Principal Investigator


Walter Reisner (photo)
Walter Reisner
reisner 'at' physics.mcgill.ca

2009-present: Assistant Professor, McGill University
2008-2009: Postdoctoral Fellow, Brown University
2006-2007: Postdoctoral Fellow, Danish Technical University
2006: Ph.D. Physics, Princeton University
2000: B.A. Physics, Reed College
office: Rutherford 409

Research: Nanofluidics and biophysics.

Post-Doctoral Researchers


Khadija (photo)
Khadija Yazda
[email protected]

2018-present: Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University
2016-2018: Postdoctoral Fellow, ETH-Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
2012-2016: Ph.D. Physics, University of Montpellier, France
2010-2012: M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry, Lebanon
2010 B.Sc. in Chemistry, Lebanon

office: Rutherford 429
Research: 2D materials-based nanofluidic platforms for power generation applications.

Ph.D. Candidates


Lili Zeng (photo)
Lili Zeng
lili.zeng 'at' mail.mcgill.ca

2017-present: M.Sc. in Physics, McGill University
2010-2016: B.Sc. in Mathematics and Physics, McGill University (Working with Susan Amin as part of an undergraduate research course)

Research: DNA polymer dynamics.
Xavier Capaldi(photo)
Xavier Capaldi
xavier.capaldi 'at' mail.mcgill.ca

2018-present: Ph.D. candidate in Physics, McGill University
2016-2018: M.Sc. in Physics, McGill University
2012-2016: B.Sc. in Physics, Math and Nanotechnology minors, Union College

Research: Nanofluidics fabrication, DNA polymer dynamics.
Zezhou Liu(photo)
Zezhou Liu
zezhou.liu 'at' mail.mcgill.ca

2018-present: Ph.D. candidate in Physics, McGill University
2016-2018: M.Sc. in Physics, McGill University
2012-2016: B.Sc. in Physics, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China

Research: Nanofluidics fabrication, Polymer dynamics underconfinement, Nanopore fluidics device.

M.Sc. Candidates


Undergraduate Students



Alumni


Yuning Zhang (photo)
Yuning Zhang
yuning.zhang2 'at' mail.mcgill.ca

2017-present: Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University
2012-2017: Ph.D. Candidate, McGill University
2010-2012: M.Sc. in Physics, McGill University
2010 B.Sc. in Physics, Wuhan, China

office: Rutherford 422
Research: Nanopore fabrication and sequencing.
Nassim Derriche(photo)
Nassim Derriche
nassim.derriche 'at' mail.mcgill.ca

2015-present: B.Sc. in Physics, McGill University

Research: Nanopore fabrication device.
Ahmed Khorshid (photo)
Ahmed Khorshid
ahmed.khorshid 'at' mail.mcgill.ca

2013-present: Ph.D. Candidate, McGill University
2011-2013: M.Sc. Physics, McGill University
2004-2009 B.Sc. Physics, American University in Cairo

office: Rutherford 421

Research: Optical trapping.
Susan Amin (photo)
Susan Amin
susan.amin'at' mail.mcgill.ca

2013-present Ph.D. Candidate, McGill University
2008-2011 M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
2003-2007 B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

office: Rutherford 420
Research: 1) Single cell trapping and DNA mapping; 2) Physics of knots on DNA.
Yue Qi (photo)
Yue Qi
yue.qi3 'at' mail.mcgill.ca

2015 - 2017: Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University, Canada. Also working with Prof. Reghan Hill (McGill Chemical Engineering)
2010 - 2014: Ph.D, Optical Engineering, University College Dublin, Ireland
2006 - 2010: B.E., Electronics Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Research: Advancing a "Nanofluidic Piston" for Confined Soft Matter. Using active/passive microrheology approaches to explore how confinement alters the dynamics and rheology of individual polymer chains, solutions, and networks.

Carlos Ruiz-Vargas (photo)
Carlos Ruiz-Vargas
carlosrv 'at' physics.mcgill.ca

2015-2017: Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University
2013-2015: Postdoctoral Fellow, ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
2013: PhD Applied Physics, Cornell University
2006: B.A. Physics, Cornell University

Research: Graphene-based nanofluidic platform for analysis of biomolecules.

