Louna Beauchemin

Very good dog candidate (Aug 2022-)

Summary of Research: Novel degradation pathways of shoes

Dr. Monica Gill

Research Associate/Lab Manager (Sept 2022-)

Contact: mgill3@uottawa.ca
B. Sc. University of PEI
M. Sc. University of PEI
Ph.D. Carleton University
Hometown: Charlottetown, PEI

Frédéric Vuillermet

Ph. D. candidate (July 2020-)

NSERC CGRS-D (2023 – )
FRQNT B2X (2023 – )

Contact: fvuiller@uottawa.ca
B. Sc. University of Sherbrooke
Hometown: Blainville, Québec

Summary of Research: N-Isocyanate reactions

Sherif Meshref

Ph. D. candidate (Sept 2020-)

QEII (2024-)

Contact: smesh055@uottawa.ca
B. Sc. University of Waterloo
Hometown: Toronto, Ontario

Summary of Research: Medicinal chemistry (pain relief)

Bhavana Uppalapati

Ph. D. candidate (Sept 2021-)

Contact: buppa104@uottawa.ca
B. Sc. University of Toronto (Mississauga)
M. Sc. Brock University
Hometown: Brampton, Ontario

Summary of Research: Synthesis of amides and nitrogen heterocycles

Daniel Barriault

Ph. D. candidate (May 2022-)

OGS (2025-)

Contact: dbarr011@uottawa.ca
B. Sc. University of Ottawa
Hometown: Ottawa, Ontario

Summary of Research: Hydroxylamine syntheses and reactivity of boron

Braeden Hourihan

Ph. D. candidate (Sept 2022-)

Contact: bhour007@uottawa.ca
B. Sc. University of New Brunswick
M. Sc. University of New Brunswick
Hometown: Hampton, New Brunswick

Summary of Research: New strategies for amino-boration

Sterling Renzoni

M. Sc. student (July 2024-)

NSERC CGRS-M (2025-)

Contact: srenz075@uottawa.ca
B.Sc Trent University
Hometown: Orangeville, Ontario

Summary of Research: Catalytic N-O bond reduction

Mubassira Rahman

M. Sc. student (Sept 2024-)

Contact: mrahm110@uottawa.ca
B.Sc University of Ottawa
Hometown: Al Khor, Qatar 

Summary of Research: Medicinal chemistry (pain relief)

Monika Plutecka

Ph.D. student (Jan 2025-)

Contact: mplut022@uottawa.ca
University of Ottawa
Hometown: Ottawa, Ontario

Summary of Research: N-Isocyanate reactions

Nicholas Halliday

M. Sc. student (Sept 2025-)

Contact: nhall013@uottawa.ca
B. Sc. University of Ottawa
Hometown: Ottawa, Ontario

Summary of Research: Exploring new reactivity of hydroxylamines

Jerry Diener

M. Sc. student (Sept 2025-)

Contact: jdien035@uottawa.ca
B. Sc. Carleton University
Hometown: Ottawa, Ontario

Summary of Research: N-Isocyanate reactions

Group Alumni

Postdoctoral Researchers/Visiting Professors

Dr. Neda Firoozi (co-supervised by Prof. Jeff Keillor 2019)
Ph. D. (Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran)
CCRI PDF, University of Ottawa

Dr. Dalia Abdelhamid (Feb-Aug 2018)
(Visiting professor)

Dr. Adam McCubbin (Winter 2018)
(Visiting professor)

Dr. Claudia El Nachef (2016-2018)
Ph. D. (University of Florida)
Replacement Professor, University of Ottawa

Dr. Kim Apperly (co-supervised by Prof. Chris Boddy 2018)
Ph. D. (University of Ottawa)
CIHR Granting Agency

Dr. Jing An (co-supervised by Prof. Howard Alper 2015-2016)
Ph. D. (Central China Normal University)
JiangSu Sevencontinent Green Chemical Co., Ltd.

