The West Group
Group Members
Current Group Members:
Dr. Olivier Mohamad Soueidan
PhD, Paris-Sud 11 University (2008)
PDF with Yvan Sic, ICSN (2009)
PDF with Lydie Pelinski, ENSCI (2010)
PDF with F. G. West, University of Alberta (2011-2014)
Research Project: Synthesis of fluorinated D-fructose derivatives
Contact: soueidan1[at]hotmail[dot]com
Dr. Seyedeh Nargess Hosseini
Year: 2010
MSc, Tarbiat Modares University-Tehran (2008)
BSc, Shahid Beheshti University-Tehran (2005)
PhD, F.G. West, University of Alberta (2016)
Contact: seyedehn[at]ualberta[dot]ca
Dr. Shaohui Yu
Year: 2016
PhD, University of Alberta (2013)
Contact: shaohui[at]ualberta[dot]ca
Dr. Claudia Weilbeer
Year: 2016
PhD, University of Leipzig (2015)
PDF, Leibniz-Institute for Catalysis in Rostock (2015-2016)
Contact: weilbeer[at]ualberta[dot]ca
Dr. Zhenhua Jia
Year: 2016
PhD, A.S.C. Chan & C.-J. Li, Sun Yat-sen University & McGill University (2013)
PDF, Marquette University (2013-2014)
PDF, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (2014-2016)
Contact:zjia[at]ualberta[dot]ca
Visiting Professors, Research Associates and Postdoctoral Fellows
Graduate Students
Rongrong Mandy Lin
Year: 2011
BSc, University of Alberta (2009)
Research Project: Synthetic studies towards the asymmetric formal synthesis of (+)-laurencin using Stevens [1,2]-shift of sulfonium ylide
Contact: rmlin[at]ualberta[dot]ca
In the media: [video]
Thomas Scully
Year: 2011
MSc, University of Northern British Columbia (2012)
BSc, University of Northern British Columbia (2008)
Research Project: Synthesis of new fluorescent sugar derivatives for imaging (in collaboration with the Cheeseman group, Department of Physiology)
Contact: tscully[at]ualberta[dot]ca
Peter Ghaly
Year: 2012
BSc, German University in Cairo (GUC), Egypt (2012)
Research Project: Synthetic studies toward Noscapine and Derivatives.
Contact: gaied[at]ualberta[dot]ca
Shorena Gelozia
Year: 2013
BSc, Shukhumi Branch Tbilisi State University (2002)
MSc, Tbilisi State University (2004)
Research Project: Development of a new family of calcium sensitizers for managing heart failure
Contact: gelozia[at]ualberta[dot]ca
Kyle McIntosh
Year: 2014
BSc: University of Alberta 2014
Research Project: Intramolecular Trapping of Carbocyclic Allenes
Contact: kcmcinto[at]ualberta[dot]ca
Marius Constantin
Year: 2014
BSc, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, 2014
Research Project: Generating and trapping reactive C-Acyl Imine intermediates
Contact: mariusge[at]ualberta[dot]ca
Yury Karpov
Year: 2015
BSc: Tomsk State University 2010
MS: Russian Academy of Science, Siberian Branch, Institute of Petroleum Chemistry 2012
Research Project: TBA
Contact: ykarpov[at]ualberta[dot]ca
Ahmed Hamdy Elmenoufy
Year: 2015
BSc: Misr University for Science and Technology, Egypt 2011
MS: Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China 2015
Research Project: Novel Therapeutic Strategies for Resistant Colorectal Cancer based on Targeting DNA Repair Pathway
Contact: elmenouf[at]ualberta[dot]ca
Yasseen A. F. Almehmadi
Year: 2016
BSc, King Abdulaziz University, KSA, 2013
Research Project: TBA
Contact: yalmehma[at]ualberta[dot]ca
Ismat Zerin Luna
Year: 2016
BSc, University of Dhaka, 2012
MSc, University of Dhaka, 2014
Research Project: TBAContact: luna[at]ualberta[dot]ca
Natasha Rana
Year: 2016
BSc, University of Delhi, 2014
MSc, University of Delhi, 2016
Research Project: TBA
Contact: nrana[at]ualberta[dot]ca
Previous Group Members
Bren Jordan Atienza
BSc, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines (2009)
PhD, F.G. West University of Alberta (2016)
Current position: PDF, F.Williams University of Alberta (2016)
Dr. Verner Lofstrand
BSc, University of Alberta (2009)
PhD, F.G. West University of Alberta (2015)
PDF, Corey Stephenson, University of Michigan (2015-2016)
PDF, F.G. West University of Alberta (2016)
Current position: Xenon Pharmaceuticals
Sida Zhou
BSc, University of Saskatchewan (2012)
MSc, F.G. West University of Alberta (2015)
Tianmin Niu
B.Eng., Yanshan University, China (2008)
MSc, Zhejiang University, China (2011)
MSc, F.G. West University of Alberta (2015)
Dr. Yonghoon Kwon
BSc, Kyungpook National University (2009)
PhD, F.G. West University of Alberta (2015)
