Department Directory

MAIN OFFICE 9-70 MSB
Dr. Peter Light (Interim Chair)  (780) 492-0638            plight@ualberta.ca 
Denis Fortin, Academic Department Manager (780) 492-3359 dfortin1@ualberta.ca 
Linda Burke, Administrative Supervisor (780) 492-3575 lburke@ualberta.ca 
Monika Dadrowska, Technical Assistant (780) 492-0514 md6@ualberta.ca 
Llym Madsen, Department Coordinator efm@ualberta.ca 
Donna Simpson, Administrative Assistant (780) 492-1238 des@ualberta.ca 
Kim Sawada, Student Experience and Education Programs Lead (780) 492-9760 kim.sawada@ualberta.ca 
Nayiar Shahid (Research and Education Coordinator) nayiar@ualberta.ca 
Jason Tetro (Scientific Educator) tetro@ualberta.ca  

 

RESEARCH STAFF

Al HAMARNEH LAB
Al HAMARNEH, Dr. Yazid (780) 492-9608 yazid.alhamarneh@ualberta.ca 
DON-MANUWELGE-DON, Arinde (Grad Student)   donmanuw@ualberta.ca 
KURATA LAB
KURATA, Dr. Harley (780) 492-9177 kurata@ualberta.ca 
HAO, Yubin (Lab Technician)  (780) 492-7361 yubin2@ualberta.ca 
KANYO, Dr.Richard (Research Associate) (780) 492-7361 rkanyo@ualberta.ca 
LAMOTHE, Shawn (Research  Associate) (780) 492-7361 smlamoth@ualberta.ca 
LIGHT LAB   
LIGHT, Dr. Peter (780) 492-0638           plight@ualberta.ca 
BARR, Amy (Biochemisty Technologist) 780-819-8466 Cell abarr@ualberta.ca 
GRUBER, Brittany (Postdoc) blgruber@ualberta.ca 
MACDONALD LAB
MACDONALD, Dr. Patrick (780) 492-8063 pem@ualberta.ca 
ABIFARIN, Todimu (Grad Student)   abifarin@ualberta.ca 
DAFOE, Tina (Program Coordinator, ADI IsletCore) 780-902-9613 Cell tdafoe@ualberta.ca 
DAI, Dr. Xiao-Qing (Research Associate ll)   xdai@ualberta.ca 
DUCKETT, Shawn (Grad Student)   seducket@ualberta.ca 
ELLIS, Cara (Senior Data Scientist)   cellis1@ualberta.ca 
LYON, Jakob (Casual Research Assistant)   jflyon@ualberta.ca 
LYON, James (Senior Lab Technologist)   jlyon@ualberta.ca 
MANNING FOX, Jocelyn  (Casual Academic Hourly)   jm33@ualberta.ca 
NESR, Samar (Posdoc)   nesr@ualberta.ca 
PEACOCKE, Chris (Traning Program & Research Ad)   crpeacoc@ualberta.ca 
SCHAAF, Christopher (Postdoc)   cschaaf@ualberta.ca  
SPIGELMAN, Aliya (Technologist)   aliyas@ualberta.ca 
MACKAY LAB 
MACKAY, Dr. James jmackay@ualberta.ca 
MRAICHE LAB    
MRAICHE, Dr. Fatima 780-399-3520 Cell mraiche@ualberta.ca 
BRASSARD, Leah (Grad Research Assistantship) lbrassar@ualberta.ca 
DOBLER, Catherine (Excluded Student Hourly) cdobler@ualberta.ca 
IBRAHIM, Kamilia (Grad Teaching Assistantship) kamilia@ualberta.ca 
PERVAIZ, Rida (Grad Teaching Assistantship) rpervais@ualberta.ca  
PLANE LAB
PLANE, Dr. Frances (780) 492-6455 fplane@ualberta.ca 
MCINROY, Caleb (Grad Student)   cmcinroy@ualberta.ca 
POSSE DE CHAVES LAB
POSSE DE CHAVES, Dr. Elena (780) 492-5966 eposedec@ualberta.ca 
SIPIONE LAB
SIPIONE, Dr. Simonetta (780) 492-5885 ssipione@ualberta.ca 
CALABRESE, Tanio (GPS Faculty of Graduate & Postdoc) (780) 492-8108 gcalabre@ualberta.ca 
HORKEY, Melanie (Lab Assistant) (780) 492-8108 mdhall@ualberta.ca 
MONYROR, John (Grad Teaching Assistantship & Grad Student) (780) 492-8108 monyror@ualberta.ca 
PERRI, Giacomo (Grad Student) giacomo@ualberta.ca 
ZAIDI, Asifa (TRAS Research Associate) azaidi@ualberta.ca 
TAYLOR LAB 
Taylor, Dr. Anna 780-492-3870 ataylor1@ualberta.ca 
BOLGER, Matthew (Grad Student) mbolger@ualberta.ca 
LEUNG, Wing Yan Thomas (Lab Tech) wingyant@ualerta.ca 
LINDNER, Jenna (Grad Student) jlindner@ualberta.ca 
NICKNER, Elodie (Grad Student) nickner@ualberta.ca 

 

ATS

   
SANDINI, Dr. Thaisa,9-70 MSB sandini@ualberta.ca 
VAKA, Dr. Ramana, 9-70 MSB vaka@ualberta.ca 
ZWOZDESKY, Dr. Myron, 9-70 MSB myronz@ualberta.ca 
 

 

ADJUNCTS

BHAVSAR, Dr. Amit  671 HMRC   apbhavsar@ualberta.ca 
BOURQUE, Dr. Stephane 3-202H Katz Group Centre  780-492-6000 sbourque@ualberta.ca 
CHEUNG, Dr. Po-Yin  3-546 ECHA 780-716-2818 (Cell) poyin@ualberta.ca 
JURASZ, Dr. Paul 3-142E Katz 780-492-2120 jurasz@ualberta.ca 
KERR, Dr. Bradley 2-3380  780-492-3380 bjkerr@ualberta.ca 
KLASSEN, Andrea (Grad Student)   kucek@alberta.ca 
MEHERALI, Kainat (Grad Student)   kmeheral@ualberta.ca 
SCHMOLZER, Dr. Georg 9-50 MSB 780-492-3159 schmolze@ualberta.ca 
SEUBERT, Dr. John 2-020M KATZ 780-492-2007 jseubert@ualberta.ca 
BRAHIM, Kamilia (Grad Teaching Assistant)   kamilia@ualberta.ca 
KONDRACIUK Patrick (GradStudent)   kondraci@ualberta.ca 
NAVEEED, Dajana (Grad Student)   dnaveed@ualberta.ca 
USSHER, Dr. John   uusher@ualberta.ca  
ZAUGG, Dr. Michael 2-150 CSB 780-407-3854 mzaugg@ualberta.ca 
LOU, Phing How (Research Associate) phinghow@ualberta.ca 

 

PARTNERS

   
Jennifer Bernard (Finance Research Partner),    
5-13 MSB
jbernard@ualberta.ca 
Jerrie Andreasson Richardson
 (HR Service Partner), 9-70 MSB
jadreas@ualberta.ca 
Garth Corry (Research  Partner), 5-13 MSB (780) 270-5965 gcorry@ualberta.ca