Dr. Atefeh Shamsian (Mar 2015-Dec 2015)
NSERC Engage grant

Dr. Sampada Chitale (2012-2015)
Ph. D. (University of Connecticut)
Paraza Pharma Inc., Montreal

Dr. Pouyan Zahedi (2013-2015)
Ph. D. (University of Saskatchewan)
Toronto Research Chemicals

Dr. Wei Gan (2010-2012)
Ph. D. (Queen’s)
MITACS Elevate Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Shu-Bin Zhao (2011-2012)
Ph. D. (Queen’s)
Start-up company in Toronto

Dr. Nicolas Das Neves (2011-2013)
Marie Curie Industrial PDF

Graduate Students

Maxime Aubry, M.Sc student (2023-2025)
B. Sc. (University of Ottawa)

Huy Minh Ly, Ph.D. student  (2021-2025)
B. Sc. (University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Ho Chi Minh City.)

Alshimaa Mohamed, Ph.D. student  (2019-2024)
B. Sc. (Minia University, Egypt)

William Gagné-Monfette, M.Sc student  (2018-2023)
B.Sc. (Université de Sherbrooke)

Julia Mandato, M.Sc student (2021-2023)
B.Sc. (University of Guelph)
Teaching position at Algonquin College, Ottawa

Meredith Allen, Ph.D. student (2016-2022)
B.Sc. (University of Western Ontario)
Paraza Pharma, Québec

Myroslava Volosheniuk, M.Sc. student (2020-2022)
B.Sc. (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv)
NuChem Sciences, Québec

Jasper Adam May Quartus, M.Sc. student (2018-2021)
B.Sc. (University of Ottawa)
PanTHERA CryoSolutions

Ryan Ivanovich, Ph.D. student (2015-2020)
B.Sc. (University of Ottawa)
Scientific Evaluator, Health Canada

David Brzezinski, M.Sc. student (2018-2020)
B.Sc. (University of Ottawa)
Novartis, Cambridge, MA, USA

Dilan Polat, Ph.D. student (2015-2019)
B.Sc. and M.Sc. (Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris)
Paraza Pharma, Québec

Binjie Li, Ph.D. student (2014-2019)
B.Sc. (Central China Normal University, Wuhan)
Teaching position at Hubei University, China

Joshua Derasp, Ph.D. student (2014-2019)
B.Sc. (University of PEI)
Postdoctoral Position with Jason Hein (UBC)

Phillipe Lemire, M.Sc. student (2016-2018)
B.Sc. (University of Ottawa)
Public Services and Procurement Canada

Qiang Wang, Visiting Ph.D. student (2016-2018)
Ph.D (Central China Normal University, Wuhan)
Postdoctoral Position with Prof. Shu-Li You (SIOC)

Mohammed Ahmed Mostafa Ali Dahab, Visiting Ph.D. student (2015-2017)
Ph.D (Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11884, Egypt.)
Lecturer, Al-Azhar University, Egypt

Eslam Elkaeed, Visiting Ph.D. student (2015-2017)
Ph.D (Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11884, Egypt.)
Lecturer, Al-Azhar University, Egypt

Parsa Jamshidi, M.Sc. student (2015-2017)
B.Sc. (University of Ottawa)
Technical Officer – National Research Council Canada

Indee Ranasinghe Gamage, M.Sc. student (2015-2017)
B.Sc. (University of Ottawa)

Amanda Bongers, Ph.D. student (2011-2016)
B.Sc. (University of Waterloo)
Postdoctoral Position with Allyson Flynn (University of Ottawa)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Queens University, Kingston (check her webpage!)

