Lab Members

IMG_7954Jacqueline Quandt

Position: Principal Investigator & Associate Director of the UBC MS Research Group

Awards and Honours2016 Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Education – Faculty of Medicine

YWCA Women of Distinction Award Nominee – Research and Sciences 2016

Most Valuable Player Award – Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2016

MS Ambassador of the Year – MS Society of Canada BC/Yukon Division 2014

Name: Robin Tharakan

Position: Research Assistant & Laboratory Manager

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Name: Emily Kamma

Position: Graduate student (PhD candidate, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 2018 – present)

Education: BSc., Biotechnology & Immunology (UBC & BCIT, 2018)

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Name: Vivian Zhu

Position: Graduate student (MSc., Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 2023 – present)

Education: BS., Microbiology & Immunology, Neuroscience (McGill University, 2023)
KayaName: Kaya Frese

Position: Medical Undergraduate Student Researcher

Education: Third Year Medicine, University of British Columbia; BSc., Microbiology & Immunology (University of British Columbia, 2022)

Name: Nicola Wray

Position: Undergraduate Student Researcher 

Education: BSc. Interdisciplinary Science, University of British Columbia

Quandt Lab Alumni

Samir Alkabie

Victoria Baronas

Jayasree Basivireddy

Elena Cavazzi

Daphne de Launay

Nikhita Dogra

Negar Farzam-kia

Andrew Leung

Natasha Moffatt

Cheryl Whiting

Lixin Zhou

Sarah Neil

Katerina Othonos

Adam Yu

Tissa Rahim

Gabrielle Chartier

Heather Yong

David Hunt

Jake Johnston

Maria-Elisabeth Baeva

Fraser Muir

Farhia Abdullahi

Pal Patel

Aarushi Sehgal

Pierre Becquart

Katie Mayne

Curtis Wong

Grace Du

Arsyangela Verena

Sahar Farhangi