Lab Alumni

Group photo of the Hancock Lab outside building

Thank you to everyone who has worked in the lab. We mention our former members here.  If you don’t see your name, or the information is incorrect please, send us an email: assistant (at) hancocklab (dot) com to let us know what you’re up to.

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  • Mrigaya Mehra

    Years in Lab:

    2016-2018

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

  • Maren Smith

    Years in Lab:

    2018-2020

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Katia Pane

    Years in Lab:

    2014-15

    Position in Lab:

    Graduate Student

    Current Location:

    Research Fellow, Italy

  • Christine Yang

    Years in Lab:

    2020-2022

    Position in Lab:

    Graduate Student

    Current Location:

    Amazon

  • Erica Acton

    Years in Lab:

    2017

    Position in Lab:

    Research Technician

  • Javier Castillo-Arnemann

    Years in Lab:

    2019-2021

    Position in Lab:

    Graduate Student

  • Thalia I. Nicas

    Years in Lab:

    1978-82

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

    Current Location:

    Retired - Previously Eli Lilly & Company, IN

  • Barbara Angus

    Years in Lab:

    1980-86

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

    Current Location:

    Living in Ontario, Canada

  • Lucy Mutharia

    Years in Lab:

    1980-84

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

  • Bernadette Mah (Loh)

    Years in Lab:

    1981-84

    Position in Lab:

    M.Sc. Student

  • Richard Darveau

    Years in Lab:

    1981-84

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • R. Keith Poole

    Years in Lab:

    1981-86

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

  • Richard Moore

    Years in Lab:

    1983-86

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Wendy A. Woodruff

    Years in Lab:

    1983-88

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

    Current Location:

    Not known.

  • Joseph Lam

    Years in Lab:

    1984

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Tom Parr

    Years in Lab:

    1984-86

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Angus Bell

    Years in Lab:

    1984-89

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

    Current Location:

    Brunel University London (Deputy Director – Research Support & Development)

  • Janet Kluftinger

    Years in Lab:

    1984-89

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

    Current Location:

    U. British Columbia (Biology Sessional Lecturer)

  • Lynn Moore

    Years in Lab:

    1985-86

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    Calgary School District (Science Teacher)

  • Grace Choi

    Years in Lab:

    2017-23

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    Not known.

  • Betty Worobec

    Years in Lab:

    1985-87

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Janet Sawyer

    Years in Lab:

    1985-87

    Position in Lab:

    M.Sc. Student

    Current Location:

    Veterinarian, Ontario

  • Niamh Kelly

    Years in Lab:

    1985-88

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Nancy Martin

    Years in Lab:

    1985-92

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

  • Catherine Ullstrom

    Years in Lab:

    1986-90

    Position in Lab:

    M.Sc. Student

    Current Location:

    Not known.

  • Kevin Piers

    Years in Lab:

    1987-93

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

    Current Location:

    Mulgrave School, West Vancouver (Biology & Biotechnology Teacher)

  • Helen Jost

    Years in Lab:

    1988-89

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Karl Erich Jaeger

    Years in Lab:

    1988-89

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Francis Bellido

    Years in Lab:

    1988-91

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    Soundbite Medical, Montreal (Chief Financial Officer)

  • Theyne Mork

    Years in Lab:

    1988-92

    Position in Lab:

    M.Sc. Student

    Current Location:

    Not known.

  • Richard Siehnel

    Years in Lab:

    1985-93

    Position in Lab:

    Research Associate

  • Eileen Rawling

    Years in Lab:

    1988-95

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

  • Renee Finnen

    Years in Lab:

    1989-91

    Position in Lab:

    M.Sc. Student

  • Christine Egli

    Years in Lab:

    1990-92

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    Retired - Previously Lonza AG

  • David Cabral

    Years in Lab:

    1990-92

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Michelle Young-Bellido

    Years in Lab:

    1990-92

    Position in Lab:

    M.Sc. Student

    Current Location:

    Pharmascience, Montreal (Director of Business Improvement)

  • Rebecca Wong

    Years in Lab:

    1990-95

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

    Current Location:

    PAREXEL International (Manager, Medical Writing Services)

  • Nedra Karunaratne

    Years in Lab:

    1990-96

    Position in Lab:

    Research Associate

  • Melissa Brown

    Years in Lab:

    1991-93

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Hongjin Huang

    Years in Lab:

    1991-95

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

    Current Location:

    Celera Diagnostics, California (Project Leader)

  • Anand Sukhan

    Years in Lab:

    1991-96

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

    Current Location:

    U. Manitoba, Dept. of Biology

  • Xiaowen Bina (Liao)

    Years in Lab:

    1991-96

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

    Current Location:

    U. Pittsburgh (Research Assistant Professor)

  • Maurice Exner

    Years in Lab:

    1991-97

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

    Current Location:

    Hologic Inc (Vice President R&D)

  • Gilles Chevalier

    Years in Lab:

    1992-94

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    Not known.

