People

Postdoctoral Fellows
Graduate Students
Past Post-Doctoral Members
Past Graduate Student Members

Group Leader

Marc Aucoin — Marc Aucoin, PhD (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal)
Professor
Group Leader, maucoin@uwaterloo.ca
Cross-Appointed to University of Waterloo Departments of Biology, Chemistry, and School of Pharmacy

Chemical Engineering Faculty Member Webpage

Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Member Webpage

ResearchGate Profile

Post-Doctoral Fellows

Faranak Mavandadnejad — Faranak Mavandadnejad, PhD (Tehran University of Medical Sciences)

Christiane Nogueira — Christiane Nogueira, PhD (UNIFESP - Universidade Federal de São Paulo)

Graduate Students

Megan Logan — Megan Logan
PhD Student

MASc Thesis: A flow cytometry based assay for the quantification of viruses using changes in infected cell granularity

Mark Bruder — Mark Bruder
PhD Student

Lisa Nielsen — Lisa Nielsen
PhD Student

Seyedeh Sara Haghayegh Khorasani — Sara Haghayegh Khorasani
PhD Student,co-supervised by Brian Ingalls, Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics

Scott Boegel — Scott Boegel
PhD Student

MASc Thesis: Towards a Chemically Defined Medium for Sf-9 Cell Culture: Micronutrients Reduce Depence on Yeast Extract

Madhuja Chakraborty — Madhuja Chakraborty
PhD student

MASc Thesis: An In-Depth Look at Repeated Propagation of Multiple Viruses Simultaneously in Insect Cell Culture

Aaron Yip — AaronYip
PhD Student,co-supervised by Brian Ingalls, Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics

Harika Nagireddy — Harika Nagireddy
MASc Student, co-supervised by Roderick Slavcev, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science and supported in part by the NSERC CREATE grant PrEEmium

Debbie Pushparajah — Debbie Pushparajah
MASc Student, co-supervised by Roderick Slavcev, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science and supported in part by the NSERC CREATE grant PrEEmium

Andrew Ng — Andrew Ng
MASc Student, co-supervised by Roderick Slavcev, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science and supported in part by the NSERC CREATE grant PrEEmium

Sara Sadr — Sara Sadr
MASc Student,co-supervised by Brian Ingalls, Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics

Past Post-Doctoral Members

Michelle Gabriel — Michelle Gabriel, PhD (Western University)

Emma Dare — Emma Dare, PhD (University of Ottawa)

Sarah Meunier — Sarah Meunier, PhD (University of Waterloo)

Biljana Todorovic — Biljana Todorovic, PhD (Western University)

Bhavik Manocha — Bhavik Manocha, PhD (Western University)

Past Graduate Student Members

David Wulff — David Wulff
PhD Student,co-supervised by Frank Gu, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Toronto

PhD Thesis (Waterloo): Development of Physically Modified Starch Microparticles for Uptake and Release of Drugs

Merve Marcali — Merve Marcali
co-supervised by Carolyn Ren, Department of Mechanical and Mechatonics Engineering

PhD Thesis (Waterloo): Non-Newtonian Droplet Production and Bioassay Applications in a Microfluidic Network

Morgan Cardno — Morgan Cardno
MASc Student, co-supervised by Roderick Slavcev, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science and supported in part by the NSERC CREATE grant PrEEmium and Theraphage

Alex Pritchard-Oh — Alex Pritchard-Oh, MASc (University of Waterloo)

MASc Thesis: Understanding the Sf9 – Baculovirus Expression Vector System: Exploring the Metabolic Basis of the Cell Density Effect through Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Flow Cytometry Analysis of Fluorescent Protein Accumulation

Sandi Yen — Sandi Yen, PhD (University of Guelph)
co-supervised by Emma Allen-Vercoe, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Guelph

PhD Thesis (Guelph): Microbial and Metabolic Relationships of the Preterm Gut Microbiome in Response to Antibiotic and Dietary Interventions

MSc Thesis (Waterloo): Metabolomic profiling of nutrient solutions for characterization of human gut microbiota

Sadru Walji — Sadru Walji, MASc (University of Waterloo)

MASc Thesis: Establishing the Virucidal Properties of a Copper-Nickel-Zinc Alloy using a Genetically Modified Insect Virus

Paul Brogee — Paul Brogee, MASc (University of Waterloo)

MASc Thesis: Towards the Development of a PhiC31Int-Competent Sf9 Cell Line

Eduardo Ramirez — Eduardo Ramirez, MASc (University of Waterloo)

MASc Thesis: Generation and Characterization of Dual-Fluorescent Influenza Virus-like Particles (VLPs) in Insect Cells

Julia Manalil — Julia Manalil, MASc (University of Waterloo)

MASc Thesis: Investigation of excipients for the stabilization of HSV-2 vaccine candidate ACAM529

Eric Blondeel — Eric Blondeel, PhD (University of Waterloo)

PhD Thesis: Supplementation Strategies for Enhancing Growth and Product Quality in Mammalian Cell Culture Bioprocesses by Omics Analysis & Tuning glycosylation of Monoclonal Antibodies

Marco Quattrociocchi — Marco Quattrociocchi, MASc (University of Waterloo)

MASc Thesis: Partial Characterization of yeast Hydrolysates for Insights on Chemically Defined Media for Sf9 Insect Cells

Steve George — Steve George, PhD (University of Waterloo)

PhD Thesis: Use and control of co-expression in the baculovirus-insect cell system for the production of multiple proteins and complex biologics

MASc Thesis: Real time PCR protocol development for rapid low cost quantification of baculovirus and for monitoring progression of infection

Stanislav Sokolenko — Stanislav Sokolenko, PhD (University of Waterloo)

PhD Thesis: From metabolite concentration to flux analysis - a systematic assessment of error in cell culture metabolomics

Valentin Malenkov — Valentin Malenkov, MASc (University of Waterloo)

MASc Thesis: Tracking uptake, assembly and egress of ACAM529 Herpes simplex virus type 2 in complementary Vero cells for enhanced virus recovery

Jann Ang — Jann Ang, MSc (University of Waterloo)
co-supervised by Guy Guillemette, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science

MSc Thesis: Production of a camelid antibody in CHO cells and its potential for the in vitro modification of its N-glycan using N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase III produced in insect cells

Christina Engel — Christina Engel (Technische Universitat Braunschweig)

Master Thesis: The use of open surface plasmon resonance for the analysis of the glycosylation pattern of a humanised camelid antibody produced in Chinese Hamster Ovary cells

Mohd Altamash Jauhar — Mohd Altamash Jauhar, MASc (University of Waterloo)

MASc Thesis: Characterization of alternative promoters to stagger and control multiple gene expression and protein production in the baculovirus-insect cell system

Jian Xiong — Jian Xiong, MASc (University of Waterloo)

MASc Thesis: Investigation of a novel hydrogel anion exchange material for the capture and purification of baculovirus vectors

Christine Thompson — Christine Thompson, MASc (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal)
co-supervised by Olivier Henry, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, and Amine Kamen, National Research Council Canada

MASc Thesis: Development of a production process for a virus like particle based vaccine in cell culture

Andreas Wagner — Andreas Wagner (Technische Universitat Braunschweig)

Master Thesis: Expression of N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase III for in vitro remodeling of antibody glycosylation patterns

Joyce Cheng — Joyce Cheng, MASc (University of Waterloo)

MASc Thesis: Investigation of Sf9 cell metabolism before and after infection using biovolume: A case for the improvement of adeno-associated viral vector production

2019

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2018

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2017

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2016

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2015

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2012

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2011

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2010

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