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Ayush Kumar, PhD
Ayush is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba. He is currently the Associate Dean - Strategic Initiatives in the Faculty of Science.
Ayush completed his BSc (Microbiology and Biochemistry) and MSc (Microbiology) from Dr. R.M.L. Awadh University, Faizabad, India. His PhD work was carried out in the laboratory of Dr. Elizabeth Worobec, Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba. Ayush received his post-doctoral training in the laboratory of Dr. Herbert Schweizer, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO. He joined the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (now Ontario Tech University) as an Assistant Professor in 2007. Ayush relocated his laboratory to the University of Manitoba in 2013.
Ayush was the President of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists in 2020-2021. He was also the inaugural Chair of the CSM Equity, Diversity, Inclusion subcommittee.
Present Lab Members
Present Lab Members
Dawn White. Technician
MSc: Carleton University
BSc: University of Waterloo
Ruwani Wimalasekara, PhD Student
MSc: University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
BSc: University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Ruwani is studying the regulatory networks that control antibiotic resistance and virulence of A. baumannii.
Ruwani is an accomplished badminton player, and has represented the Sri Lanka University Badminton team at the World University Badminton Championship in 2012.
Sawsan Abed, PhD Student (co-supervised with Dr. Georg Hausner)
MSc: University of Florida, USA
BSc: Tikrit University, Iraq
Sawsan is working on characterization of secondary metabolites with antimicrobial properties from Leptographium spp.
Sawsan loves to spend time with her family and reading fiction.
Aamer Kurdi, PhD Student (co-supervised with Dr. Georg Hausner)
MSc: University of Manitoba
BSc: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Aamer is characterizing novel antimicrobial compound producing fungi.
Aamer truly appreciates the diversity in fungi and has an impressive collection of pictures of various fungal isolates.
Elaine Schultz, MSc Student
BSc: University of Manitoba
Elaine is studying multidrug resistance systems in Acinetobacter pittii.
Daniela Noriega, MSc Student
BSc: Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores deMonterrey (ITESM), Mexico
Daniela studies multidrug resistance efflux system MexXY in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Jessica Xia, MSc Student
BSc: University of Manitoba
Jessica is studying interactions of different components of RND complexes in A. baumannii.
Kaya Friesen, Undergraduate Research Assistant
BSc: University of Manitoba (In progress)
Kaya is studying molecular mechanisms of colistin resistance in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-baumannii bacteria. Outside of the lab, Kaya enjoys playing soccer and finding new local restaurants to try.
Sarah Lantz, Undergraduate Research Assistant
BSc: University of Manitoba (In progress)
Ella Spence, Undergraduate Research Assistant
BSc: University of Manitoba (In progress)
Ella likes to read and go outdoors during her free time. She also works coaching gymnastics.
*Photo credit: Kira Koop (@kirakoop) and Faculty of Science, University of Manitoba
A parody video created by Yasser, Dinesh, and Alex (2014)
Past
Past
Dr. Yanqi Li, PDF
Dr. Rakesh Patidar, RA
Dr. Yanelis Acebo-Guerrero, PDF
Dr. Ellen Sykes, PhD (2024)
Dr. Vanessa Kornelsen, PhD (2024)
Dr. Manu Singh, PhD (2019)
Dr. Malaka De Silva, PhD (2019)