  • David Lynn

    Years in Lab:

    2005-09

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Geeta Saxena

    Years in Lab:

    1992-94

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    Health Canada, Ottawa (Advisor)

  • Victoria Korolik

    Years in Lab:

    2010

    Position in Lab:

    Sabbatical

  • Manhong Wu

    Years in Lab:

    1993-98

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

  • Brian Calvert

    Years in Lab:

    2003-05

    Position in Lab:

    Research Technician

  • Bernd Rehm

    Years in Lab:

    1994-95

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Reza Falsafi

    Years in Lab:

    2002-

    Position in Lab:

    Research Technician

  • Hideyuki Matsuura

    Years in Lab:

    1994-95

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    Hokkaido University, Japan (Associate Professor)

  • Eun Hee Lee

    Years in Lab:

    1994-96

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    Not known.

  • Shafique Fidai

    Years in Lab:

    1994-96

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    unknown

  • Tim Falla

    Years in Lab:

    1994-96

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    Rodan & Fields (CSO)

  • James Bina

    Years in Lab:

    1994-98

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

  • Martina Ochs

    Years in Lab:

    1995-98

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    Sanofi Pasteur, France (Director, Project Leader)

  • Kendy Wong

    Years in Lab:

    1994-01

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

    Current Location:

    Living in Vancouver, British Columbia

  • Carol Friedrich-Fong

    Years in Lab:

    1995-01

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

  • Morgan Alford

    Years in Lab:

    2018-2022

    Position in Lab:

    Graduate Student

  • Matthew McCusker

    Years in Lab:

    1996-98

    Position in Lab:

    M.Sc. Student

    Current Location:

    Beckman Coulter, Ireland (Senior Manger Clinical Chemistry R&D)

  • Andy An

    Years in Lab:

    2017-2023

    Position in Lab:

    Graduate Student

    Current Location:

    Medical Student (U. British Columbia)

  • Monisha Scott

    Years in Lab:

    1996-98, 1998-02

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student, M.Sc. Student

    Current Location:

    Biotechnology Consultant/Contractor, Portland, Oregon

  • Xiaoyan Jia

    Years in Lab:

    1996-99

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    Physician & U. British Columbia (Clinical Assistant Professor)

  • Nick Cheng

    Years in Lab:

    1996-97

    Position in Lab:

    Research Associate

    Current Location:

    Not known.

  • Aleks Patrzykat

    Years in Lab:

    1996-01

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

    Current Location:

    National Research Council Canada (Director of Strategic Initiatives)

  • Fiona Brinkman

    Years in Lab:

    1996-01

    Position in Lab:

    Research Associate, Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Agnes Kwasnicka

    Years in Lab:

    1997-99

    Position in Lab:

    M.Sc. Student

    Current Location:

    Deceased 2012. Sadly missed.

  • Lijuan Zhang

    Years in Lab:

    1997-01

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    unknown

  • Emma McFarlane

    Years in Lab:

    1998-00

    Position in Lab:

    Research Associate

  • Pradeep Nair

    Years in Lab:

    1999-01

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    Teva Canada Innovation (Associate Director, Oncology - Medical Affairs)

  • Annett Rozek

    Years in Lab:

    1998-03

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • James Jo

    Years in Lab:

    1999-02

    Position in Lab:

    M.Sc. Student

  • Michelle Brazas

    Years in Lab:

    1999-05

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

  • Joseph McPhee

    Years in Lab:

    1999-06

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

  • Sandeep Tamber

    Years in Lab:

    1999-06

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

    Current Location:

    Health Canada

  • Donald Davidson

    Years in Lab:

    2000-04

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Shawn Lewenza

    Years in Lab:

    2000-04

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Dawn Bowdish

    Years in Lab:

    2000-05

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

  • Jon-Paul Powers

    Years in Lab:

    2000-06

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

  • Elaine Lau

    Years in Lab:

    2001-04

    Position in Lab:

    M.Sc. Student

    Current Location:

    Notch Therapeutics, Vancouver (Scientist I)

  • Sophie Tremblay-Paquet

    Years in Lab:

    2002-04

    Position in Lab:

    M.Sc. Student

    Current Location:

    Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec (Radiologist)

  • David Jung

    Years in Lab:

    2002-04

    Position in Lab:

    Research Technician

    Current Location:

    Evonik, Vancouver (Manager, Extruder Dept.)

