Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta
Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta

Team

Current Team
Sheref S. Mansy, PI
Shereen Abohussain (MSc Student)
Bibhas Hazra (Postdoc)
Mohammed Jomaa (Postdoc)
Harpreet Kaur (Postdoc)
Janet Li (research assistant)
Kevin Kunkle-Reed (research assistant)
Hossein Varghaei (PhD student)

Past Members
Postdocs
who, from-to, degree, next position/last known
Nemanja Cvjetan, 01.2023 – 12.2023, PhD, ETH Zurich
Rajanya Banerjee, 12.2020 – 12.2023, PhD, National institute of Technology, Rourkela, India
Serge Nader, 10.23.2019 – 14.10.2023, PhD, Universite’ Grenoble Alpes
Bianca Villavicencio, 01.2022 – 01.2023, PhD, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Alexandre Baccouche, 01.2020 – 02.2022, PhD, Universite’ Paris Descartes, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science & Technology (JAMSTEC)
Duhan Toparlak, 12.2019 – 11.30.2020, PhD, University of Trento, postdoc Yale University
Shibaji Basak, 04.2018 – 31.10.2020, PhD, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM)
Simone Scintilla, 09.2013 – 11.2018, PhD, University of Bari, Team Lead Biochemistry, Hudson River Biotechnology, Netherlands
Abhishek Baral, 04.2019- 15.07.2020, PhD, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata, India
Luca Belmonte, 02.2014 – 03.2017, PhD, University of Genova, Data Scientist at Gruppo Aboca
Roberta Lentini, 06.2015 – 0.07.2016, PhD, University of Trento
Michele Forlin, 05.2012 – 02.2016, PhD, University of Trento, Senior Data Scientist at Zymergen Inc.
Amy C. Spencer, 10.2009 – 08.2013, PhD, University of Utah, Aurum Labs
Domenica Torino, 02.2010 – 12.2012, PhD, University of Rome La Sapienza, Axxam SpA

PhD Students
who, from-to, degree, next position/last known
Lorenzo Sebastianelli, 01.2021 – 10.2023
Anju, 10.2019 – 10.2023, PhD, University of Trento, Level Nine
Luca Valer, 11.2018 – 10.26.2022, PhD, University of Trento, postdoc University of Trento
Daniele Rossetto, 11.2018 – 10.26.2022, PhD, University of Trento, postdoc MPI Dresden
Duhan Toparlak, 11.2015 – 10.2019, PhD cum laude, University of Trento, postdoc Yale University
Noël Yeh Martín, 01.2014 – 12.2018, PhD, University of Trento, postdoc LMU Munich
Giuliano Berloffa, 09.2014 – 0.5.2018, PhD, University of Trento, postdoc Harvard Medical School
Claudia Bonfio, 10.2013 – 12.2017, PhD cum laude, University of Trento, PI Supramolecular Science and Engineering Institute, University of Strasbourg
Dario Cecchi, 02.2013 – 05.2017, PhD, University of Trento, Explora biotech
Fabio Chizzolini, 01.2012 – 03.2016, PhD, University of Trento, postdoc at University of California Irvine
Roberta Lentini, 01.201 – 06.2015, PhD cum laude, University of Trento, postdoc UniTN
Laura Martini, 01.2011 – 17.2015, PhD, University of Trento, Enable Innovations S.r.l
Paola Torre, 12.2009 – 04.2013, PhD, University of Trento, Scientist II, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

MS
who, dates, degree, next position/last known
Yin J. Hu, 01.09.2019 – 11.01.2022, MSc, University of Alberta
Dongman Xi, 01.09.2019 – 10.01.2022, MSc, University of Alberta
Andrea Dallapè, 03.2018 – 04.2019, MS, University of Bologna, PhD student at University of Trento
Alessandro Groaz, 02.2018 – 04.2019, MS, University of Trento, PhD student at Caltech
Filippo Benedetti, 04.2018 – 12.2018, MS, University of Trento, PhD student at University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU)
Silvia Galvan, 02.2017 – 03.2018, MS, University of Trento, PhD student at ETH Zürich
Elisa Godino, 02.2017 – 10.2017, MS, University of Trento, PhD student at TU Delft
Giorgio Fracasso, 04.2016 – 02.2017, MS, University of Bologna, PhD student at MPI Dresden
Thomas Perli, 02.2015 – 03.2016, MS, University of Trento, PhD student at TU Delft
Jason Fontana, 11.2012 – 05.2015, MS, University of Trento, PhD student at University of Washington
Ilaria Sala, 06.2014 – 03.2015, MS, University of Bologna, PhD student at University of Zurich
Silvia Pérez Santero, 10.2011 – 08.2012, MSc, Universitat Politècnica de València, PhD student at University of Verona

BS
who, when, degree, next position/last known
Ziniu Chen, 2022, University of British Columbia
Priya Manavalan, 2021, University of Alberta
Fiona Connolly, 2021, University of Alberta
Isaiah Betinol, 2021, BSc, University of Alberta, PhD, University of British Columbia
Federico Ravanelli, 2019, BS, University of Trento
Nicola Trevisan, 2017, BS, University of Trento
Lorenzo Gaifas, 2017, BS, University of Trento, MS, University of Groningen
Luca Valer, 2016, BS, University of Trento, MS, University of Padova
Eleonora Bailoni, 2016, BS, University of Trento, MS, University of Groningen
Silvia Galvan, 2015, BS, University of Trento, MS, University of Trento
Elia Martini, 2015, BS, University of Trento, MS, Wageningen
Michele Cornella, 2014, BS, University of Trento, MS, University of Bologna
Federico Brunello, 2013, University of Bologna, Ms, University of Trento
Thomas Perli, 2013, BS, University of Trento, MS, University of Trento
Andrea Tassinari, 2013, BS, University of Trento, MS, University of Trento
Jason Fontana, 2012, BS, University of Trento, MS, University of Trento
Giacomo Giacomelli, 2012, BS, University of Trento, PhD, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munich
Matteo Caumo, 2012, BS, University of Trento, MS, University of Trento
Giuliano Berloffa, 2011, BS, University of Trento, MS, University of Bologna
Ihsan Dereli, 2010, BS, Bilkent University, PhD student TU Dresden

tech
Taylor Parkkila (research assistant), 06.2021 – 03.2022, PhD, University of Alberta
Krista Donlevy (laboratory coordinator), 06.2021 – 06.2022, Chemistry Stores @ UofA

Visitors
Bora Salobehaj, Centro Risonanze Magnetiche, University of Florence, 06.2022 – 10.2022
Rudrarup Bose, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), 11.2020 – 01.2021
Ana Isabel Benitez Mateos, Centro de Investigación Cooperativa en Biomateriales CIC/Universidad del Pais Vasco Servicios Generales de Investigación, 09.2018 – 11.2018
Beatriz de Luis, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 09.2019 – 12.2019
Rebecca J. Rapf, University of Colorado, 01.2014 – 02.2014