



Zeinab Hosseinidoust, Ph.D., P. Eng.
Principal Investigator, Associate Professor
PDF: Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
PhD: McGill University
BSc, MSc: Sharif University
I am a chemical and biomedical engineer and the Canada Research Chair in Bacteriophage Bioengineering. I joined the Chemical Engineering Department at McMaster in July 2016. I am a core member of The Farncombe Institute for Digestive Health and an associate member at the Michael DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, the School of Biomedical Engineering, and the Center for Protective Equipment and Material (CEPEM).
I follow a coaching style leadership and my values are honesty, open communication, transparency, and respect.
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Current members

Life Sciences (mentor: Katya)

Medical Radiation (Mentor: Azin)
Alumni (postgraduate)
Kyle Jackson | PhD 2025 | Heersink School of Biomedical Innovation, Business Development Officer, McMaster University | |||||||
Sadru-Dean Wlaji | PhD 2025 | ||||||||
Mathura Thirugnanasampanthar | PhD 2024 | PDF @ UCL | |||||||
Mellissa Gomez | PhD 2024 | PDF @ UA | |||||||
Noor Abu Jarad | PDF 2024 | PDF @ UofT | |||||||
Fereshteh Bayat | PhD 2023, PDF 2025 | ||||||||
Lei Tian | PhD 2022, PDF 2023 | PI @ Southeast University, China | |||||||
Sherry lamb-Marriette | PDF 2022 | Instructor @ McMaster | |||||||
Andrew Wong | PDF 2019 | Researcher @ SickKids | |||||||
Sara Jahromi | MASc 2020 | Manufacturing engineer @ Siemens Healthineers | |||||||
Azucena Gonzalez Gomez | MASc 2018 | Senior data solutions engineer @ GEOTAB | |||||||
Sharita Ganeshan | MASc 2018 | PhD candidate @ U Western Australia |
Alumni (undergraduate)
Michelle Giang | Biochem/BHsc (May 2025-Apr 2026) | thesis | grad student @ McMaster | |
Vibhav Gogna | Biochem/BHsc (May 2025-present) | thesis | ||
Sajiid Amin | BHSc-BDC, (sept 2025-Apr 2026) | thesis | ||
Zaina Shaikh | Biochemistry (Sept 2025-Apr 2026) | Volunteer | ||
Mrinal Singh | Chemical and Bio Eng (May 2025-Jan 2026) | Volunteer | ||
Negar Halabian | Honours Life Sciences (Jan-Apr 2026) | Project | Grad student @ McMaster | |
Aadi Patel | BHsc, USRA (May 2024-Sept 2025) | Thesis | ||
Aleeza Zar | iBiomed &mechatronics (May 25-Sept 25) | Project | ||
Cindy Sun | BHSc, USRA, May 23- Apr 25 | Thesis | ||
Rudra Sheth | BHSc (May 24-Apr 25) | Thesis | Bachelor's HSc | |
Victoria Del Balso | iBiomed (May 24-Apr 25) | Thesis | iBiomed Student @ Mac | |
Reina Mazloum | Chem Bio (Sept 23-Apr 24) | thesis |











