Our Team
Dr. Todd Hoare
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Hi, I’m Lisha, a postdoctoral fellow working on the development of liposomes, niosomes and other products for Suncor. I completed my PhD thesis at University of Alberta on liposome production to deliver multiple bioactives. In addition to my research, I love hiking and playing Arena of Valor and League of Legends.
Dr. Lisha Zhao
Dr. Fei Xu
Hey! I’m Afshin, a postdoctoral fellow in the Hoare Lab working on developing microfluidic technologies for synthesis of smart materials. I completed my PhD at ETH Zurich (Switzerland), where I developed different microfluidic platforms for controlled synthesis of advanced materials. I am also passionate about entrepreneurship. Outside of the lab, I am a fan of soccer and enjoy traveling, hiking, and watching never-ending thriller TV series!
Dr. Afshin Abrishamkar (he/him)
Ph.D. Students
Matt Campea (he/him)
Doren Singh
Nate Dowdall
Norma Garza Flores
Kayla Baker
Milana Pikula
Nahieli Preciado
Ridhdhi Dave
Survanshu Saxena (he/him)
Samaneh Toufanian (she/her)
Sadru Walji (he/they)
Andrew Lofts
Saeid Tayebi
M.A.Sc Students
Hello everyone! I’m Gurpreet, a Master’s student currently working on developing an anti-infective surface coating for medical devices and PPE to eliminate surface transmission of bacteria and viruses. I just completed my B.A.Sc. degree in Nanotechnology Engineering at University of Waterloo with a focus in nanobiotechnology and nanomaterials. In my free time I love roller skating, hiking to find beautiful views and creating new makeup looks!
Gurpreet Kaur Randhawa (she/her)
Hi everyone! I'm Laura, a Master's student in the Hoare Lab working on controlled microgel fabrication using microfluidic devices and 3D printing. I recently completed my undergraduate degree in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering from McMaster. In my spare time I love to bake and spend time outdoors hiking with my dog Lexi!
Laura Neely
Hi everyone! I'm Mya, a Master's student working on creating anti-infective coatings surgical masks and synthesizing antimicrobial microgels for drug delivery applications. I recently completed my undergraduate degree in the Integrated Science program, concentrating in Chemical Biology. Outside of the lab, I enjoy reading and learning how to bake!
Mya Sharma
Undergraduates
Anuj Saini
Summer Students
My name is Evelyn and I am overjoyed to be returning to Dr. Hoare’s lab this summer! I'm going into my 5th year of integrated biomedical engineering and chemical engineering at Mac. My research focuses on anti-infective hydrogel based materials and my role in these projects is primarily in bacterial testing. Outside of the lab I love running, dancing, and hanging out with my hairless cat, Scarlet.
Evelyn Cudmore (she/her)
Alumni
Emma Chalupka
Undergraduate (2022 - 2023)
Trent Ignaczewski
Undergraduate (2022 - 2023)
Meghan Kostashuk
Undergraduate (2022 - 2023)
Vivek Kannan
Summer Student (2022)
Thomas Kalab
Undergraduate (2022)
Sophia Andru
Summer Student (2022)
Kevin Gulo
Undergraduate (2019 - 2022)
Amber Monteiro (she/her)
Undergraduate (2021 - 2022)
Isabelle Poulin (she/her)
Undergraduate (2021)
Couper Smith
Undergraduate (2021)
Elizabeth Keane (she/her)
Undergraduate (2020 - 2021)
Melanie Chung (she/her)
Undergraduate (2021)
Angela Pollinzi
Undergraduate (2019 - 2021)
Yang Lu
M.A.Sc. Student (2018 - 2020)
Nicholas Carbonara
Undergraduate (2020)
Riyadh Baksh
Undergraduate (2020)
Dabeer Abdul-Azeez
Undergraduate (2020)
Pamela Schimmer
Undergraduate (2019 - 2020)
Coulter Montague Szakaly
Undergraduate (2018 - 2020)
Cecilia Tran
Undergraduate (2019 - 2020)
Lucas Jarrett
Undergraduate (2019 - 2020)
Ali Affar
M.A.Sc. Student (2017 - 2019)
Mosana Abraha
Undergraduate (2019)
Shalimar Ramos
Undergraduate (2019)
