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Andreas Dorian

Andreas is from the warm and tranquil city of Edmonton. He acquired his undergraduate degree from the University of Alberta, during which time he completed a year-long internship at Gilead Sciences. He joined the Williams group in 2016, where he is known for having an odd, antiquated, and overall poor sense of humor.

When not cleaning the lab to an inexplicable degree, he can be found making or drinking beer, hiking in the nearby rocky mountains, daydreaming about knot tying, or playing board games.

Khyati Gohil

Khyati moved to Edmonton from the vibrant city of Mumbai to pursue her graduate studies in chemistry. She previously obtained her undergraduate degree in pharmaceutical sciences from the Institute of Chemical Technology. After joining the lab in 2016, she has been working on the synthesis of neurotrophic molecules and elucidating their mechanism of action. When not busy looking through the microscope you will find her stargazing, snooping around bookstores and having fun with paints.

Nam Truong

Nam Truong is currently a Masters student in Williams lab at University of Alberta. He got his bachelor degree in Chemistry from University of Science, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He is now doing research related to Palladium and Boron chemistry. Beside lab work and chemistry, he spends most of his time in the gym to release stress and relax.

Zain Kazmi

Zain was born and raised in India. He received his B. Sc. (Hons.) from University of Delhi where he worked on pharmacognosis of Selaginella sp. and evaluation of its antimicrobial activities. During his Masters from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, he worked in the lab of Ravi Bhushan on enantioseparation of racemic drugs. He later worked in the Vankar lab at IIT, Kanpur, as the summer intern and explored the alpha-glycosylation of 1,2-anhydrosugars using HClO4.SiO2 as the reagent system. In fall of 2017, Zain moved to Edmonton and joined the Williams lab as a PhD graduate student and is currently working on the organic synthesis of neurotrophic molecules. Outside of lab, Zain passionately dislikes video games, hates badminton and definitely despises hiking. Sometimes he can be seen struggling with guitar and taking absurd pictures.

Krystyn Dubicki

Krystyn comes to the University of Alberta from Victoria, B.C, where she traded 7 months of perpetual rain for 7 months of snow and below freezing temperatures. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Victoria, where she earned a B.Sc in Biochemistry and Honour's Thesis in Chemistry (supervised by Prof. Fraser Hof). After graduation Krystyn tried on several different hats of employment working as an assistant in UVic's Occupational Health & Safety Department, then as a laboratory assistant/teaching assistant for UVic's Biochemistry & Microbiology 3rd and 4th year teaching labs and lastly as a microbiology technician at Vancouver Island University (Nanaimo, B.C). After 3 years of trying to find fruitful employment, Krystyn decided to venture east to Alberta for graduate studies. Outside of the lab, Krystyn enjoys speedrunning video games, photography and cake decorating. You can follow her on Twitter @lilxtyn .

Alex Predy

Alex was born and raised in Edmonton and is currently working towards a B. Sc. (Hons.) in Pharmacology. After joining the Williams group in May of 2017 she started working on organometallic chemistry, including the synthesis and reactivity of palladium-NHC complexes.

Alex played water polo for 8 years and competed on the Canadian women's National Team. When she is not in the lab, Alex enjoys swimming and eating chocolate. Sometimes you can catch her taking a whiff of diethyl ether.

Former members:

  • Bren Jordan Atienza (Post-doc)
  • Brendan Kelly (Undergraduate)
  • Benjamin (Undergraduate)
  • Issac (Undergraduate)
  • Daniella Hernandez (Undergraduate)
  • Lenny Lin (Undergraduate)
  • Rei Chee (Undergraduate)