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Christian Danve M. Castroverde
Assistant Professor
Email: dcastroverde(at)wlu(dot)ca
Phone: 519.884.0710 x3552
Academic Webpage: Laurier Biology • Experts at Laurier
CFI Navigator Webpage: Castroverde Lab (Plant Immunity and Stress Biology)
Social Media Profile: @DanveC
Christina Rossi
Ph.D. Student (2023-Present)
M.Sc. Student (2021-2023)
Spencer Tout
M.Sc. Student (2022-Present)
Independent Study Student (Summer 2023)
Dr. Janet Velázquez Pérez
Postdoctoral Fellow* (July 2024-Present)
*Co-supervised with Dr. Sarah Poynter and Dr. Stephanie DeWitte-Orr (Health Science)
Shahmeen Farooqi
Honours Thesis Student (2024-2025)
Arma Salanga
Honours Thesis Student* (2024-2025)
*Co-supervised with Dr. Ken Maly (Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Ravleen Kaur
Volunteer Student (Fall 2024-Present)
Ritchi Sarin
Volunteer Student (Fall 2024-Present)
Tanya Sarin
Volunteer Student (Fall 2024-Present)
Jaya VOS
Volunteer Student (Fall 2024-Present)
Lab Alumni
Graduate Students
Alyssa Shields - M.Sc. Student (2020-2022); Honours Thesis Student (2019-2020)
Eric Marchetta - M.Sc. Student (2021-2023); Directed Studies Student (Winter 2021)
Undergraduate Students
Damaris Dina - USRA Student (Summer 2020); Volunteer (Winter 2020)
Jaqueline Ipina-Salguero - Honours Thesis Student (2020-2021); Volunteer Student (Winter 2020)
Andy Tran - Volunteer Student (Winter 2021)
Vanessa Shivnauth - Research Assistant (Summer 2021); Honours Thesis Student (2020-2021); Mitacs Student (Summer 2020); Directed Studies Student (Winter 2020, Summer 2021); Volunteer Student (Fall 2019)
Hasan Abdullah - Volunteer Student (Summer 2021)
Sonya Pretheepkumar - Honours Thesis Student (2021-2022)
Avneet Brar - Volunteer Student (Fall 2021-Winter 2022)
Rushil Parikh - Volunteer Student (Summer 2021-Winter 2022)
Layana Khan - Volunteer Student (Fall 2021-Winter 2022)
Karen Liu - Honours Thesis Student (Fall 2022-Winter 2023); Directed Studies Student (Summer 2022)
Dhrashti Patel - Honours Thesis Student (Fall 2022-Winter 2023)
Dana Biruk - MITACS Globalink Research Internship Scholar (Summer 2023)
Keaun Amani - Volunteer Bioinformaticist (Fall 2021-Winter 2024); Directed Studies Student (Summer 2022)
Nikaela Walker - Volunteer Student (Fall 2023-Winter 2024); NSERC USRA (Summer 2023); Volunteer Student (Fall 2022-Winter 2023)
Harris Mariampillai - Volunteer Student (Fall 2022-Winter 2023; Fall 2023-Winter 2024)
Fahreen Nur - NSERC USRA (Summer 2024); Volunteer Student (Fall 2022-Winter 2023; Fall 2023-Winter 2024)
Shrujana Kandadai - MITACS Globalink Research Internship Scholar (Summer 2024)
Postdoctoral Fellows and Visiting Professors
Dr. Wasan Mudher - Visiting Professor (June 2022-June 2023); Scholars-At-Risk Visiting Researcher (September 2023-June 2024)