Principal Investigator:
Jean-Paul Paluzzi, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral fellow(s):
Dr. Leena Thorat
Project: Neuroendocrine and other mechanisms for overcoming desiccation stress in insects.
Graduate Students:
Farwa Sajadi (PhD candidate) 
Project: Anti-diuretic hormones and their actions in the adult Aedes aegypti mosquito.
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Salwa Afifi (M.Sc. candidate)
Project: ACP and other GnRH-related peptides in insects.
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Britney Picinic (M.Sc. candidate, co-supervised with Dr. Andrew Donini) 
Project: Hormonal regulation of aquaporins in osmoregulatory organs of mosquitoes.
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Sydney Silver (M.Sc. candidate, co-supervised with Dr. Andrew Donini)
Project: Molecular identification of ion transport mechanisms in papillae of midge larvae.
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Thomas Nguyen (M.Sc. candidate) 
Project: Neuropeptides regulating gut epithelial physiology in mosquitoes.
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Jinghan Tan (M.Sc. candidate) 
Project: Nervous system-gut axis neuropeptides in adult mosquitoes.
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Undergraduate students in the lab:
Marishia Agard (BIOL4000 thesis)
Shruti Patel (practicum student)
Lab alumni:
Student (course, term) Current position
Aryan Lajevardi (MSc, 2017-2019) Medical school (Florida)
Melisa Deluca (research practicum) Optometry (U Waterloo)
David Rocco (PhD, 2014-2019) Research Scientist (Custom Biologics)
Hanad Adan (BIOL4000, FW18/19) MSc student (Queens U)
Manpreet Kooner (BIOL4000, FW18/19) (pursuing further studies)
Doeon Lee (BIOL4000, FW18/19) (pursuing further studies)
Ola Salama (two-term practicum student) MSc student (U Manitoba)
Azizia Wahedi (MSc, 2016-2018) Medical school (Oxford)
Daniel Correia (BIOL4000, FW17/18) M.Biotech (U of T)
Ali Uyuklu (MSc, 2015-2017) Medical school (St. George's)
Melanie Paez (MSc, 2015-2017) Respiratory Therapy (Michener Institute)
Talor Ber (research practicum, FW15/16) Medical school (Meharry Medical College)
Farwa Sajadi (BIOL4000, FW16/17) PhD student (York U)
Fidan Guseynova (BIOL4000, FW16/17) Science Academic Advisor (York U)
Basma Nazal (BIOL4000, FW16/17) MSc student (Guelph)
Christine Paputsis (BIOL4000, FW15/16) M.Biotech (U of T)
Alireza Oryan (BIOL4000, FW15/16) Dental school (Rutgers)
Andreea Matei (BIOL4000, FW15/16) Medical school (U of T)
Carmela Curcuruto (BIOL4000, FW15/16) PharmD (U Waterloo)
Azizia Wahedi (BIOL4000, FW15/16) Research Tech., Sick Kids
Doo Hyun Kim (BIOL4000, FW14/15) Dental school (NYU)
Afra AlDhaheri (BIOL4000, FW14/15) Medical school (U.A.E.)
Mikwi Cho (BIOL4000, FW13/14) MSc candidate (U Alberta)
Anam Qudrat (BIOL4000, FW13/14) PhD candidate (U of T)
