Wender Group Alumni
As of 2026, around 380 individuals have passed through the halls of the Wender Lab, many of whom have gone on to rich careers in industry, academia and beyond.
Meet these individuals below!
Alumni since 2008
in order by "the day they moved on"
For a complete list of Wender Alumni, click here!
Rami Hourani (Graduate Student)
End Date: March 2026
Owen D. McAteer (Graduate Student)
End Date: December 2025
Zhijian Li (Graduate Student)
End Date: 2025
Zachary Gentry (Graduate Student)
End Date: 2024
Gillian Sun (Graduate Student)
End Date: 2024
Harrison P. Rahn (Graduate Student)
End Date: 2024
David J. Fanelli (Graduate Student)
End Date: 2023
Edward Njoo (Graduate Student)
End Date: 2023
Steven Stanton (Postdoctoral Researcher)
End Date: 2020
Quang Luu Nguyen (Graduate Student)
End Date: 2020
David P. Walton (Postdoctoral Researcher)
End Date: March 1, 2020
Jack Sloane (Graduate Student)
End Date: July 31, 2019
Ryan Hemming (Postdoctoral Researcher)
End Date: June 21, 2019
Akira Shimizu (Graduate Student)
End Date: April 10, 2019
Xiaoyu (Janice) Zang (Graduate Student)
End Date: September 30, 2018
So Young Lee (Undergraduate Student)
End Date: September 1, 2018
Jefferson Tyler (Masters Student)
End Date: August 31, 2018
Stephen Ho (Postdoctoral Researcher)
End Date: August 24, 2018
Colin McKinlay (Graduate Student)
End Date: July 25, 2018
Danny Solga (Visiting Scholar)
End Date: June 31, 2018
Melanie Hunter (Graduate Student)
End Date: March 31, 2018
Tristan Wegner (Visiting Scholar)
End Date: March 2, 2018
Katie Near (Graduate Student)
End Date: October 20, 2017
Matt Stevens (Graduate Student)
End Date: August 31, 2017
Matt Jeffreys (Graduate Student)
End Date: June 30, 2017
Ryan Quiroz (Graduate Student)
End Date: June 20, 2017
Samanta Capolicchio (Postdoctoral Researcher)
End Date: January 31, 2017
Jessica Vargas (Graduate Student)
End Date: November 15, 2016
Gabriella Fernandes Cunha (Postdoctoral Researcher)
End Date: October 27, 2017
Steven Ryckbosch (Graduate Student)
End Date: October 15, 2016
Daryl Staveness (Graduate Student)
End Date: May 20, 2015
Andreas Steib (Postdoctoral Researcher)
End Date: May 15, 2015
Jennifer Mattler (Graduate Student)
End Date: April 30, 2015
Filip Hessler (Postdoctoral Researcher)
End Date: April 30, 2015
Adam Cook (Postdoctoral Scholar)
Hometown: Ajax, ON. Canada.
Previous School: University of Ottawa
Previous Advisor: Stephen Newman
Project Description(s): Drug delivery, Drug Discovery, Antibiotics