Team

Leslie Lab - Fall 2024

Principal Investigator

Sabrina Leslie, PhD
Associate Professor

Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Associate

Dr. Erik Olsen
Postdoctoral Fellow

Cindy Shaheen
Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Albert Kamanzi
Research Associate

Graduate Students

Bianca Caminada
PhD Candidate

Eric Boateng
PhD Candidate

Yao Zhang
PhD Candidate

Martin Jasinski
Msc Student

Shagun Kothari
MSc Student


Nane Vardanyan
MSc Student

Management, Administration and Technician

Ron Chan
Lab Manager


Michelle Zapiola
Administrator


Michelle Jeliazkova
Technician

Undergraduate Students

In the 2025/2026 academic year, the Leslie Lab has a number of undergraduate students drawn from diverse programs. Four are completing undergraduate theses and others are in two co-op programs. Each undergraduate thesis student has a designated graduate student or post doc who is their day-to-day partner in the lab. Three thesis students are carrying out their PHYS 449 theses, with two enrolled in the honours biophysics program and one in the majors physics program. These students have prepared for their theses by taking PHYS 305, Introduction to Biophysics, as well as at least one summer project with the lab for hands-on training. A fourth undergraduate thesis student is from the SBME program, who completed summer work-learn research in advance. In addition to thesis students, the lab attracts co-op students whom are paired with with staff as day-to-day mentors. These include Pharm Sci internship co-op and Biotalent co-op students with applied projects.

Collaborators/Visiting Scientists

Michael Venier-Karzis
ScopeSys

Noemi Ferrante Carrante