Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa
Tier I Canada Research Chair, Mitochondrial Bioenergetics and Metabolic Health
Director, Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology
Director of MATRIX (an NSERC-CREATE graduate training program)
Mary-Ellen Harper
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Jian Xuan
Research Technician
Claire Fong-McMaster
PhD Candidate
Charbel Karam
MSc Candidate
Lauren Hamilton
Honour's Student
Chantal Pileggi
Research Associate
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Luke Kennedy
PhD Candidate
Matthew Magda
MSc Candidate
Hafsa Ahmed
USRO Student
Michel Kanaan
PhD Candidate
Dhanuddara Mohottalage
PhD Candidate
Ella McIlroy
MSc Candidate
PREVIOUS TEAM MEMBERS
Graduates, Visiting Students & Researchers
The Harper Lab has successfully trained over 25 MSc students, 13 PhD students, 12 PDFs and 55 Undergraduate Honours Thesis Students.
Here are what some of our recent grads and team members are up too
BREANA HOOKS
GAGANVIR PARMAR
Harper Lab: 2019-2022
MSc in Biochemistry (2022)* Harper Lab
Thesis: Immunometabolic Factors Associated with Variations in Body Composition and Exercise Response in Diet-Sensitive and Diet-Resistant Women with Obesity
Current position: Masters Candidate, Physiotherapy, McMaster University
Harper Lab: 2018-2021
MSc in Biochemistry (2021)* Harper Lab
Thesis: Protein Factors Regulating Mitochondrial Respiratory Supercomplexes
Current position: MD 2025 Candidate, University of Toronto
NINA HADŽIMUSTAFIC
DR. DAVID PATTEN
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Harper Lab: 2018-2020
MSc. in Biochemistry (2020)* Harper Lab
Thesis: Bioenergetic implications of the AMPKg3 R225W mutation in human muscle
Current position: MD 2024 Candidate, University of Toronto
Harper Lab: 2015-2019
Postdoctoral Fellow* Harper Lab
Current Position: Medical Science Liaison, Merck
DR. GEORGES KANAAN
Harper Lab: 2013-2017
PhD in Biochemistry (2018)* Harper Lab
Thesis title: Mitochondrial Dysfunction: From Mouse Myotubes to Human Cardiomyocytes
Current Position: Scientific Evaluator, Canadian Institutes of Health Research