Kevin De France
Ph.D (2014 - 2019)
Francesco Vito
Undergraduate (2018 - 2019)
Kelli Johnson
M.A.Sc. Student (2016 - 2018)
Ana Arezina
Undergraduate (2016 - 2018)
Lauren Weir
Summer Student (2018)
Gero Padberg
Summer Student (2018)
Rabia Mateen
Ph.D (2011 - 2018)
Nazrin Azeez
Undergraduate (2017 - 2018)
Karishni Ramamoorthi
Undergraduate (2017 - 2018)
Dr. Rabia Mateen
Ph.D (2011 - 2018)
Troy Stoner
Undergraduate (2017)
John Vairo
Undergraduate (2017)
Dr. Vitaliy Kapishon
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2015 - 2017)
Trevor Gilbert
Ph.D (2010 - 2017)
Carter McInnis
Undergraduate (2016 - 2017)
Mimi Deng
Undergraduate (2016 - 2017)
Kaleela Kadir
Undergraduate (2016 - 2017)
Maria Budi Hartono
Undergraduate (2016 - 2017)
Ashutosh Kulkarni
M.A.Sc. Student (2014 - 2017)
Ivan Urosev
M.A.Sc. Student (2014 - 2016)
Xudong Deng
Ph.D (2012 - 2016)
Donovan Ramkishun
Undergraduate (2015 - 2016)
Dr. Xudong Deng
Ph.D (2012 - 2016)
Juhina Elmajdoub
M.A.Sc. Student (2014 - 2015)
Dr. Daryl Sivakumaran
Ph.D (2010 - 2015)
Sahil Azeez
Undergraduate (2012 - 2015)
Juhina Elmajdoub
M.A.Sc. Student (2014 - 2015)
Sahar Mokhtari
M.A.Sc. Student (2012 - 2014)
Stephanie Truelove
Undergraduate (2014)
Rebecca Chu
Undergraduate (2012 - 2014)
Justin Piazza
M.A.Sc. Student (2012 - 2013)
Dr. Hongxia Guo
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2011 - 2013)
Ahmed Eltom
Undergraduate (2012)
Paniz Sheikholeslami
M.A.Sc. Student (2010 - 2012)
Hua Tong
Undergraduate (2012)
Janine Ho
Undergraduate (2011 - 2012)
Jenny (Mayra) Tzoc
M.A.Sc. Student (2009 - 2011)
Sonia Nijampatnam
Undergraduate (2010 - 2011)
Ho Mak
Undergraduate (2011)
Elysia Jellema
Undergraduate (2010 - 2011)
Cameron MacLean
Undergraduate (2009 - 2010)
Cam Macdonald (He/Him)
Undergraduate (2022 - 2023)
Youssef Emam
Undergraduate (2022 - 2023)
Eva Mueller
Ph.D (2017 - 2022)
Rosalie Wang (she/her)
Summer Student (2022)
Lauren Choi
Summer Student (2022)
Cynthia Pham (she/her)
Undergraduate (2018 - 2022)
Madeline Sain (she/her)
Undergraduate (2021 - 2022)
Dr. Madeline Simpson (she/her)
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2014 - 2021)
Makenzie Lamb
Undergraduate (2020 - 2021)
Blake Patterson
M.A.Sc. Student (2018 - 2021)
Dr. James Bodnaryk
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2020 - 2021)
Michael Majcher
Ph.D (2014 - 2021)
Dr. Xiaoyun Li
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2018 - 2020)
Elizabeth Keane
Undergraduate (2020)
Maggie Zhu
Undergraduate (2020)
Bridget Latka
Undergraduate (2020)
Dr. Zhicheng Pan
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2018 - 2020)
Yasamin Allahverdi
Undergraduate (2019 - 2020)
Olivia Waite
Undergraduate (2019 - 2020)
Parmida Amid
Undergraduate (2019 - 2020)
Shilpa Bhardwaj
Undergraduate (2019 - 2020)
Ali Babar
M.A.Sc. Student (2017 - 2019)
Anna Basatskaya
Undergraduate (2019)
Menatalla Ellag
Undergraduate (2019)
Dr. Somiraa Said
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2017 - 2019)
Alexander McKay
Undergraduate (2018 - 2019)
Nicola Muzzin
M.A.Sc. Student (2016 - 2018)
Angus Lam
Undergraduate (2014 - 2018)
Laura Carter
Summer Student (2018)
Dr. Emilia Bakaic
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2012 - 2018)
Jennifer Boughton
Undergraduate (2017 - 2018)
Abigail Go
Undergraduate (2018)
Ugonwa Echendu
Undergraduate (2017 - 2018)
Jonathan Dorogin
M.A.Sc. Student (2016 - 2018)
Michel Syriani
Undergraduate (2017)
Ashlyn Leung
Undergraduate (2017)
Dr. Brandon Corbett
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2016 - 2017)
Henry Yu
Undergraduate (2016 - 2017)
Ali Abu Helal
Undergraduate (2016 - 2017)
Zixin Zhang
Undergraduate (2016 - 2017)
Katelyn Chan
Undergraduate (2015 - 2017)
Dr. Trevor Gilbert
Ph.D (2010 - 2017)
Helen Dorrington
M.A.Sc. Student (2015 - 2016)
Courtney van Ballegooie
Undergraduate (2014 - 2016)