  • Neidy Jianhong Gong

    Years in Lab:

    2002-05

    Position in Lab:

    Research Associate

    Current Location:

    Deceased. Sadly missed.

  • Gregory Doho

    Years in Lab:

    2002-06

    Position in Lab:

    M.Sc. Student

    Current Location:

    General Dynamics Information Technology, Atlanta (Senior Manager)

  • Neeloffer Mookherjee

    Years in Lab:

    2003-08

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Andy Lo

    Years in Lab:

    2003-07

    Position in Lab:

    M.Sc. Student

    Current Location:

    Living in Hong Kong

  • Kai Hilpert

    Years in Lab:

    2003-07

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Celine Cosseau

    Years in Lab:

    2004-06

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Alexandra Marr

    Years in Lab:

    2004-06

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    Living in the Middle East.

  • Yuexin Li

    Years in Lab:

    2004-07

    Position in Lab:

    M.Sc. Student

    Current Location:

    Institute for Heart and Lung Health, Vancouver

  • Jie (Jessie) Yu

    Years in Lab:

    2004-06

    Position in Lab:

    M.Sc. Student

    Current Location:

    Stemcell Technologies, Vancouver (Scientist)

  • Jelena Pistolic

    Years in Lab:

    2004-07

    Position in Lab:

    M.Sc. Student

    Current Location:

    EMBL GeneCore, Germany

  • Kelly Brown

    Years in Lab:

    2004-07

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Linda Rehaume

    Years in Lab:

    2004-10

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

    Current Location:

    Aurinia Pharmaceuticals (Senior Research Scientist)

  • Sarah Veatch

    Years in Lab:

    2005-06

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • W. James Gooderham

    Years in Lab:

    2005-08

    Position in Lab:

    M.Sc. Student

    Current Location:

    Physician, Port Moody (Fraser Health Authority)

  • Joerg Overhage

    Years in Lab:

    2005-08

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Matthew Waldbrook

    Years in Lab:

    2005-08

    Position in Lab:

    M.Sc. Student

    Current Location:

    Xenon Pharmaceuticals, Vancouver (Research Associate)

  • Pamela Hamill

    Years in Lab:

    2005-09

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Havard Jenssen

    Years in Lab:

    2005-09

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • John Hale

    Years in Lab:

    2006-09

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    BLIS Technologies, NZ (Bus. Dev. Mgr., Scientist, Tech Support)

  • Aaron Wyatt

    Years in Lab:

    2006-08

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

    Current Location:

    Deceased December 2008. Sadly missed.

  • Niall Filewod

    Years in Lab:

    2006-08

    Position in Lab:

    M.Sc. Student

    Current Location:

    Trillium Health Partners (Associate Professional Staff Member)

  • Irith Wiegand

    Years in Lab:

    2006-09

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Jennifer Gardy

    Years in Lab:

    2006-09

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Kristen (Schurek) Kindrachuk

    Years in Lab:

    2006-10

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

  • Anastasia Nijnik (Anastasiya Nyzhnyk)

    Years in Lab:

    2006-11

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Laurence Madera

    Years in Lab:

    2006-12

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

  • Shaan Gellatly

    Years in Lab:

    2006-12

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

  • Sarah Mullaly

    Years in Lab:

    2007-09

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Jason Kindrachuk

    Years in Lab:

    2007-09

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Luis Arroyo Pedrero

    Years in Lab:

    2007-09

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    Medical Microbiologist, Murcia, Spain

  • Elena Breidenstein

    Years in Lab:

    2007-12

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

    Current Location:

    Summit Therapeutics, UK (Associate Director)

  • Olga Pena

    Years in Lab:

    2007-13, 2017-18

    Position in Lab:

    Research Associate, Ph.D Student

  • Donna Easton

    Years in Lab:

    2008-10

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Australia (Floor Manager)

  • Shuhua Ma

    Years in Lab:

    2008-11

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    Private Pathology Practice, Texas

  • Amy Yeung

    Years in Lab:

    2008-12

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

    Current Location:

    GSK (Investigator)

  • Erin Nicholls

    Years in Lab:

    2008-12

    Position in Lab:

    M.Sc. Student

    Current Location:

    Family Physician, Alberta

  • Christopher Fjell

    Years in Lab:

    2008-12

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    BC Centre for Disease Control (Clinical Genome Microbiologist)

  • Lucia Fernandez-Llamas

    Years in Lab:

