Molecular and Environmental Science Group, led by Professors Graham George and Ingrid Pickering. Left to right: Kurt Nienaber, Satya Singh, Andrew Crawford, Kelly Summers, Tracy MacDonald, Julien Cotelesage, Sanjukta Choudhury, Olena Ponomarenko, Linda Vogt, Ashley James, Natasha Dolgova, Susan Nehzati, Graham George, Cheyenne Simoens, Ingrid Pickering

Group members currently supervised or co-supervised

Curtis Boyes

MSc Candidate; Geological Sciences 
 Graham George, Ingrid Pickering

Spectroscopy of crude oil heteroatoms

Dr. Julien Cotelesage

Research Associate; CIHR-THRUST Associate
 Graham George and Ingrid Pickering
 julien.c@usask.ca
Macromolecular crystallography; sulfur speciation in fuels

Dr. Nataliya (Natasha) Dolgova

Research Associate; CIHR-THRUST Associate
 Graham George and Ingrid Pickering; Oleg Dmitriev
nbd408@mail.usask.ca
Selenium biochemistry

Ashley James

PhD Candidate; CIHR-THRUST Fellow
 Graham George, Pat Krone and Ingrid Pickering
ashley.james@usask.ca
Toxicology of methylmercury species probed using X-ray fluorescence imaging of zebrafish

Emerita (Mery) Mendoza

PhD Candidate; Dean's Scholar; CIHR-THRUST Fellow; Graduate Student Association President
 Ingrid Pickering, Graham George
emm698@campus.usask.ca
Selenoenzyme inhibition

Dr. Olena Ponomarenko

Research Associate; CIHR-THRUST Associate
 Graham George and Ingrid Pickering
olena.ponomarenko@usask.ca

Linda Vogt

PhD Candidate; Geological Sciences 
 Graham George, Ingrid Pickering
liv640@mail.usask.ca
Spectroscopy of crude oil heteroatoms

Monica Weng

MSc Candidate; Geological Sciences 
 Graham George, Ingrid Pickering
monica.yiyuanweng@usask.ca
Graphical user interface for synchrotron analyses

Group alumni or alumnae recently supervised or co-supervised

Dr. Kelly Summers

Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Former: PhD Candidate; NSERC Canada Graduate Fellow; CIHR-THRUST Fellow 
Thesis topic: Synchrotron studies of copper in health and disease

Dr. Andrew Crawford

Current: Research Associate, Northwestern University, Illinois, USA
Former: Postdoctoral Fellow; CIHR-THRUST Fellow
Postdoctoral research: Advanced X-ray fluorescence imaging methods

Dr. Susan Nehzati

Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, MAX-IV Laboratory, Lund, Sweden
Former: PhD Candidate; CIHR-THRUST Fellow
Thesis topic: Mercury and advanced X-ray spectroscopy

Dr. Tracy MacDonald

Current: Environmental Scientist, Assocoated Environmental Consultants
Former:
PhD Candidate, Toxicology; Research Assistant
PhD thesis:
Toxicology of inorganic mercury species probed using X-ray fluorescence imaging of zebrafish

Dr. Sanjukta Choudhury

Current: Research Facilitator, University of Saskatchewan
Former: PhD Candidate, Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan
PhD thesis:
Confocal X-ray fluorescence imaging techniques

Dr. Mark Hackett

Current: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Curtin University, Australia
Former: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Saskatchewan; CIHR-THRUST Fellow; Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow; CIHR Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoctoral research: Synchrotron studies of sulfur in health and disease

Dr. Darren Sherrell

Current: Senior Support Scientist, Diamond Light Source, UK 
Former: PhD Candidate, University of Saskatchewan; CIHR-THRUST Fellow
PhD thesis: Diffraction spectroscopy of metalloproteins

Dr. Melani Sooriyaarachchi

Former: PhD (Chemistry, U. Calgary, with Juergen Gailer); CIHR-THRUST Fellow
PhD thesis: Interactions of platinum anti-cancer drugs with plasma proteins and chemoprotective agents

Justin Tse

Current: PhD Candidate, Robarts Research Institute, London ON
Former: MSc, University of Saskatchewan; CIHR-THRUST Fellow
MSc thesis: Selenium speciation and localization in sediment and benthic invertebrates from lakes receiving treated metal mine effluent.

Dr. Soo In Yang

Former: PhD, University of Saskatchewan; CIHR-THRUST Fellow; Postdoctoral Fellow
PhD thesis: Biotransformation and interactions of selenium with mixed and pure culture biofilms

Shaguftah Younus

Former: MSc (Chemistry, with Lee Wilson), University of Saskatchewan; CIHR-THRUST Fellow
MSc thesis: Synthesis and characterization of chitosan-glutaraldehyde sorbent materials for the removal of arsenate

Dr. Elham Zeini Jahromi

Former: PhD Candidate (Chemistry, U. Calgary, Juergen Gailer); CIHR-THRUST Fellow
Interaction of cadmium ions with human plasma and chelation drugs

Dr. Ruwandi Andrahennadi

Current: Research Assistant - Entomology, Agriculture and Agrifood Canada
Former: PhD, University of Saskatchewan.
PhD thesis: Biotransformation of selenium and arsenic in insects: environmental implications