Dr. Jianfeng Zhang
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2015 - 2016)
Haiming Luo
Undergraduate (2015 - 2016)
Ivan Urosev
M.A.Sc. Student (2014 - 2016)
Spencer Imbrogno
Undergraduate (2015)
Dennis Kinio
Undergraduate (2012, 2014-2015)
Owen Barrigar
Undergraduate (2015)
Cameron Shaw
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2014)
Danielle Maitland
M.A.Sc. Student (2012 - 2014)
Jacqueline Chau
Undergraduate (2014)
Rowen Moon
Undergraduate (2012 - 2014)
Jared Gour
Undergraduate (2013)
Tyler Homer
Undergraduate (2012 - 2013)
Sahar Mokhtari
Undergraduate (2012)
Leah Kesselman
Undergraduate (2009 - 2012)
Iza Noor
Undergraduate (2011 - 2012)
Genevieve Conant
Undergraduate (2011)
Steven Zhao
Undergraduate (2011)
Thaksena Rangaranjan
Undergraduate (2011)
Syed Usman Ahmed
Undergraduate (2009 - 2011)
Stuart Young
Undergraduate (2010)
Hamzeh Qureshi
Undergraduate (2009 - 2010)
Colin Stark
Undergraduate (2022 - 2023)
Nada Ibrahim
Undergraduate (2022 - 2023)
Chloe Dawson (she/her)
M.A.Sc. Student (2019 - 2022)
Hadeel Abu-Jazar
Summer Student (2022)
Melaina Del Grosso
Summer Student (2022)
Simranjeet Singh (he/him)
Undergraduate (2021 - 2022)
Chloe Wu (she/her)
Undergraduate (2021 - 2022)
Dr. Ali Akbari
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2014 - 2021)
Zheng Fu Zhou
Undergraduate (2020 - 2021)
Jonathan Que
Undergraduate (2019 - 2021)
Diane Kim (she/her)
Undergraduate (2021)
Mina Yeganeh
Undergraduate (2020 - 2021)
Michael Kiriakou
M.A.Sc. Student (2018 - 2020)
Maya Ziolkowska
Undergraduate (2019 - 2020)
Alexandra Colville-Reeves
Undergraduate (2020)
Elizabeth Keane
Undergraduate (2020)
Dr. Zohreh Farsangi
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2018 - 2020)
Albert Stancescu
Undergraduate (2019 - 2020)
Victoria Kirkness
Undergraduate (2019 - 2020)
Yulia Shcherbakova
Undergraduate (2020)
Sophia Emerson
M.A.Sc. Student (2018 - 2019)
Kathryn Whitesell-O’Melia
Undergraduate (2019)
Terrel Marshall
Undergraduate (2019)
Maryam Badv
Ph.D (2013 - 2019)
Alan Mo
Undergraduate (2018 - 2019)
Vishrut Panchal
Undergraduate (2018 - 2019)
Amy Ling
Summer Student (2018)
Juliana Onesi
Summer Student (2018)
Dr. Lukas Sadowski
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2015 - 2018)
Dr. Wenwen Xu
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2017 - 2018)
Ahmed Koasmh
Undergraduate (2018)
Haniah Shaikh
Undergraduate (2017 - 2018)
Jacob Saunders
Undergraduate (2018)
Kaylie Lau
Undergraduate (2017)
Annika Yardy
Undergraduate (2017)
Seamus Ingram
Undergraduate (2017)
Dr. Julijana Milosevic
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2015 - 2017)
Caleb Seo
Undergraduate (2016 - 2017)
Francis Yavitt
Undergraduate (2013 - 2017)
Sydney Bell
Undergraduate (2016 - 2017)
Meghan Rothenbroker
Undergraduate (2016 - 2017)
Ashutosh Kulkarni
M.A.Sc. Student (2014 - 2017)
Helen Dorrington
M.A.Sc. Student (2015 - 2016)
Scott Campbell
Ph.D (2010 - 2016)
Jenny Chen
Undergraduate (2014 - 2016)
Dr. Scott Campbell
Ph.D (2010 - 2016)
Dr. Varvara Pokrovskaya
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2015)
Ian Gough
Undergraduate (2015)
Katya D’Costa
Undergraduate (2014 - 2015)
Samuel Suntharalingham
Undergraduate (2014 - 2015)
Sara Amjad
Undergraduate (2014)
Andrew McMillen
Undergraduate (2014)
Mathew Patenaude
Ph.D (2009 - 2014)
Danielle Maitland
M.A.Sc. Student (2012 - 2014)
Dr. Niels Smeets
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2011 - 2013)
Helen Dorrington
Undergraduate (2012 - 2013)
Pardis Assi
Undergraduate (2012)
Danielle Maitland
Undergraduate (2009 - 2012)
Miles Montgomery
Undergraduate (2011 - 2012)
Thomas Oszustowicz
Undergraduate (2011)
Benjamin Greenlay
Undergraduate (2010 - 2011)
Sabika Raza
Undergraduate (2010 - 2011)
Robert Fuller
Undergraduate (2011)
Chris Ewaschuk
Undergraduate (2009 - 2010)