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GRADUATE STUDENTS

	Elena Takyiwaa Ali 2023-Present BSc Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (2022) As part of her MSc, Elena is isolating natural products from plants and bacteria..
	Marcus Simoes 2023-Present BSc Bishops University (2023) As part of his MSc, Marcus is activating cryptic gene clusters in Gram negative bacteria.
	Prerna Singh 2022-Present MSc Amity University (2019) PG Diploma University of Delhi (2017) BSc (Hons.) University of Delhi (2016) As part of her PhD, Prerna is studying the evolution of plasmid-encoded antibiotic-resistance genes.
	Farhan Rahman Chowdhury 2021-Present MSc North South University (2020) BSc East West University (2016)As a PhD student, Farhan is studying how collateral sensitivity can be used to devise more effective antibiotic therapies.
	Lydia Rili   2019-Present BSc Concordia University (2019) Lydia is deciphering natural product regulation in Photorhabdus luminescens.
	Laura Domínguez 2020-Present BSc Monterrey Institute of Technology (2020) PhD student and Mitacs alumni Laura Domínguez is studying how bacteria react to antibiotic stress.

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

	Vlada Lesnic – 2023 Vlada is evolving antibiotic resistance as part of her Honours project.
	Joana Schnubel – 2023 Joana is searching for new natural products as part of her undergraduate internship.
	Jad Mattar – 2023 Having finished a Concordia Undergraduate Student Research Award, Jad is currently working on the induction and isolation of microbial natural products to identify novel antibiotics as part of his Honours project.

LAB ALUMNI

	Laura Sebben Galarce – 2023 Laura worked to isolate natural products produced by bacteria with funding from the Mitacs Globalink program.
	Asher Woodhead – 2023 With funding through the Concordia Undergraduate Student Research Award Program Asher Woodhead worked to isolate and identify novel antimicrobial compounds.
	Karoul Dib – 2023 Karoul studied the evolution of E. coli during her Honours research project..
	Michael Mahdavi   2019-2022 MSc Concordia University (2022) BSc Carleton University (2018) Michael studied the effect of antibiotic adjuvants.
	Ryan Dupuis 2020-2021 BSc (Hons.) Concordia University (2021) As part of his MSc project Ryan worked to analyze plant metabolite profiles.
	Amanpreet Parihar   2022 BSc. Concordia University
	Katya Kharitonov   2022 BSc. Concordia University
	Audrey-Anne Beaudry   2022 Jean-de-Brebeuf CEGEP As a summer intern, Audrey-Anne was involved in the conjugation and extraction process for the discovery of natural products.
	Madeleine Woisin  2022 BSc. at  Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen
	Amelia Davis   2022 BSc. Durham University
	Annie Lam-Nguyen   2022 Jean-de-Brebeuf CEGEP As a summer intern, Annie was involved in the conjugation and extraction process for the discovery of natural products.
	Maythem Ali   2016-Present BSc Concordia University (2015) As part of his MSc, Maythem is investigating regulators of natural product biosynthesis bioactive compounds natural products produced by Gram-negative bacteria.
	Rami Antoun 2020-2021 For his Honours BSc project Rami is synthesizing antimicrobial peptides.
	Liana Zaroubi MSc 2021 As part of her MSc, Liana investigated the chemical ecology of myxobacteria.
	Bahar Pakseresht MSc 2021 As part of her MSc, Bahar investigated marine myxobacteria and all the wonderful compounds that they produce.
	Rolan Papazyan BSc. 2020-2021 As part of his Honours BSc project Rolan investigated the wide world of terpene biosynthesis.
	Rami Antoun CUSRSA 2020 With funding through the Concordia Undergraduate Student Research Award Program Rami studied the phylogeny of geosmin synthase and its associated proteins.
	Md Ali Yousof 2017-2019 (Co-supervised with Adrian Tsang) Concordia Horizon Postdoctoral Fellow PhD Pukyong National University (2016) MSc Islamic University, Kushtia (2011) BSc Islamic University, Kushtia (2009) Dr. Yousof studied natural products produced by fungi and bacteria
	Laura Dominguez Mitacs 2019 Laura studied the expression of natural products in Photorhabdus luminescens, thanks in part to funding from the Mitacs Globalink program.
	Emily Cervenka BSc. 2018-2019 Emily studied the regulation of natural product biosynthesis in Gram-negative bacteria.
	Nadia Sari BSc. 2018-2019 Nadia studied the evolution of Salmonella enterica in response to antimicrobials.
	Maxwell Miller NSERC USRA 2018 Maxwell worked on the evolution of E. coli and Salmonella enterica as part of an NSERC USRA. Current position: Dentistry, Western University.
	Mona Maarouf 2017-2018 Mona studied the regulation of natural product biosynthesis in Gammaproteobacteria as part of her graduate diploma in biotechnology. Current position: Junior Quality Control Inspector, MEDISCA.
	Zach Schiffman BSc. 2016-2018 Zach isolated new environmental myxobacteria as part of a Chem 450 honours project. Current position: MSc, Manitoba.
	Kris Singh BSc. 2018 Kris worked on developing a new synthetic route to isocyanides as part of a Chem 450 project.
	Mona Hashemi BSc. 2017 Mona evolved antibiotic-resistant E. coli as part of a Bio 490 honours project.
	Nour Ghaddar  BSc. 2016-2017 Nour completed both a Chem 450 and a Concordia Undergraduate Student Research Award in the lab (2016-2017), evolving E. coli strains with interesting phenotypes. Current position: PhD, McGill University.