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)
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
JIAN XUAN
Research Technician
Education:
MSc in Biochemistry, University of Ottawa
BSc in Medicine,Guangzhou Medical University, China
CHANTAL PILEGGI
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Education:
PhD in Health Sciences, University of Auckland
BSc (Honours) in Biological Science, University of Guelph
NIDHI KUKSAL
PhD Candidate
Education:
Msc in Biochemistry, Memorial University
Bachelor of Pharmacy, Nirma University
MICHEL KANAAN
PhD Student
Education:
MSc in Biology, University of Balamand
BSc of Earth and Life Sciences, Lebanese University
CLAIRE FONG-MCMASTER
Master's Candidate
Education:
BSc (Honours) in Biomedical Sciences, University of Ottawa
LUKE KENNEDY
Master's Candidate
Education:
BSc Honours Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland
BREANA HOOKS
Master's Candidate
Education:
BSc Honours Biochemistry, Minor in Mathematics, University of Ottawa
BSc Honours Biomedical Science, University of Ottawa
MATTHEW COPE
MD 2025 Candidate, University of Ottawa
BSc in Science, University of Ottawa
PREVIOUS TEAM MEMBERS
Graduates, Visiting Students & Researchers
DR. DAVID PATTEN
NINA HADŽIMUSTAFIC
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Harper Lab: 2015-2019
Postdoctoral Fellow* Harper Lab
Current Position: Manager Metabolomics Core, University of Ottawa
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
DR. GEORGES KANAAN
GAGANVIR PARMAR
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
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