Philip Zimny (photo)
Philip Zimny
philip.zimny 'at' mail.mcgill.ca

2015-Present: M.sc.in Biomedical Engineering, McGill University
2010-2014: B.Sc in Biology, McGill University
Co-supervised with David Juncker.

Research: DNA microparticle encapsulation.
wayne (photo)
Wayne Yang
wayne.yang2 'at' mail.mcgill.ca

2013-2015: M.sc.in Physics, McGill University
Working with Michael Hilke.

Research: Graphene Nanofluidics
Sara Mahshid (photo)
Sara Mahshid
sara.mahshid 'at' mail.mcgill.ca

2013-2015 Post-doctoral Fellow, McGill University, Montr�al, Canada. Also working with Sabrina Leslie (McGill Physics), Rob Sladek (Genome Quebec).
Research: Next-generation genetic sequencing.

Alex Klotz (photo)
Alex Klotz
klotza 'at' physics.mcgill.ca

2011-2015 Ph.D. Candidate, McGill University, Montr�al, Qu�bec
2010-2011 M. Sc. in Physics, McGill University, Montr�al, Qu�bec
2004-2008 B. Sc. in Physics, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

office: Rutherford 227

Research: Polymer physics under confinement.
Cao Yi (photo)
Cao Yi
yi.cao2 'at' mail.mcgill.ca

2011-Present: M.sc.in Pharmacology & Therapeutics, McGill University
2007-2011: B.Sc in Bioscience, Nanyang Technological University,Singapore
Cross-appointed with Szyf lab.

Research: Epigenetic mapping in nanochannels
Mohammed Jalal Ahamed(photo)
Mohammed Jalal Ahamed
jalal.ahamed 'at' mcgill.ca

2013-2015: Post-doctoral Fellow, McGill University, Montr�al, Canada. Also working with Sabrina Leslie (McGill Physics), Rob Sladek (Genome Quebec).
Research: Micromechanics for nanofluidics.

Robert Welch (photo)
Rob Welch
rlwelch 'at' gmail.com

2010-2012 M.Sc. Candidate, McGill University
2006-2010 B.Sc. Physics, University of Toronto

office: Rutherford 420

Research: Nanochannel denaturation genetic mapping.
Ilja Czolkos (photo)
Ilja Czolkos
ilja.czolkos 'at' mail.mcgill.ca

2011-Present Post-doctoral Fellow, McGill University, Montr�al, Canada
2009-2011: Post-doctoral Fellow, Chalmers University, Dept. of Chemistry, G�teborg, Sweden
2005-2009: PhD., Chalmers University, Dept. of Chemistry, G�teborg, Sweden, Thesis: "Micro- and Nano-Scale Devices for Controlling Two-Dimensional Chemistry"
2002-2003: Exchange student at Newcastle University, Biomedical Dept., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
1999-2005: Biochemistry programme at Potsdam University, Potsdam, Germany, Graduation as Diplom-Biochemiker
office: Rutherford 422

Research: Genetic and epigenetic mapping.


Other Students, Incomplete List


CEGEP
Simon Papillon
Philippe Fortin Simard
David Arto Laleyan
Undergraduates
Hugo Brandao
Jaan Altosaar
Charles Bouchard
Phil Novosad
Jean-Luc Rukundo
Khadija El Beroum
Mike Wei
Peter Yao
Alex Stange
Ricky Muller-Moran
Haider Riaz
Lyndon Duong
Laurence Coursol
Omar Khan
Kemal Sobotkiewicz
Patrick Macos

Visitors and collaborators, Past and Present


Sheets and Gupta (photo)
Julian Sheats and Dimini Gupta
Research:Confined polymer physics.
Collaboration:Summer 2013 (from University of Minnesota)
Haig (photo)
Pierre Berube and Haig Djambazian
Research:Single molecule genetic sequencing.
Collaboration:Summer 2013 to Present(from Genome Quebec)
Peter Ostergaard (photo)
Peter Friis Ostergaard
Research:Plastic nanofluidic devices.
Visit:March-June, 2012 (from Danish Technical University)
Hongwen Sun

Research:Electronic detection of nanopore translocation.
Visit:May 2012 (from Hohei University, China)
Nordine Diffalah

Status:Student at INRS
Research:Tip-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for DNA analysis.