After completing a Biological Chemistry Specialist at UTM, Zuhair Ahmed joined the labs of Scott Prosser and Amanda Hargrove in 2023 to pursue a PhD in Chemical Biology, Medicinal Chemistry, and Biophysical Chemistry. With the support of the CPS Teaching Fellowship, Zuhair introduced computational screening into the 3^rd-year Techniques in Biological Chemistry I course – often the first exposure undergraduates have to modern methods in drug discovery.

Himani Yadav joined the Schoenbohm Lab as a PhD student in 2022 after completing her BSc, MSc and M. Tech degrees in India. 

Name: Mark Atwood

MSc or PhD Candidate: MSc Candidate

Location of Undergraduate Education: H.B.Sc.

Name: Sarah Quail

MSc or PhD Candidate: PhD Candidate

Location of Undergraduate Education: H.B.Sc. University of Toronto Mississauga

Name of the Lab at CPS: Kanelis Lab

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-quail-16a82760

Sarah, please tell us about yourself and your journey as a PhD Candidate!

Mauricio Haag joined Prof. Lindsay Schoenbohm’s tectonic geomorphology group at the University of Toronto Mississauga as a PhD student in 2021 after receiving a Master’s degree at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. Mauricio’s PhD project aims to investigate erosion rates along the continental escarpment in southeast Brazil, focusing on how lithology, climate, and tectonics influence the spatial pattern of these erosion rates. 

Peter Liberty, a current PhD candidate working under the supervision of Prof. Marc Laflamme, is a paleontologist studying early life and evolution through fossils. 

Name: Faisal Halabeya

MSc or PhD Candidate: PhD Candidate

Location of Undergraduate Education: BA in Physics, Boston University

Name of the Lab at CPS: Milstein Lab

Selected Awards: CPS Teaching Fellowship, June Scott Teaching Excellence Award for Teaching Assistants

Selected Research Contributions: Second author on a paper titled Mechanics limits ecological diversity and pr

As a PhD candidate in the Moore Lab, Romina Piunno tackles many challenges that have direct impact on climate change and one of her research interests include convective processes in the Labrador Sea. 

An interdisciplinary team consisting of Lab Coordinators and Faculty in CPS (Earth Sciences, including Jess Slomka, Lab Coordinator, and Professor Lindsay Schoenbohm), Biology, Geography, Anthropology/Archaeology, and the Office of Indigenous Initiatives at UTM, was recently awarded a Learning & Education Advancement Fund (LEAF)

Aiyan Brown, MSc student in the Gradinaru Lab, receives the Biophysical Society of Canada (BSC) Travel Award to attend the 2025 Biophysical Society (BPS) annual meeting in Los Angeles this February. 

The BSC Travel Award is a merit-based support for students and postdoctoral fellows whose research supervisor is a member of the BSC.  

Congratulations on this achievement, Aiyan!