Castonguay Research Group
Institut national de la recherche scientifique - Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie
Prof. Annie Castonguay
Ph.D. Université de Montréal (Chimie, Faculté des Arts & Sciences)
Profs. D. Zargarian & A. Beauchamp
Postdoctoral training:
Tufts University (Chemistry, School of Arts & Sciences)
Prof. E. Rybak-Akimova
McGill University (Chemistry, Faculty of Science)
Profs. A. Kakkar, A. Moores & C.-J. Li
McGill University (Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine)
Prof. D. Maysinger
Teaching - Mass spectrometry and proteomics workshop
Principal Investigator
Group Members
Anissa Brahami
Ph.D. candidate - Biology
Co-supervision - Prof. Eric Déziel (INRS)
Armand-Frappier Foundation Scholar
M.Sc. - Microbiology
Université Abderrahmane Mira de Bejaia, Algeria
Research interests: Approaches to the discovery of novel antimicrobials
Dr. Mohammad Mehdi Haghdoost Manjili
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry
Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Research interests: Organometallic therapeutics / catalysis
Golara Golbaghi
Ph.D. candidate - Biology
Armand-Frappier Foundation Scholar
M.Sc. - Inorganic Chemistry
Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Research interests: Organometallic therapeutics
Hoang-Van Tran
Ph.D. candidate - Biology
Master 2 - Chimie Fine, Chimie Moléculaire, Méthodes d'Analyse
Université de Rennes 1, Rennes
Licence Chimie
Université de Sciences, Ho Chi Minh Ville, Vietnam
Research interests: Thermoresponsive delivery systems
Félix Vincent
Trainee student (Summer 2014)
B.Sc. candidate - Chemistry
Université du Québec à Montréal
(UQAM), Canada
Currently a graduate student at University
Margaret Lu
Trainee student (Summer 2014)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Counsil (NSERC) Scholar
B.Sc. Immunology
McGill University, Canada
Currently a graduate student at UBC
Yuting Feng
Trainee student
Fondation Armand-Frappier - Corealis Scholar
Co-supervision - Prof. Audrey Moores (McGill)
B.Sc. Biochemistry
McGill University, Canada
Currently a graduate student at McGill University
Hala El Asmy
Ph.D. visiting student - Chemistry
Channel Program Scholar - Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education
Mansoura University, Egypt
Currently a lecturer in Egypt
Ahmed Shabana
Ph.D. visiting student - Chemistry
Channel Program Scholar - Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education
Mansoura University, Egypt
Currently a lecturer in Egypt
Fatoumia Ali
Trainee student
Master 1 - Chimie
Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Research interests: Organometallic therapeuticss
Bérénice Hatat
Trainee student
Master 1 - Chimie
École Supérieure de Chimie Organique et Minérale
Research interests: Organometallic therapeutics
Currently a graduate student in France
Mylène Ronat
Trainee student
Master 1 - Chimie
École Supérieure de Chimie Organique et Minérale
Research interests: Organometallic therapeutics
Clément Cotton
Trainee student
DUT - Chimie option matériaux
Université Clermont-Ferrand
Research interests: Organometallic therapeutics
Alexis Lanis
Trainee student
Master 2 - Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
École Supérieure de Chimie Organique et Minérale
Research interests: Organometallic therapeutics
Matthieu Lucas
Trainee student
Master 2 - Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
École Supérieure de Chimie Organique et Minérale
Research interests: Organometallic therapeutics
Past members
Tahani Bayrakdar
M.Sc. - Synthesis, Catalysis and Sustainable Chemistry
Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, France
Research interests: Earth abundant metal-based organometallic catalysts
Dr. Paul Oguadinma
Research associate
Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry
Université de Montréal, Canada
Research interests: Various collaborative projects
Amal Thamri
M.Sc. Applied Microbiology (graduated)
Co-supervision - Prof. Jonathan Perreault (INRS)
Armand-Frappier Foundation Scholar
B.Sc. - Industrial biology engineering
Institut national des sciences appliquées et de
technologie de Tunis (INSAT), Tunisia
Research interests: Design of thermoresponsive "antimicrobial peptide-aptamer" hybrids with superior selectivity and activity
Currently a quality control agent in Toronto
Juliette Guard
Trainee student
DUT - Chimie option matériaux
Université Clermont-Ferand
Research interests: Organometallic therapeutics
Currently a student in France
Sylvain Poulet
Trainee student
Master 2 - Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
École Supérieure de Chimie Organique et Minérale
Research interests: Organometallic therapeutics
Irène Pitard
Trainee student
Master 2 - Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
École Supérieure de Chimie Organique et Minérale
Research interests: Organometallic therapeutics
Robin Vidal
M.Sc. candidate - Sciences Expérimentales de la Santé
Licence Professionnelle Chimie Analyse et Qualité
Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
Research interests: Selective metallic antimicrobials
Paul Tcherkawsky
Trainee student
Master 1 - Chimie
Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Research interests: Organometallic therapeutics
Soumyashree Jena
Trainee student
MITACS Globalink Scholar
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India
Research interests: Thermoresponsive delivery systems
Sarah Sielanczyk
Trainee student
DUT - Chimie option matériaux
Université Clermont-Ferrand
Research interests: Targeted antimicrobials
