​The Group

CURRENT STUDENTS

SRINI VEMULAPALLI
PhD Candidate

BS Honors Biomedical Sciences - University of South Florida
BSc Honours Chemistry - Brock University

Research Interests: heterocyclic chemistry, cycloaddition reactions photocatalysis (Research Gate)​

ROZHIN ROWSHANPOUR
PhD Student

​BSc Honours Biomedical Sciences - Brock University

Research Interests: azo synthesis, photocatalysis, reaction mechanisms (Research Gate)

BRANDON WHITE
PhD Student

BSc Honours Chemistry - Brock University

Research Interests: Lewis acid catalysis, photochemistry,  oxime chemistry, glycosylation

SABRINA HOFORD
PhD Student

BSc Honours Biochemistry - Brock University

Research Interests: fluorinated reagents, Diels-Alder reactivity, proton sponges, reaction mechanisms

NENAD KOVLJENIC
PhD Student

BSc Honours Chemistry - Brock University

Research Interests: cation catalysis, photochemistry, multicomponent reactions, reaction mechanisms

ADITYA VARDHAN
PhD Student

BPharma - Manipal University
MSc Organic Chemistry - Acadia University

Research Interests: cyclopropenium ions, photochemistry, catalytic reductions

ROXANNE DEKEYSER
MSc Student

BSc Honours Chemistry - Brock University

Research Interests: noncovalent interactions, selective fluorination, hydrogen and halogen bonding, reaction mechanisms

HEDIEH LOTFIAN
MSc Student

BSc Pure Chemistry - Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Research Interests: fluorinated compounds, hydroetherification, catalysis

AMEN ELMASADEF
MSc Student - Biotechnology

BSc Biotechnology - Brock University

Research Interests: fluorinated compounds

JACOB RESTIVO
Undergraduate Student

RECENT GRADUATES

​Sanaz rajabalinia

MSc Graduate

RYAN DOL​

MSc Graduate

ANGELA BRUJIC

BSc Graduate
Current Position: MSc student, Magolan group at McMaster University

​IVOR SMAJLAGIC

PhD Graduate

Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow,  Seidel Research Group, University of Florida, Department of Chemistry, USA

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BRENDEN CARLSON

​MSc Graduate

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OYIN AZEEZ

MSc Graduate

MATT
​GUEST

MSc Graduate
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Current Position: Research Associate, Fusion Pharmaceuticals, ON,  Canada. 

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Nick
​Rosano

BSc Graduate

Current Position: Research Scientist,  AbbVie, IL, USA. 

Richard Le Sueur 

MSc Graduate

Current Position:  Research Scientist, Apotex Inc., ON Canada. 

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COLIN HARLEY

BSc Graduate

HAYDEN
​FOY

​MSc Graduate​

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Dr. Roya Mir

​PhD Graduate, Postdoctoral Fellow
Current Position: Senior Research Scientist,  Flamma, PA, USA. 

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Dr. Lee Belding

PhD Graduate
Current Position: Research Scientist FogPharma, MA, USA. 


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Peter Stoyanov

MSc Graduate
Current Position: Research Scientist, EuroFins Alphora, ON, Canada. 
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Dr. S. Maryamdokht (Nazanin) Taimoory

PhD Graduate

Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Sanford Research Group, University of Michigan, Department of Chemistry, USA.
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Shahab Movahedi

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MSc Graduate
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​Current Position: Quality Control Analyst, Piramal Healthcare, ON,   Canada. 

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​Mohamed Hassan

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MSc Graduate
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Current Position: Research Scientist Johnson & Johnson, PA USA. 

Kaivan Taban​

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MSc Graduate

David Hurem
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​MSc Graduate

Current Position: PhD Student at McMaster University

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​ROCIO BELEN DURAN GUAJARDO 

​Visiting Scholar
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Current Position: PhD Student at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
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KATIE DEMPSEY

BSc Graduate

Drew Chappelle

BSc Graduate
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Brianne Hickson 

​BSc Graduate