The Team

Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Pharmacy Students

Jennifer Park
M.Sc. Student

Research

Developing sustainable biomaterial-based 3D printed implantable drug delivery systems for personalized and sustained therapeutic release

Education

  B.Sc., University of Toronto 2025, Biochemistry and Human Biology

Awards

Henry Abanum
M.Sc. Student

Research

Developing bacteria-responsive liposomal coating for food packaging

Education

  PharmD., University of Benin, Nigeria 2021, Pharmacy

Awards

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Pharmacy Students

Alistair Chan
Ph.D. Candidate

Research

Development of microneedles for HIV prevention

Education

  B.Sc., The University of Hong Kong 2021, Biochemistry

Awards

    2023 Ontario Graduate Scholarship

   2023 UW President’s Graduate Scholarship

    University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship Merit Award

   2022 Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology

   2022 UW President’s Graduate Scholarship

   NSERC CREATE Training Program for Controlled Release Leaders(ContRoL)

   2021 Patrick Chow Lum Wong Memorial Prize in Biochemistry

   2020 Mitacs Globalink Research Internship

   2020 Undergraduate Research Fellowship Programme

   2019 Centenary Scholarships Fund Award

   2018-2021 Dean's Honours List

Qi David Sun
Ph.D. Student

Research

Developing microfluidic devices for drug synthesis and screening.

Education

  M.Phil., University of Queensland 2018, Biomedical Engineering

  B.Sc., Sichun University 2014, Biotechnology

Awards

Milena Lima
Ph.D. Student

Research

Developing in-situ liposomal systems for the delivery of antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs to chronic wounds

Education

  M.Phil., Federal University of Pernambuco 2025, Nanobiotechnology

Awards

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Dr. Yugo Martins
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Research

Developing broad-spectrum antimicrobial strategies to prevent sexually transmitted infections

Education

  Ph.D., University of São Paulo and University of Geneva 2024, Sciences

Awards

  2025 Canadian Institutes of Health Research Postdoctoral Fellowship

Coop Students

Ari
Wertheim

Research

Development of ai-enabled diagnostic tools for ocular diseases

Education

  B.ASc., University of Waterloo 2028, Nanotechnology Engineering

Undergraduate Students

Mahnoor Shah
PharmD Student

Centre for Eye and Vision Research (CEVR) in Hong Kong

Dr. Samiullah Khan
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Research

Development of peptide decorated solid lipid nanoparticles encapsulated in photo-crosslinked gel implant for age macular degeneration disease (AMD) treatment via invitreal injection

Education

  Ph.D., Islamia University Bahawalpur, Pharmaceutics, 2016

Huan Li
Ph.D. Student

Research

Biomimetic nano platform for the delivery of anti-glaucoma agents

Education

  M.Sc., Guangzhou Medical University, Pharmacology, 2018