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

Jian Xuan
Research Technician

Claire Fong-McMaster
PhD Candidate

Matthew Magda
MSc Candidate

Noelle Aldous
Undergraduate Student

Mira Clark
Undergraduate Student

Chantal Pileggi
Research Associate

Luke Kennedy
PhD Candidate

Ella McIlroy
MSc Candidate

Ava Butler
Undergraduate Student

Michel Kanaan
PhD Candidate

Dhanuddara Mohottalage
PhD Candidate

Lauren Hamilton
Honour's Student

Lillian Abebe
Medical Student

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

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

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

Jian Xuan Research Technician

Claire Fong-McMaster PhD Candidate

Matthew Magda MSc Candidate

Noelle Aldous Undergraduate Student

Mira Clark Undergraduate Student

Chantal Pileggi Research Associate

Luke Kennedy PhD Candidate

Ella McIlroy MSc Candidate

Ava Butler Undergraduate Student

Michel Kanaan PhD Candidate

Dhanuddara Mohottalage PhD Candidate

Lauren Hamilton Honour's Student

Lillian Abebe Medical Student