PDF, Alois Fürstner, Max-Planck Institute Mulheim Germany
Dr. Christine Dunbar
BSc, University of British Columbia (2009)
PhD, F.G. West University of Alberta (2015)
PDF, Christopher Cramer, University of Minnesota
Dr. Owen Scadeng
BSc, University of British Columbia (2008)
PhD, F.G.West University of Alberta (2014)
PDF, University of Alberta (2014-2015)
Dr. Ryan Fradette Dr. Alexander Belovodskiy
BSc, University of Alberta (2007)
PhD, F.G.West University of Alberta (2014)
PDF, University of Alberta (2014-2016)
Dr. Alexander Belovodskiy
PhD with E. E. Shults, Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (2011)
PDF with Louis Fensterbank, UPMC (2011)
PDF with F.G. West, University of Alberta (2012-2013)
Current Position: University of Alberta (2013-)
Dr. Shaon Joy
BSc, University of Calcutta (2005)
MSc, IITg (2007)
PhD with F. G. West, University of Alberta (2013)
PDF, University of Alberta (2013-)
Dr. Yen-Ku Wu
BSc, National Tsing Hua University (2004)
MSc, National Tsing Hua University (2006)
PhD with F. G. West, University of Alberta (2013)
PDF with Viresh Rawal, University of Chicago (2013-)
Dr. Sara Bonderoff
BSc, University of Saskatchewan (2006)
PhD with F. G. West, University of Alberta (2012)
PDF with Albert Padwa, Emory University (2012-)
Dr. Graham Murphy
PhD with F. G. West, University of Alberta (2006)
PDF with Masahiro Hirama, Tohoku University (2006-2007)
PDF with John Wood, Colorado State University (2007-2010)
PDF with F. G. West, University of Alberta (2010-2011)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo (2011-)
Dr. Tina Bott
BSc, University of Western Ontario (2005)
PhD with F. G. West, University of Alberta (2011)
Current Position: PDF with Raymond Andersen, University of British Columbia (2011-)
Linghui Yu
BSc, Wilfrid Laurier University (2007)
MSc with F. G. West (2011)
Current Position: ChemRoutes, Edmonton, Alberta (2012-)
Dr. Tina Grant
BSc, University of Western Ontario (2002)
PhD with F. G. West, University of Alberta (2007)
PDF with F. G. West, University of Alberta (2007-2011)
Current Position: Edmonton, Alberta
Dr. Jef Johnston
BSc, University of Saskatchewan (2004)
PhD with F. G. West, University of Alberta (2011)
PDF with Tom Rovis, Colorado State University (2011-2012)
Current Position: Edmonton, Alberta
Dr. Lei Li
PhD with F. G. West, University of Alberta (2008)
PDF with F. G. West, University of Alberta (2009-2010)
Current Position: Gilead Alberta Ulc (2010-)
Dr. Jeff Henderson
PhD with Brian Keay, University of Calgary (2009)
PDF with F. G. West, University of Alberta (2009-2010)
Current Position: Calgary, Alberta
Dr. Curtis Reider
BSc, University of Saskatchewan (2005)
PhD with F. G. West, University of Alberta (2010)
PDF with Keith Woerpel, New York University (2010-2012)
Current Position: Gilead Alberta Ulc (2012-)
Dr. Liya Cao
PhD with F. G. West, University of Alberta (2009)
Current Position: Senior Research Chemist, Shanghai Chemexplorer, China
Dr. Dhananjay Kendre
PDF with F. G. West, University of Alberta (2008-2010)
Current Position: Edmonton, Alberta
Dr. Craig Stewart
PhD with F. G. West, University of Alberta (2009)
PDF with Marcus Tius, University of Hawaii (2010-2011)
Current Position: Chemist I, Process R&D at Apotex Pharmachem Inc. (2011-)
Dr. Waka Nakanishi
PDF with F. G. West, University of Alberta (2008-2009)
Current Position: Senior Lecture, H. Isobe Laboratory, University of Tohoku, Japan (2009-)
Nina Vo
MSc with F. G. West, University of Alberta (2007)
Dr. Chantel Benson
PhD with F. G. West, University of Alberta (2007)
PDF with F. G. West, University of Alberta (2011)
Current Position: Gilead Alberta Ulc (2011-)
Dr. Song Dong
PhD with F. G. West, University of Alberta (2007)
Dr. Karl Winberg
PDF with F. G. West, University of Alberta (2006)
Damian Sowa
MSc with F. G. West, University of Alberta (2006)
Ali Rostami
MSc with F. G. West, University of Alberta (2008)
Current Position: Graduate Student with Mark Taylor, University of Toronto (2008-)
Dr. Hayley Wan
PhD with Andrew Whiting, Durham University
PDF with F. G. West, University of Alberta (2005)
Current Position: Organic Lab Director, University of Alberta (2009-)
Xuan Liu
MSc with F. G. West, University of Alberta (2005)