| Principle Investigator |
|---|
David S. Guttman Ph.D.
david.guttman@utoronto.ca

| Research Associate |
|---|
Pauline W. Wang Ph.D.
Guttman Lab Manager
CAGEF Facility Manager
pauline.wang@utoronto.ca

| Postdoctoral Fellows |
|---|
Yan Lai Ph.D
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

| Graduate Students |
|---|
Tamar Av-Shalom
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

Dylan Bradizza
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

Janis Cheng
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

Daniel Haghi
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

Jeong Rae Kim
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

Racquel Singh
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

Wen Tong
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

| Undergraduate Researchers |
|---|
| CAGEF Staff |
|---|
Julia Copeland
Sequencing Technician / Bioinformatics
Microbiome Specialist
CAGEF primary appointment

Sylva Donaldson Ph.D.
Project Manager
CAGEF primary appointment

Yunchen Gong
Bioinformatics
CAGEF primary appointment

Inga Kireeva
Mass Spectrometry Technician
CAGEF primary appointment

Jee Lee
Sequencing Technician
CAGEF primary appointment

Calvin Mok Ph.D.
Education outreach and Bioinformatician
CAGEF primary appointment

Andrรฉ Severino
Sequencing Technician
CAGEF primary appointment

Lijie Yuan
Sequencing Technician
CAGEF primary appointment

| DSG Lab Alumni |
|---|
Renan Almeida
Ph.D. Student
2016 – 2021

Ryan Austin Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow 2009-2011
Research Scientist
Southern Crop Protection & Food Research Centre
London, Ontario
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada

Patrick Bastedo Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow 2013-2018
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

Georgette Briggs M.Sc.
M.Sc. Student
2000-2002

Vijaya Brahma Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow 2012-2014
co-supervised with Prof. David Hwang

Clare Breit-McNally
Ph.D. student 2019-2025
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

Brody P.H.D. (pretty happy dog)
Lab Pooch
2011-2012
co-supervised with Amy Lee

Ceda Bundalovic-Torma, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow
2019-2023

Donny Chan
Bioinformatician
2021-2024
CAGEF Primary Appointment

Shawn Clark Ph.D.
Ph.D student
2011-2017
co-supervised with Prof. David Hwang
Post Doctoral Fellow 2017-2019

Theresa Casselman
M.Sc. student
2020 – 2022

Bryan Coburn M.D. Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow 2013-2015
co-supervised with Prof. David Hwang

Ilaria Di Cecco
Visiting student from Seconda Universitร
degli Studi di Napoli
2013 – 2014

Kateryna Cybulsky
M.Sc. Student
2017-2019

Julio Diaz-Caballero Ph.D.
Ph.D. Student
2011 – 2019

Craig Diegel
Lab Technician
2009-2012

Marcus Dillon Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow 2015-2021
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
University of Toronto Mississauga

Aisha Freeman Ph.D.
Lab Technician
2022

Pauline Fung M.Sc.
CAGEF Technician 2006-2012

Lucรญa Graรฑa Ph.D.
Post Doctoral fellow
2020-2025

Michael Greenberg
M.Sc. Student
2018 – 2021

Sarzana Hossain
M.Sc. Student
2018 – 2020
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

Brenden Hurley Ph.D.
Ph.D. Student
2009-2015
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

Conrad Izydorczyk
M.Sc. Student
2016-2018

Andrew Jamnik
M.Sc. Student
2015-2017

Nina Kirischian M.Sc.
M.Sc. Student
2013 – 2017
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

Bradley Laflamme, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Student
2016-2021

Mehdi Layeghifard Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow 2013-2018
co-supervised with Prof. David Hwang

Amy Lee Ph.D.
Ph.D. Student
2007 – 2012
Post Doctoral Fellow
2012 – 2013
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux
Assistant Professor, Simon Fraser University

Samantha Levin
MSc Student
2021-2024
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

