Joshua N. Milstein Associate Professor Dept. of Physics, University of Toronto Dept. of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto Dept. of Chemical and Physical Sciences, UTM Office: DV 4053 Phone: (905) 569-4598 Email: josh.milstein(AT)utoronto.ca

Postdocs
	Daniel Dick Postdoctoral Researcher My research explores how methods developed in the field of ecology can be applied to problems in cell biology. Currently, I am working on developing methods for rapidly assessing the morphological diversity of patient-derived cancer organoids, exploring how phenotypic heterogeneity correlates with treatment outcomes and other properties of interest. In general, I am interested in questions related to the measurement of complex systems and their properties, from bacterial colonies to the global biosphere. My work combines the methods and techniques of ecology with ideas derived from soft computing and information theory.
Graduate Students
	Zheng Zhang PhD Student, Physics "I got my BSc degree from Beijing Normal University and came here for the MSc program. My work is mainly on the optical tweezers, including the development of the technology and the biological experiments related to nucleoid associated proteins. As for my hobby, I enjoy walking around the city during the weekend to experience the diverse culture."
	Tianyi Ma PhD Student, Physics The integration of time-lapse fluorescence microscopy and microfluidic devices provides high spatiotempraol resolution that enables us to able to track the dynamics of single cells. I am developing an imaging system and monolayer cultivation chambers within microfluidics devices in order to study the long-term bacterial competition among micro-colonies.
	Faisal Halabeya MSc Student, Physics Bacteria and cellular competition.
Undergraduate Students
	Sana Suboh Physics		Laphas Premcharoen Physics
	Christabel Faylinn Physics		Kasha Physics

Lab Alumni

Postdocs and Technicians

Dr. Emiel Visser (Marie Curie Postdoc, 2017-2020): Postdoc, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/E), Netherlands
Dr. Amir Mazouchi (Postdoc, 2014-2017)
Dr. Yong Wang (HFSP Postdoc, 2014-2016): Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Arkansas
Dr. Haowei Wang (Postdoc, 2012-2015): Assistant Professor, University of Science and Technology (USTC), China
Abdullah Bahram (Laboratory Technician, 2012-2013)

Graduate Students

Daniel Nino (Physics, PhD Student, 2020)
Kayhan Momeni (Physics, MSc Student, 2020)
Nafiseh Rafiei (IBBME, PhD Student, 2018)
Daniel Ricardo Argumedo (Engineering, PhD Student, UFABC Brazil, 2018)
Samuel Yoshua (Physics, MSc Student, 2016)
Russell Pollari (Physics, MSc Student, 2015)
Stephen Havlick (Physics, MSc Student, 2015)
Tai-Wei Su (Bioengineering, MSc Student, NCKU Taiwan, 2014)
Anastasia Zaytseva (Applied Math, MSc Student, 2013)

Undergraduates

Sandra Zhitkova (Physics, 2022) / Khadija Lakdawala (Biology, 2021/2022)
Tiya Boonkird (Physics, 2020/2021/2022) / Jiachen Liu (Physics, 2021/2022) / Kiki Lu ( Physics, 2021)
Belinda Kusuma (Physics, 2021) / Zoya Hassan (Physics, 2021)
Karis Kungsamutr (Physics, 2020/2021) / Emma Narancic (Biology, 2020)
Raiyan Chowdhury (MCS, 2020) / Jovana Miladinovic (Biology, 2019/2020) / Victoria Torres (Forensics, 2019)
Eric Lauw (MCS, 2019) / Muhammad Kamal (MCS, 2019) / Marvimar Castroverde (Biology, 2019)
Jianze Wang (MITACS Globalink, 2018) / Daniel Djayakarsana (Physics, 2017/2018)
Gurjit Mander (Biology, 2018) / Sukhraj Virdee (Physics, 2018) / Bolin Fan (Physics, 2018)
Faiyza Alam (Physics, 2017/2018) / Minah Tariq (Biology, 2017/2018) / Danica Jovanovich (Physics, 2017)
Daniel Gorelick (Chemistry, 2016/2017) / Hector He (Physics, 2017) / Shabeeh Rizvi (Physics, 2017)
Paul Penkul (Biology, 2015/2016) / Danielle Sims (Physics, 2016) / Paul Lelay (Physics, 2016)
Emily Storey (Physics, 2015/2016) / Aoife Taylor (Chemistry, Cardiff University, 2016)
Shubham Mistry (Biology, 2016) / Rachel Hanke (Biology, 2016) / Phuong Julia Le (Computer Science, 2015)
Thurga Rajeswaran (Biology, 2015) / Ezra Sebastian Hartono (Physics, 2015)
Muhammad Ahmed (Chemistry, 2014) / Mejd Jumaily (Biology, 2014) / Daniel Nino (Physics, 2014)
Alexandra Derla (CCIT, 2014) / Stela Ishitani Silva (Physics, SWB Brazil, 2014)
Marcelo Augusto Cordeiro (Computer Science, SWB Brazil, 2014) / Nanak Singh (Chemistry, Cardiff University, 2014)
Mark DeBenedetti (Physics, 2014) / Roger Bialy (Chemistry, 2013)
Taise Lima (Biotechnology, SWB Brazil, 2013) / Surya Buss (Biotechnology, SWB Brazil, 2013)
Stephen Havlick (Physics, 2013) / Mark Levy (Chemistry, 2012)
Jia Chen (Biology, 2012) / Wendy Otieno (Physics, 2012)