People

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

Janis Cheng

Daniel Haghi
co-supervised with Prof. Darrell Desveaux

Daniel Haghi


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

Inga Kireeva

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

Lijie Yuan

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

Theresa Casselman

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

Samantha Levin

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