Jennifer D. Lewis Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow 2006-2011
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux
Research Scientist
Plant Gene Expression Center, USDA
Assistant Professor
University of California, Berkeley

Amanda Liu M.Sc.
M.Sc. Student
2000-2002

Tim Lo
Ph.D. student
2010-2019
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

Fabien Lonjon Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow
2018-2023
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

Wenbo Ma Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow 2003-2006
Professor
Dept of Plant Pathology & Microbiology
University of California, Riverside

Alex Martel
Ph.D. Student
2017 – 2021
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

Keiran Maskell
MSc Student
2023-2024
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

Heather Maughan Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow 2009-2012

Honour C. McCann
Ph.D. Student
2006-2013
Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Biology

Kathryn McTavish
Ph.D. Student 2018-2025
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

Alex Menna
M.Sc. Student
2013-2015
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

Maggie Middleton
Lab Technician
2012-2022

Nadia Morales, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow 2020-2022
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

Adam Mott Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow 2011-2018
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux
Assistant Professor
University of Toronto-Scarborough

Emmanuel Naziga Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow
2019

Heath E. O’Brien Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow 2008-2012

Priyank Purohit
M.Sc. Student
2016-2018

Joan Ouellette
Administrative Assistant 2006-2012
CAGEF primary appointment

Kamran Rizzolo
M.Sc. Student
2010-2012

Tatiana Ruiz-Bedoya
PhD. Student
2018-2024
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

Natalia Sanina M.Sc.
M.Sc. Student
2006-2008

Sara Sarkar Ph.D.
Ph.D. Student
2000-2006

Jessica Schembri
M.Sc. Student
2013-2015
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

Patrick Stapleton, M.D.
Ph.D. student
2017-2019
primary supervisor Dr. Martin Cormican, National University of Ireland, Galway

John Stavrinides Ph.D.
Ph.D. Student
2001-2007
Associate Professor
University of Regina

Yinghua (Crystal) Su Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow
2022-2024
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

Anu Surendra
Bioinformatician 2013-2015
CAGEF primary appointment

Linda Tan M.Sc.
M.Sc. Student
2006-2008

Shalabh Thakur Ph.D.
Ph.D. Student
2010-2017

Jessica Le Yang M.Sc.
M.Sc. Student
2009-2011

Carmen Yea M.Sc.
M.Sc. Student
2009-2011
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

Amy Zhang
M.Sc. Student
2014-2016
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

Jianfeng Zhang Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Fellow 2010-2016
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

| Undergraduate Research Project Alumni |
|---|
Renata Assis
2014 – 2015

Sarah Cao
2012 – 2013

Michael Chiu
2010 – 2011

Philip Conforzi
2018 – 2019

Lucas Corallo

Brian Duarte
2018 – 2019

Sophie Dyzenhaus
2013 – 2014

Kyra Fine
2018 – 2019

Meah Gao
2009 – 2010

Thomas Gludovacz
2010 – 2011

Shuang Hao
2013 – 2014

Hellen Huang
2018 – 2019

Yifei Huang

Malika Khakimova
2009 – 2010

Rutvij Khanolkar

Do Hee Kim
2015 – 2016

Paul Kim
2011 – 2012

Karen Kuang

Lewis Kurschner
2016 – 2017

Joanne Hyojung Lee
2015 – 2016

Amy Li
2017-2018

Hannah Li
2016 – 2017

Dennis Liu
2022-2023

Kyle Luong
2010 – 2011

Charlotte Nguyen
2015 – 2016

Alborz Noorani
2015-2018

Matt Renaud
2016-2018

Matt Stata
2013 – 2014

Kiat Yi Tan
2014-2016

Jonathan Tersigni

Annie Wang
2010 – 2011

Choseung Yong
2011 – 2012

Seonggwan Yu
2014 – 2015

Xindi Zhang
2017-2018

Gloria Zhu

Xiaolin Zhou







