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. Nicholas Jentsch
Postdoctoral Fellow
BSc: Missouri University of Science and Technology (T. Schuman)
PhD: University of Southern Mississippi (M. Donahue)
Project(s): anitmicrobial medicinal chemistry; phenolic natural products synthesis
Dr. Mathew Piotrowski
Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD & BSc: Western University, Canada (M. Kerr)
Project(s): antimicrobial medicinal chemistry
Graduate Students - PhD Candidates
Patrick Darveau
Graduate Student (PhD Candidate, Chemical Biology)
BSc: University of Laval
MSc: University of Laval
Research: antimicrobial medicinal chemistry; natural products synthesis
Meghan Fragis
Graduate Student (PhD Candidate, Chemical Biology)
BSc: Unviersity of Guelph (W. Tam)
Research: organosulfur synthetic methods; anti-malarial natural products synthesis
Graduate Students - MS Candidates
Parul Pal
Graduate Student (MS Candidate, Chemical Biology)
BSc: University of Mumbai
Research: antimicrobial medicinal chemistry; organosulfur synthetic methods
Louis Borrillo
Graduate Student (MS Candidate, Chemical Biology)
BSc: University of Guelph
Research: antimicrobial medicinal chemistry; organosulfur synthetic methods
Matthew Squazzin
Graduate Student (MS Candidate, Biochemistry)
BSc: University of Waterloo (R. Lemieux)
Research: cardiovascular medicinal chemistry; organosulfur synthetic methods
Arnav Kaul
Graduate Student (MS Candidate, Biochemistry)
BSc: McMaster University (J. Magolan)
Research: antimicrobial medicinal chemistry
Nicole Ritchie
Graduate Student (MS Candidate, Chemistry)
BSc: University of Waterloo (G. Murphy)
Research: antimicrobial medicinal chemistry
Undergraduate Students
Gary Zheng
Undergraduate Student, Biochemistry, McMaster University
Research: antimicrobial drug discovery, synthetic methods
Melanie Vanderpool
Undergraduate Student, Chemical Biology, McMaster University
Research: antimicrobial drug discovery
Mateo Vendramini
Undergraduate Student, Chemical Biology, McMaster University
Research: antimicrobial drug discovery