Deka Mohamed (PhD) Stomata development and stress response
Jasmin Patel (PhD) Spatiotemporal regulation of LAFL during seed development
Myles Matundan (MSc) Seed coat development and stress response
Shi Jia (Daphne) Chen (MSc) SnRK1 signalling in plant development and stress response
Kasra Rezaei (BIOD99) Seed coat development and stress response
Eman Ranne (BIOD98) SnRK1 signalling in plant development and stress response
Maxin An (BIOD98) Seed germination and stress response
Dennedy Yrvin Corcega (volunteer) Stomata development and stress response
Kenneth Corpuz (Volunteer) Stomata development and stress response
NEW: Accepting Graduate students for Fall 2024 Former lab members
GRADUATE STUDENTS and POSTDOCS
Lin Wu, Postdoc 2019-2021 - Scholarships/awards: Western Plan of China Scholarship Council (CSC) - Present position: Assistant Professor, College of Agronomy and Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqin, China Eliana Vonapartis, PhD 2021 - Scholarships/Awards: NSERC, OGS - Present position: editor for Plant Editors Carina Carianopol, PhD 2020 - Awards/Scholarships: OGS - Present position: Genomics Specialist, Platform Genetics Inc. Jian Wu, Postdoc2017-2019 - Awards/Scholarships: China Postdoctoral Science Foundation - Present position: Assistant Professor, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China. Diana Bonea, MSc 2019, (Co-supervised with Dr. R. Zhao, UTSC) - Awards/Scholarships: NSERC-PGS; OGS - Present position: Canadian Food Inspection Agency Aaron Chan, PhD2018 - Present position: Postdoc, China National Rice Research Institute (CNRRI) Jian Wu, PhD 2017, (Co-supervised with Prof. M. Yi, China Agricultural University, Beijing) -Awards/Scholarships: China Scholarship Council, CSC - Present position: Assistant Professor, China Agricultural University, Beijing. Rex Shun Chiu, PhD 2017 Simon Duong, MSc 2013 - Present Position: Market Access Manager, Takeda. Previously: Research associate at DuPont Pioneer Allen Yi-Lun Tsai, PhD 2012 - Present position: Assistant Professor, Kumamoto University, Japan Qing Shi Lu, MSc 2008 - Present position: Research technician, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, ON.
TECHNICIANS Qing Shi Lu (2008-2009) - Present position: Research technician, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, ON. Joelle Dela Paz (2006-2007) - Present position: Science teacher. Previously: Research Technician, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
NSERC-USRA, UTEA Scholarship Mornisha Panchalingam Jinyuan Wang Ashley Chan Epshita Islam Sajedabanu Patel Maria Murad Honours thesis (BIOD98/99) Maryam Said Natalie Wong Qiyun Shao Meera Patel Sadia Khan Jenan Noureddine (co-supervised with Dr. R. Zhao) Jonathan Burnie Mornisha Panchalingam Deka Mohamed *UTSC, BIOD98 undergraduate research award* Phumeena Balasuberamaniam Kresanth Varatharajah Cheuk-Yan Li Carina Carianopol Shiyue Pan Yazan Saleh Areej Adil Lily Yip Simon Duong Monika Manchanda Nishani Rajakulendran Nirusan Rajakulendran Epshita Islam Nada Mohammed Aathi Pathmanathan Sajedabanu Patel Rajeevan Selvaratnam Co-op students Sebastian Dowhanik (UTSC VPR-RCF)
Photos
September 2023: Deka's last day in the lab. Congratulations on your postdoc position at Stanford!
August 2023: congratulations Deka on your PhD defence!!
From left: Daphne, Deka, Jasmin, Sonia, Myles
Lab photo November 2022.
From left (top):Myles, Deka, Jasmin; (bottom) Daphne, Maryam, Sonia, Charlotte
Congratulation Jasmin on winning the CSBRD-2022 award for best oral presentation! Great year for Jasmin: she also won 3rd place at iGRAD 2022 and the Hilbert and Reta Straus Award in Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSB)!!
Myles presented his first poster at the CSBRD-2022 and CSPB-ERM 2022.
Summer 2020. Honorary lab members!
Happy Halloween from the Gazzarrini lab!!! From left: Jian, Deka, Carina, Eliana, Aaron.
Lab dinner 2019. Lin joined our lab - welcome Lin! Congratulations Jian on your Assistant Professor position! From from left: Deka, Eliana, Carina, Jian, Lin, Sonia.
Lab lunch summer 2018.
From left: Mornisha, Eliana, Deka, Tim (Zhao lab), Diana, Sebastian, Jian, Carina, Jonathan
Carina at the 2017 CSB Research day
CSPB-ERM 2017. Poster and oral presentation awards. Congratulations Eliana (right)!
Jian joined the lab in 2017 with a CRC postdoc
scholarship from China.
Welcome back, Jian!