Magolan
Associate Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Biomedical Science
Boris Family Chair of Drug Discovery
Associate Member, Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Member, DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research
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, Assist. & Assoc. Prof., University of Idaho
2017 - present, Assoc Prof., McMaster University
Research Associate
Dr. Jarrod Johnson
Research Associate
BSc & PhD: University of Waterloo (G. Dimitrienko)
Postdoctoral research: Notre Dame (S. Mobashery); McMaster (G. Wright)
Project(s): antimicrobial medicinal chemistry
Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Mathew Piotrowski
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD & BSc: Western University, Canada (M. Kerr)
Project(s): antimicrobial medicinal chemistry
Dr. Marc Mackinnon
Postdoctoral Fellow
BSc: Wilfrid Laurier University
PhD: Memorial University of Newfoundland (G. Bodwell)
Project(s): antimicrobial medicinal chemistry
Graduate Students - PhD Candidates
Patrick Darveau
PhD Candidate, Chemical Biology
BSc: University of Laval
MSc: University of Laval
Research: antimicrobial medicinal chemistry; natural products synthesis
Meghan Fragis
PhD Candidate, Chemical Biology
BSc: Unviersity of Guelph (W. Tam)
Research: organosulfur synthetic methods; anti-malarial natural products synthesis
Matthew Squazzin
PhD Candidate, Biochemistry
BSc: University of Waterloo (R. Lemieux)
Research: cardiovascular medicinal chemistry; synthetic methods
Graduate Students - MS Candidates
Parul Pal
MS Candidate, Chemical Biology
BSc: University of Mumbai
Research: antimicrobial medicinal chemistry; organosulfur synthetic methods
Louis Borrillo
MS Candidate, Chemical Biology
BSc: University of Guelph
Research: antimicrobial medicinal chemistry; organosulfur synthetic methods
Arnav Kaul
MS Candidate, Biochemistry
BSc: McMaster University (J. Magolan)
Research: antimicrobial medicinal chemistry
Nicole Ritchie
MS Candidate, Chemistry
BSc: University of Waterloo (G. Murphy)
Research: antimicrobial medicinal chemistry
Princeton Luong
MS Candidate, Chemical Biology
BSc: University of Waterloo (M. Chong)
Research: anti-cancer medicinal chemistry