    2008-13

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    Asturian Institute of Dairy Products, Spain (Postdoc)

  • Feifei Han

    Years in Lab:

    2009-10

    Position in Lab:

    Clinician Scientist

    Current Location:

     Zhejiang Gongshang University (School of Food Science & Bioengineering)

  • Quentin Espinassous

    Years in Lab:

    2009-11

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    Miltenyi Biotect (Product Specialist)

  • Laure Magrangeas-Janot

    Years in Lab:

    2009-12

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    Centre for Molecular Biophysics, France (Research Associate)

  • Lisa Wong

    Years in Lab:

    2009-13

    Position in Lab:

    M.Sc. Student

    Current Location:

    Sinai Health Systems (Infection Control Epidemiologist)

  • Mukesh Pasupuleti

    Years in Lab:

    2010-11

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    Central Drug Research Institute, India (Senior Scientist)

  • Patrick Taylor

    Years in Lab:

    2011-14

    Position in Lab:

    M.Sc. Student

    Current Location:

    U. Ottawa (Ph. D Student)

  • Fany Reffuveille

    Years in Lab:

    2012-14

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    U. Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France (Lecturer)

  • Matt Mayer

    Years in Lab:

    2007-15

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

    Current Location:

    Patient Advocate, Winnipeg

  • Nicole Afacan

    Years in Lab:

    2008-16

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

  • Cesar de la Fuente

    Years in Lab:

    2009-15

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow, Ph.D Student

  • Ryan Ho

    Years in Lab:

    2011-15

    Position in Lab:

    M.Sc. Student

    Current Location:

    Not known.

  • Jeff (Jianguo) Xia

    Years in Lab:

    2012-14

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Maia Benner

    Years in Lab:

    2013-14

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Patrik Mlynrick

    Years in Lab:

    2013-14

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    Palacky University Olomouc (Dept. Microbiology), Czech Republic

  • Aline Castro

    Years in Lab:

    2014

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    Petrobras, Brazil (Chemical Engineer)

  • Ashley Hilchie

    Years in Lab:

    2011-15

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    IMV Inc

  • Rasmus Jahnsen

    Years in Lab:

    2012-13

    Position in Lab:

    Ph.D Student

    Current Location:

    Novodisk (Patent Attorney)

  • Arjun Baghela

    Years in Lab:

    2016-2022

    Position in Lab:

    Graduate Student

  • Simone Barbosa

    Years in Lab:

    2016

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Corrie Belanger

    Years in Lab:

    2015-2021

    Position in Lab:

    Graduate Student

  • John Cheng

    Years in Lab:

    2016-2019

    Position in Lab:

    Research Associate

    Current Location:

  • Shannon Coleman

    Years in Lab:

    2014-2020

    Position in Lab:

    Graduate Student

  • Erin Gill

    Years in Lab:

    2014-2018

    Position in Lab:

    Research Associate

  • Sam Holton Hinshaw

    Years in Lab:

    2015-2018

    Position in Lab:

    Graduate Student

    Current Location:

    AbCellera

  • Amy Lee

    Years in Lab:

    2016-2019

    Position in Lab:

    Research Associate

  • Sarah Mansour

    Years in Lab:

    2013-2018

    Position in Lab:

    Graduate Student

  • Veronica Martini

    Years in Lab:

    2016

    Position in Lab:

    Graduate Student

    Current Location:

    Research Internship, Denmark

  • Daniel Pletzer

    Years in Lab:

    2015-2019

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • Negin Rahanjam

    Years in Lab:

    2016-2022

    Position in Lab:

    Research Technician

  • Katharine Sedivy-Haley

    Years in Lab:

    2012-2020

    Position in Lab:

    Graduate Student

  • Evelyn Sun

    Years in Lab:

    2014-2019

    Position in Lab:

    Graduate Student

  • Mike Trimble

    Years in Lab:

    2014-2020

    Position in Lab:

    Research Associate

  • Qian Wang

    Years in Lab:

    2013-14

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    Not known

  • Lauren Wilkinson

    Years in Lab:

    2013-2018

    Position in Lab:

    Graduate Student

    Current Location:

    BEd program, UBC

  • Heidi Wolfmeier

    Years in Lab:

    2016-2018

    Position in Lab:

    Post-Doctoral Fellow

    Current Location:

    Germany

  • Catherine (Bing) Wu

    Years in Lab:

    2015-2022

    Position in Lab:

    Graduate Student

  • Kelli Wuerth

    Years in Lab:

    2010-2017

    Position in Lab:

    Graduate Student