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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)