Dr. Dinesh Fernando, PhD (2015)
Chi Dang, MSc (2024)
Anita Murdock, MSc (co-supervised with Dr. Annemieke Farenhorst) (2022)
Debjyoti Thakur, MSc (2022)
Tajinder Kainth, MSc (2021)
Sabrin Bashar, MSc (co-supervised with Dr. Annemieke Farenhorst) (2021)
Amal Ibrahim, MSc (co-supervised with Dr. Georg Hausner) (2020)
Aamer Kurdi, MSc (co-supervised with Dr. Georg Hausner) (2020)
Ruidong Mi, MSc (co-supervised with Dr. Annemieke Farenhorst) (2018)
Mark Unger, MSc (2017)
Yasser Alsaadi, MSc (2014)
Sarah Warren, MSc (2013)
Andrei Bazyleu, MSc (2013)
Sujani Ganeshanantham, MSc (2011)
Jenny Cortez-Cardova, MSc (2010)
Noor Imran, Undergraduate Researcher
Revanth Gowda , Mitacs Globalink intern
Cara Follows, Undergraduate Researcher
Tori Maxwell, Honors Thesis Student
Aakash Natarajan, Honors Thesis Student
Greg Karvelas, Faculty of Science USRA
Anna Muzaleva, Undergradatue Researcher (Co-Op program)
Kayla Mcivor, Undegradaute intern
Elaine Schultz, Honors Thesis Student
Somava Nath, Mitacs Globalink intern
Aman Dheer, Mitacs Globalink intern
Aimeen Sharoze, Undergraduate Researcher (Co-Op program)
Katarina Kowatsch, Honors Thesis Student
Meerim Esenbekova, Undergraduate Researcher (Co-Op program)
Sydney McLaughlin, U Manitoba VPRI Summer Award
Raelene Engelberg, Honors Thesis Student
Owen Barber-Dueck, Honors Thesis Student
Matt Mayor, NSERC USRA
Nathan Glowach, Faculty of Science USRA
Rebecca Zimmer, U Manitoba VPRI Summer Award
Kristen Graham, Undergraduate Researcher
Umema Rafay, U Manitoba VPRI Summer Award (co-supervised with Dr. Georg Hausner)
Kaleigh Ducas-Mowchun, Honors Thesis Student
Shady Rizk, Faculty of Science USRA (co-supervised with Dr. Georg Hausner)
Madison Chapel, NSERC USRA (co-supervised with Dr. Georg Hausner)
Megan Guimond, NSERC USRA
Daniela Noriega, Mitacs Globalink intern
Oreofe Okunnu, NSERC Undergraduate Researcher
Sehar Nurpuri, Honors Thesis Student (co-supervised with Dr. Georg Hausner)
Shirley Wang, Honors Thesis Student
Shaheer Shahat, U Manitoba VPRI Summer Award (co-supervised with Dr. Georg Hausner)
Alexa McAdam, Honors Thesis Student
Taylor Morriseau, Undergraduate Researcher (Co-Op program)
Shane Cameron, NSERC Undergraduate Researcher
Swastik Sen, Mitacs Globalink intern
Austein McLoughlin, Honors Thesis Student (co-supervised with Dr. Deborah Court)
Monica Mai, Undergraduate Researcher (co-supervised with Dr. Annemieke Farenhorst)
Jasmine Frost, Honors Thesis Student
Jenna Poole, Undergraduate Researcher
Vincent Law, Faculty of Science Undergraduate Researcher
Sohini Bagchi, Mitacs Globalink intern
Alexander Tsibulski, Undergraduate Researcher (Co-Op program)
Leah Brown, NSERC Undergraduate Researcher
Blake Harris, Undergraduate Researcher
Jasleen Hora, Honors Thesis Student
Aajab Abdulhusein, Undergraduate Researcher
Massimo Narini, Undergraduate Researcher
Jade Greenly, NSERC Undergraduate Researcher
Hira Sohail, Honors Thesis Student
Ian Ngaira, Honors Thesis Student
Tremayne Peart, Undergraduate Researcher (UOIT Summer Research Award recipient, 2010)
Elliot Byrne, Undergraduate Researcher
Sean Chin, Undergraduate Researcher
Courtney Dalton, Undergraduate Researcher (UOIT Summer Research Award recipient, 2009)
Melissa Schultz, Honors Thesis Student
Dr. Alireza Samarbaf, Visiting Scientist
Bukola Fakayode, Visiting Scientist
Ravitej Goteti, Undergraduate Researcher (UOIT Summer Research Award recipient, 2008)
Reza Jafari, Undergraduate Researcher
Elizabeth Racz, Honors Thesis Student
Shoshana Cook-Libin, Technician
Oscar Sze, Technician
Dr. Kari Kumar, Research Associate
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