MARY-ELLEN HARPER
Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology
University Research Chair in Mitochondrial Bionergetics
Director (Interim), Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology
Director of MATRIX (an NSERC-CREATE graduate training program)
JIAN XUAN
Research Technician
CHANTAL PILEGGI
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
NIDHI KUKSAL
PhD Candidate
MICHEL KANAAN
PhD Student
CLAIRE FONG-MCMASTER
Master's Candidate
LUKE KENNEDY
Master's Candidate
DHANUDDARA MOHOTTALAGE
MD/PhD Candidate
MATTHEW COPE
MD 2025 Candidate, University of Ottawa
CHARBEL KARAM
Honours Student, University of Ottawa
STEPHANIE MYERS
Honours Student, University of Ottawa
PREVIOUS TEAM MEMBERS
Graduates, Visiting Students & Researchers
BREANA HOOKS
DR. DAVID PATTEN
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: 2015-2019
Postdoctoral Fellow* Harper Lab
Current Position: Manager Metabolomics Core, University of Ottawa
NINA HADŽIMUSTAFIC
DR. GEORGES KANAAN
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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: 2013-2017
PhD in Biochemistry (2018)* Harper Lab
Thesis title: Mitochondrial Dysfunction: From Mouse Myotubes to Human Cardiomyocytes
Current Position: Coordinator at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
GAGANVIR PARMAR
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