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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
Alumni (postgraduate)
Lei Tian | PhD 2022, PDF 2023 | PI @ Southeast University, China | |||||||
Fereshteh Bayat | PhD 2023 | PDF @ McMaster | |||||||
Mellissa Gomez | PhD 2024 | PDF @ UA | |||||||
Mathura Thirugnanasampanthar | PhD 2024 | PDF @ UCL | |||||||
Noor Abu Jarad | PDF 2024 | PDF @ UofT | |||||||
Sherry lamb-Marriette | PDF 2022 | Instructor @ McMaster | |||||||
Andrew Wong | PDF 2019 | Researcher @ SickKids | Google Scholar | ||||||
Sara Jahromi | MASc 2020 | Manufacturing engineer @ Siemens Healthineers | |||||||
Azucena Gonzalez Gomez | MASc 2018 | Senior data solutions engineer @ GEOTAB | Google Scholar | ||||||
Sharita Ganeshan | MASc 2018 | PhD candidate @ U Western Australia | |||||||
Azadeh Peivandi | MASc 2018 | Entrepreneur, Business owner |
Alumni (undergraduate)
Reina Mazloum | Chem Bio (Sept 23-Apr 24) | thesis | ||
Bradley Charko | Chem Eng (Jan 23- Apr 23) | project | Analyst @Yaketown VC | |
Jessica Wang | BHSc (Sept 22- April 23) | thesis | MSc student @ U of T | |
Neil Lin | HSc (Sept 22- April 23) | thesis | MD student @ U of T | |
Felix Hu (NSERC-USRA) | HSc (Sept 22- Dec 22) | project | MD student @ mcmaster | |
Saina Seddighipour | iBiomed & Software (May 22- Aug 22) | project | ||
Michelle Feng | iBiomed & Electrical (Jan 22-Apr 23) | thesis | PhD Student @ UPenn | |
Amy Zhang | BHSc (Sept 21- Apr 22) | thesis | ||
Arwa Hilal | BHSc (Sept 21- Apr 22) | thesis | PhD student @ U of T | |
Danielle della Libera | Biochemistry, BDC (Sept 21- Apr 22) | thesis | MSc student @ McMaster | |
Konrad Grala | iBiomed (Sept 21- Apr 22) | thesis | ||
Nada Ibrahim | iBiomed (Sept 21- Apr 22) | thesis | ||
Heidi Ho | Pharmacology coop (Sept 21- Apr 22) | thesis | Doctor of Dental Surgery Candidate, U of T | |
Samini Hewa Ranchigoda Kank | Chemical Biology (Sept 21- Apr 22) | thesis | ||
Ahmed Talha Saif | BHSc (Jan 21- Apr. 22) | thesis | MSc student @ McGill | |
Shama Pirbay | BHSc (May 20-Apr. 21) | thesis | Marketing Advisor @ Desjardins | |
Sami Sabbah | Chem Bio (Sept. 20-Apr. 21) | thesis | MD Student @ University of Ottawa | |
Meea Fogal | ISci. (May 20-Apr. 21) | thesis | PhD student UGuelph | |
Serena Zhang | Biochem (May 20-Apr. 21) | thesis | Masters student at John Hopkins | |
Leon He | BHSc (May 19-Apr. 21) | thesis | MD candidate @ UOttawa | |
Taran Bhartt | BHSc (May 19-Apr. 21) | thesis | MSc student U of T | |
Sophia Zhang | Biochem (May 20-Apr. 21) | thesis | MD student @ McMaster | |
Ali Ruheel | BHSc (May 20-Apr. 21) | thesis | MD Candidate at McMaster | |
Nima Behravan | Biochem (Sept. 20-Apr. 21) | thesis | MD candidate @ McMaster | |
Eric Asgari (David Braley Scholarship) | BHSc (May 19-Apr. 20) | thesis | MD Candidate McMaster | |
Hannah He | BHSc (May 19-Apr. 20) | thesis | MD Candidate@ McMaster | |
Sina Ghasempour (NSERC-USRA) | Biochem (Jan 18-Apr. 20) | thesis | PhD student at U of T | |
Genevieve Dietrich (NSERC-USRA) | Genetics (May 19-Apr. 20) | thesis | MD candidate @ U Saskatchewan | |
Kyle Jackson (NSERC-USRA) | Biochem BDC (May 19-Apr. 20) | thesis | PhD Candidate @ McMaster | |
Winnie Situ (NSERC-USRA) | BHSc (May 19-Apr. 20) | thesis | MD Candidate at McMaster | |
Chenchen Xu (NSERC-USRA) | BHSc (May 19-Apr. 20) | thesis | MD candidate for University of Ottawa) | |
Sophie Liu (NSERC-USRA) | BHSc (May 19-Apr. 20) | thesis | MBChB Student at University of Bristol | |
Randi Mahabir | BHSc (May 18-Apr. 19) | thesis | MD Candidate @ Dalhousie University | |
Saif Syed | BTech (Jan.17-Apr. 19) | co-op | Data Analyst @ Q4 | |
Paul Tieu | BHSc (May 18-Aug. 19) | thesis | MD-PhD U of T | |
Nicole Wong | Chem Bio (May 18-Aug. 19) | project | Grad student @ UC Berkley | |
Kenji Marshall (Farncombe Scholarship) | Bioeng McGill (May-Aug. 18) | project | PhD Student at Stanford University | |
Connor Davis | Biochem (May 18-Aug. 19) | project | Research Scientist at Future Fields | |
Krish Joshi | 9th grade (Jan. 18-May 18) | project | University of Michigan | |
Luke Yaeger | Biochem BDC (May 17-Apr. 18) | co-op | PDF @ Northeastern | |
Aileen Liu | BHSc (Jan. 18-Apr. 18) | project | Pharmacy resident @ UHN | |
Grace Fu (NSERC-USRA) | Electrical Engineering (May 17-Aug. 18) | project | Systems Engineering Developer at Profound Medical | |
Karyn Mukriri | Btech (Jan. 17-Aug. 17) | co-op | PhD student @ McMaster University |
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