
The Pratt Group
Organic & Bioorganic Chemistry
Current Group Members


Dr. Markus Griesser
Ph.D. (TU Graz, Austria)
​Post-Doctoral Fellow 2014 - Current
Evan Haidasz
B.Sc. (Queen's, 2011)
Ph.D. Candidate 2011 - Current


Bo Li
B.Sc. (Nankai, 2008)
M.Sc. (Western, 2010)
Ph.D. Candidate 2011 - Current
Jean-Philippe Chauvin
B.Sc. (Ottawa, 2012)
Ph.D. Candidate 2012 - Current

Zosia Zielinski
B.Sc. (UPEI, 2012)
Ph.D. Candidate 2012 - Current

Ron Shah
B.Sc. (Ottawa, 2013)
Ph.D. Candidate 2013 - Current

Nadia Hassani
B.Sc. (Ottawa, 2012)
M.Sc. Candidate 2012 - Current​

Omkar Zilka
B.Sc. (Carleton, 2013)
​M.Sc. Candidate 2014 - Current

YuXuan Lin
B.Sc. Candidate 2014 - Current

Kareem Harrison
B.Sc. Candidate 2014 - Current

Derek Meng
B.Sc. Candidate 2014 - Current

Kaitlyn Margison
B.Sc. Candidate 2014 - Current
Former Group Members
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Meghan Haycock, M.Sc. (2014)
Nathalie Presseau, M.Sc. (2013)
Now: Niva Inc., Ottawa, ON
Jason J. Hanthorn, Ph.D. (2012)
Now: Lubrizol Corp., Cleveland, OH
Graham E. Garrett, M.Sc. (2011)
joint with J. Scott Parent (Chem. Eng.)
Now: Ph.D. Candidate, U. of Toronto
Jianxing (Alex) Yang, M.Sc. (2011)
Now: GL Chemtec, Oakville, ON
Dong Yan, M.Sc. (2011)
joint with C. D. Funk (Molecular Physiology)
Now: Ph.D. Cadidate, U. of Calgary
Alaina J. McGrath, M.Sc. (2010)
Now: U. of California at Santa Barbara
Di Hu, M.Sc. (2010)
Now: Bioniche Life Sciences, Belleville, ON
Rami Dhanoa, M.Sc. (2010)
Now: Toronto Research Chemicals Inc., Toronto, ON
Matthew Morrison, M.Sc. (2009)
Now: D.D.S. Candidate, McGill U.
Johan Brinkhorst, M.Sc. (2009)
Now: Hilti Corp. Kaufering, Germany
POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS
Feng (Gavin) Zheng, PDF (2011-2013)
Jitendra Harjani, PDF (2010-2011)
Next: Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Daria Torfimova, PDF (2009)
Next: Queen's Cancer Research Institute
Vipraja Vaidya, PDF (2008)
Next: Biocon Ltd.
Mukund Jha, PDF (2006-2008)
Next: Assistant Professor, Nippissing U.
Susheel Nara, PDF (2006-2008)
Next: Senior Research Investigator, Syngene International
VISITING STUDENTS
Marco Mazzonna, Ph.D. (Rome) 2011
Paul Gebhardt, M.Sc. (Muenster) 2011
Alexandre Peruchon, M.Sc. (Grenoble) 2011
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Kareem Harrison, Summer Co-op (2014)
Next: Undergraduate Student, U. Ottawa
YuXuan Lin, NSERC USRA (2014)
Next: Undergraduate Student, U. Ottawa
Saba Samet, NSERC USRA (2014)
Next: Undergraduate Student, U. Ottawa
Shelby Allison, WISE (2014), NSERC USRA (2013), Honours (2014)
Elise Malek-Adamian, NSERC USRA (2013), Honours (2014)
Next: Graduate Student, McGill U.
Sarah Piotrkowski, Honours (2014)
Next: Undergraduate Student, U. Ottawa
Ron Shah, NSERC USRA (2012), Honours (2013)
Next: Graduate Student, U. Ottawa (Pratt)
Abdullah Akbar, Honours (2012)
Next: Graduate Student, U. Ottawa (Keillor)
Jazmin Bansagi, Honours (2012)
Next: Graduate Student, U. Toronto (Batey)
Nevena Cekic, Summer Co-op (2012), Honours (2012)
Next: Graduate Student, Simon Fraser U. (Vocadlo)
J.P. Chauvin, Honours (2012)
Next: Graduate Student, U. Ottawa (Pratt)
Nick Cormier, Honours (2012)
Next: M.D. Student, U. Western Ontario
Evan Haidasz, Honours (2010)
Next: Graduate Student, U. Ottawa (Pratt)
Stephanie Hofley, NSERC USRA (2010), Honours (2010)
Next: Graduate Student, U. Toronto
Paul Ricketts, Honours (2010)
Next: M.D. Student, U. Western Ontario
Adam Friedman, NSERC USRA (2010)
Next: Graduate Student, U. Toronto (Lautens)
Krista Butts, NSERC USRA (2009), Honours (2009)
Now: M.D. Student, Dalhousie U.
Mark Rattle, Honours (2009)
Now: Graduate Student, McMaster U.
Chris Witiw, NSERC USRA (2008), Honours (2008)
Now: M.D. Student, U. Manitoba
Andrea Greschner, Honours (2008)
Next: Graduate Student, McGill U. (Sleiman)
Katherine Chan, NSERC USRA (2007)
Next: Graduate Student, Queen's U.
Gabrielle Bouchard, Honours (2007)
Next: Graduate Student, Queen's U.
Amelie Menard, Honours (2007)
Next: Graduate Student, McGill U. (Auclair)
Mayuran Srikantha, Honours (2007)
Next: Graduate Student, U. Toronto
Tom Cooper, NSERC USRA (2006)
Next: Graduate Student, U. Toronto
Heather Stefanison, Honours (2006)
Next: M.D. Student, McGill U.
Micheal Tam, Honours (2006)
Next: Graduate Student, U. Toronto
Tony Zemanek, Honours (2006)
Next: Scientist/Engineer, Hatch Ltd.
UROP STUDENTS
Wissam Nasrallah, 2011
Donald Bastin, 2013