Mary-Ellen Harper
Professor
Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa
University Research Chair in Mitochondrial Bioenergetics
Director, Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology
Director of MATRIX (an NSERC-CREATE graduate training program)
Jian Xuan
Research Technician
Chantal Pileggi
Research Associate
Michel Kanaan
PhD Candidate
Claire Fong-McMaster
PhD Candidate
Luke Kennedy
PhD Candidate
Dhanuddara Mohottalage
MD/PhD Candidate
Charbel Karam
MSc Candidate
Matthew Magda
MSc Candidate
Lauren Hamilton
Honour's Student
PREVIOUS TEAM MEMBERS
Graduates, Visiting Students & Researchers
BREANA HOOKS
GAGANVIR PARMAR
Harper Lab: 2019-2022
MSc in Biochemistry (2022)* Harper Lab
Thesis: Immunometabolic Factors Associated with Variations in Body Composition and Exercise Response in Diet-Sensitive and Diet-Resistant Women with Obesity
Current position: Masters Candidate, Physiotherapy, McMaster University
Harper Lab: 2018-2021
MSc in Biochemistry (2021)* Harper Lab
Thesis: Protein Factors Regulating Mitochondrial Respiratory Supercomplexes
Current position: MD 2025 Candidate, University of Toronto
NINA HADŽIMUSTAFIC
DR. DAVID PATTEN
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Harper Lab: 2018-2020
MSc. in Biochemistry (2020)* Harper Lab
Thesis: Bioenergetic implications of the AMPKg3 R225W mutation in human muscle
Current position: MD 2024 Candidate, University of Toronto
Harper Lab: 2015-2019
Postdoctoral Fellow* Harper Lab
Current Position: Medical Science Liaison, Merck
DR. GEORGES KANAAN
Harper Lab: 2013-2017
PhD in Biochemistry (2018)* Harper Lab
Thesis title: Mitochondrial Dysfunction: From Mouse Myotubes to Human Cardiomyocytes
Current Position: Scientific Evaluator, Canadian Institutes of Health Research