Jean-François Vincent-Rocan, Ph.D. student (2011-2016)
B.Sc. (University of Ottawa)
BioVectra Inc., PEI

Lyanne Betit, M.Sc. student (2013-2015)
B.Sc. (University of Ottawa)
NSERC Granting Agency, Ottawa

Kaitlyn Lavergne, M.Sc. student (2013-2015)
B.Sc. (University of Ottawa)
Transport Canada, Ottawa

Christian Clavette, Ph.D. student (2009-2014)
B.Sc. (University of Ottawa)
Law School, University of Ottawa

Colin Hesp, M.Sc. student (2011-2014)
B.Sc. (University of Guelph)
University of Toronto School of Pharmacy

Melissa Macdonald, Ph.D. student (2009-2014)
B.Sc. (University of Western Ontario)
Postdoctoral position with Samuel H. Gellman (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Bashir Hussain, M.Sc. student (2011-2014)
B.Sc. (University of Ottawa)
Health Canada

Keira Garland, M.Sc. student (2011-2014)
B.Sc. (Carleton University)
Genentech, South San Francisco

Francis Loiseau, Ph.D. student (2007-2012)
B. Sc. (McGill University)
Rutgers Group

Nicolas Guimond, Ph.D. student (2009-2012-Fagnou Group transfer)
B. Sc. (Université Laval)
Postdoctoral position – NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow with Dirk Trauner (LMU)
Bayer Healthcare, Wuppertal, Germany

Isabelle Dion, Ph.D. student (2007-2012)
B. Sc. (Université de Sherbrooke)
Lecturer, Université de Sherbrooke

K. Matthew Whitmore, M.Sc. student (2009-2011)
B. Sc. (University of Toronto)
Paraza Pharma Inc., Montreal

Derek Schipper, Ph.D. student (2009-2011-Fagnou Group transfer)
B. Sc. (University of Prince Edward Island)
Postdoctoral position – NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow with T. M. Swager (MIT)
Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo, Waterloo (check his webpage!)

Ashley Dawn Hunt, M. Sc. student (2009-2011)
B. Sc. (Western Ontario)
Research Associate with John Pezacki

Peter Ng , M. Sc. student (2008-2011)
B. Sc. (Toronto)
NRC, Ottawa

Hao Peng , M. Sc. student (2007 – 2010)
B. Sc. (Concordia)
Pharmascience (Montréal)

Jennifer Pfeiffer , M. Sc. student (2007-2010)
B. Sc. (McGill)
Health Canada after working at TRC

Toni Rizk , M. Sc. student (2007 – 2009)
B. Sc. (Ottawa)
Graduate Student, Health Sciences, University of Ottawa

Jean-Grégoire Roveda, M. Sc. student (2007-2009)
B. Sc. (Ottawa)
Graduate Student, Health Sciences, University of Ottawa

Joseph Moran, Ph. D. student (2004-2009)
B. Sc. (Ottawa)
NSERC Post-doctoral fellow with M. J. Krische (UT Austin). Post-doctoral fellow, NRC, Canada (John Pezacki)
Current position: Full Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada (check his webpage!).

Joffré Bourgeois, M. Sc. (2005-2008)
B. Sc. (Ottawa)
Current position: Environment Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Pamela Cebrowski, M. Sc. (2006-2008)
B. Sc. (Ottawa)
Current position: Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Marie-Eve Lebrun, M. Sc. (2005-2007)
B. Sc. (Ottawa)
Current position: Health Canada (after working at Merck Frosst and Boehringer Ingelheim)

Past Undergraduate Students

Nicholas Halliday (Honours Student 2024-2025)

Olivia Timpano (Honours Student 2024-2025)

Gabriel Hernandez Abdallah (MITACS student 2024)

Ronel Kaboré (Honours student 2023-2024, Co-op student 2024)

Sally Ayoub (Honours student 2023-2024)

Hala Almeneim (Summer Student 2023)

Monika Plutecka (Visiting Master’s Student 2023)

Maxime Aubry (Co-op 2022, Honours student 2023)

Rosemary Karn (Honours student 2022-2023)

Daniel Barriault (Honours student 2021-2022)

Daniel Wallace (Honours student 2021-2022)

Mei Xi Chen (Volunteer 2020-2021)

Geneviève O’Keefe (Summer volunteer, NSERC USRA 2019/2021, Honours student 2020-2021)

Janick Corbin (Honours student 2020-2021)

Owen Lutes (Summer volunteer, UROP student 2018-2019, Honours student 2020-2021)

Rand Hussein (Honours student 2019-2020)

