THE TEAM
Dr. John Ronald
Principal Investigator
Email: jronald@robarts.ca
Director & Scientist, Imaging Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute
Director, Translational Immune-Oncology Research Group (TIORG)
Member of the Centre for Translational Cancer Research, Cross Appointed to Department of Oncology.
Associate Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics,
The University of Western Ontario
Previous Institutions: Postdoctoral Research @ Stanford,
BSc., MSc., PhD @ Western University
Fun Fact: ask me about the Edmonton Oilers Dynasty
Meet the Team
Meet our passionate team of scientists, trainees and undergraduates!
Senior Research Associate - Lab Manager
John Kelly, PhD
Email: jkell5
Previous Institutions: PhD in Auditory Cell Biology, University College London; Postdoctoral Fellowship, Western University.
My Interests are: CRISPR gene editing + synthetic biology + cell tracking + cancer immunotherapies + connexin and auditory biology.
Fun Fact: I cannot burp (Update: thanks to Botox, I can now burp!)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Rafael Sanchez-Pupo, PhD
Email: rsnchezp
Previous Institutions: PhD in Anatomy and Cell Biology, Western University; BSc in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Havana, Cuba
My Interests are: CRISPR-Cas genome editing + cellular therapy tracking + imaging CAR-T and NK cells in cancer therapies.
Fun Fact: I learned most of my English from podcasts, movies and music, I love travelling to new places and time with my family.
Postdoctoral Research
Maryam Rad, PhD
Email:
Previous Institutions:
My Interests are:
Fun Fact:
PhD Candidate
Melissa Evans, BSc.
Email: mevans72
Previous Institutions: BSc in Biotechnology and Economics, University of Waterloo.
My Interests are: Base editing + non viral delivery + activatable tracking of reporter genes
Fun Fact: I am a ringette coach
PhD Candidate
Yanghao (Jerry) Fu, Bsc.
Email: yfu296
Previous Institutions: BMSc. in Medical Biophysics @ Western University
My Interests are: CRISPR + colonic organoids + colorectal cancer
Fun Fact: I love rock climbing!
MSc Candidate
Alexa Smith, BASc.
Email: asmit655
Previous Institutions: BASc in Engineering Physics and Computer Science, Queens University.
My Interests are: Engineered NK cells + tumor-specific antigens + secretable blood biomarkers for early cancer detection.
Fun Fact: I crochet sweaters.
Research Assistant
Joshua Krautner, MSc.
Email: jkrautne
Previous Institutions: BSc and MSc in Medical Biophysics, Western University.
My Interests are: Base editing + mRNA + Imaging CRISPR.
Fun Fact: I love playing baseball (I am a pitcher).
5th Year Undergrad
Danielle Treasure
Email: dtreasur
My interests are: CRISPR Prime Editing + reporter gene imaging + cell tracking.
Fun Fact: I am a Varsity swimmer.
Undergraduate Research Students + Volunteers
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Katrina Pronesti
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Emanuael Silvester