Program Management
Prof. Ian Lewis, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
admin.lrg@ucalgary.ca
Associate Professor, University of Calgary; Director, Alberta Centre for Advanced Diagnostics,
Keir Pittman, Ph.D.
Scientific Writer
Thomas Rydzak, Ph.D.
Head Scientist
Troy Feener, M.Sc.
Program Manager
pm.lrg@ucalgary.ca
Jennifer Roberson
Program Coordinator
Nic Van Bavel, M.Sc.
Grant Writer
Postdoctoral Fellows
Mehdi Mohammadi, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Nic Brodie,
Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Senior Scientists
Ryan Groves, M.Sc.
CMRF Research Coordinator
Metabolomics Specialist - International Microbiome Centre
Annegret Ulke-Lemée, Ph.D.
LSARP Project Coordinator
Quantitative Proteomics Applications
Marija Drikic, M.Sc., Ph.D.
CMRF Operations Coordinator
Microbiome Metabolomics Research Assistant
Dominique Bihan, Ph.D.
CMRF Analytical Specialist
Metabolomics Applications
Research Staff
Gopal Ramamourthy, Ph.D.
Metabolomics Research Associate
Raied Aburashed
DPF Operations Coordinator
Graduate Students
Maryam Mapar, M.Sc.
Ph.D. Student
Luis Ponce Alvarez, M.Sc.
Ph.D. Student
Stephanie Dang
M.Sc Student
Andriy Plakhotnyk
Ph.D. Student
Rajnigandha Pushpker,
M.Sc.
Ph.D. Student
Racheal Apata
Ph.D. Student
Mario Valdez Tresanco, M.Sc.
Ph.D. Student
Anika Westlund
Ph.D. Student.
Undergraduate students
David Akingbade, 2025, CIHR USRA
Gavin Head, 2024, Project Student
Sasha Sharow, 2024, Project Student
Alumni
Faculty Hosted for Sabbatical Research
Dr. Daniel Gregson, M.D. (Alberta Precision Laboratories)
Dr. Deirdre Church, M.D., Ph.D. (Alberta Precision Laboratories)
Postdoctoral Fellows
Beata Mickiewicz, Ph.D.
Matthias S. Klein Ph.D.
Vishaldeep K. Sidhu, Ph.D.
Shephanie Bishop Ph.D.
Visiting Scientists
Luis Alberto González López (University of Antioquia)
Yulieth Alexandra Upegui Zapata (University of Antioquia)
Sneider Alexander Gutierrez Guarnizo (University of Antioquia)
Research Associates
Grace Gallo
Kathleen Merx
Kurt I. Ebeling
Miranda Moll
Fatemeh Yazdanpanah
Ruichuan Zhang
Barbora Svobodova
Amy Poelzer
Jenna Poelzer
Saad Luqman
Max Baatar
Soren Wacker
Graduate Students
Michelle Chang, M.Sc.
Austin Nguyen, M.Sc.
Travis Bingeman, M.Sc.
Melissa King M.Sc
Spencer Wildman, M.Sc.
Alikhan Mansuri, M.Sc.
Ayush Mandwal Ph.D.
Rory Gilliland M.Sc.
Colin Mackenzie Ph.D.
Carly Chan Ph.D.
Maryam Mapar Ph.D.
Dimitri Desmonts de Lamache Ph.D.
Undergraduate students
Mikayla Gray
Elvira Nurmambetova
Sukhjit Sidhu
Arooj Aftab (co-advisee)
Inaara Mawji
John Pascua
Spencer Wildman
Andriy Plakhotnyk (co-advisee)
Rita Hannawayya
Kosar Khani
Khaled Elmalawany
Zoha Asif
Isabella Quartly
Alishba Babar
Gloria Sun
Austin Keown
Jennifer Lai
Selena Osman
Evgeny Vlasov
Amina Mohamud (co-advisee)
Bruce N. Allen
Yasaman Samanian
Anna Ulrich
Saad Luqman
Nathaniel Fernetti
Anika Westlund
Stephanie Dang
Carter Chopin
Amy Wycislik
Julia Adug
Sophie Hoyer
Dani Kilani
Gurnoor Aujla
Sardar Shahzeb Khan
Balraj Singh Brar
Palliser Shomody
Brooklynn Malec
Alikhan Mansuri
Mahdi Moezzi
Xufan Huang
Katherine Heger
Vivian Huang
Nathan de Olivera
Kyle Story
Sofia Su
Karan Klair
Jasmine Parhar
Ariana Nielsen