Kastus Shlyk (Honours student 2019-2020)

Myroslava Volosheniuk (MITACS Summer student 2019)

Kwame Agyei (Honours student 2018-2019)

Erica Barbera (Honours student 2018-2019)

Kamel Lezzaik (Honours student 2018-2019)

Niève Séguin (UROP and NSERC USRA, 2017-2018)

David Brzezinski (Summer volunteer, Honours student 2017-2018)

Jasper Quartus (Summer volunteer, Honours student 2017-2018)

Eric Skrotzki (August and fall volunteer 2017, Honours student Fall 2018)

Naïcen Ghanmi (Honours student 2016-2017)

Fériel Rahmani (Honours student 2016-2017)

Sébastien Roy (Summer and Honours student 2016-2017)

Aidan Pezacki (Summer student 2016)

Philippe Lemire (UROP & NSERC USRA 2015, Honours student 2015-2016)

Ryan Simard (Honours student 2015-2016)

Asianne Lee (NSERC USRA 2015, Honours student 2015-2016)

Alex Jeanneret (Co-op 2015, Honours student 2015-2016)

Nancy Marina (Honours student 2014-2015)

Yara Abou-Hamde (Honours student 2014-2015)

Ryan Ivanovich (Co-op 2014, Honours student 2014-2015)

Alyssa Perozzo (Summer Student 2014)

Jane Nguyen (International exchange student 2014)

Nimrat Obhi (UROP Student, Honours student 2013-2014)

Julien Bejjani (Summer student 2014)

Kyle Leckett (Summer student 2013 & 2014,  Honours student 2014)

Menachem Benzaquen (USRA student, Summer 2014)

Patrick Moon (URS Summer student 2010/2011, NSERC USRA 2012, Honours student 2013-2014)

Kashif Tanveer (Summer Student – 2012, Honours student 2012-2013)

Brittany McCullagh (Part-time student 2012-2013)

Charlotte Depatie Sicard (Summer Student – 2011, 2012 – Honours 2012-2013)

Kaitlyn Lavergne (Honours student, Fall 2012)

Valérie Lemieux (2011 – 2012) – NSERC CREATE Summer Student, Honours student

Pierre Mouawad (2011 – 2012) – Honours student

Amy Toderian (2008 – 2011) – NSERC USRA Summer Student, Honours student

Éric Bilodeau (2008 – 2011) – NSERC USRA Summer Student, Honours student

Michael Raymond (2009-2011) NSERC USRA Summer (2009), Part-time student (2009), Honours student (2010-2011)

Jean-Francois Vincent-Rocan (2011) – Honours student

Sandring Taing (exchange student UPMC, France, 2010)

Alishya Burrell (2009 – 2010) – Honours student

Mark Dornan (2009 – 2010) – Honours student

Nicholas Wong (2009 – 2010) – Coop and Honours student

Jean-Philippe Wan-Fook Chuen (2008-2009) – Honours student

Christian Clavette (2008-2009) – Honours student

Lei Zhang (2008-2009) – Honours student

Catherine Séguin (2006 – 2008) – Honours Student (2008), NSERC USRA Summer Student (2006)

Emily Manthorp (2008) – NSERC USRA Summer Student

Maria Antonic (2007-2008) – NSERC USRA Summer + Honours Student

Anne-Catherine Bédard (2007-2008) – Summer + Coop Student

Elena Dimitrijevic (2007-2008) – NSERC USRA Summer + Honours Student

Anna Chkrebtii (2007) – COOP Student

Agnès Castella (2007) – Exchange Student (UIT Castres, France)

Christopher Whipp (2006-2007) – Honours + Summer Student

Lili Zhang (2006-2007) – Honours Student

Éric Beaulieu (2006) – Honours + Summer Student

Pamela Cebrowski (2006) – Honours + Summer Student

Maria Zlotorzynska (2005-2006) – NSERC USRA Summer + Honours Student

Peter Dornan (2005) – NSERC USRA Summer Student

Tanya Suen (2005) – Honours Student

2021