Research Staff

Tori

Tori Dauvin

🇨🇦

Tori was a research assistant working with Emily Hein from Summer 2022 to 2025. She investigated the role of histamine in the biology of Acinetobacter baumannii. She is currently a medical student at USask.

 

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dinesh

Dinesh Wellawa PhD

🇱🇰/🇨🇦

Dinesh was a postdoctoral fellow in the Sheldon Lab from 2022-2023. He investigated the role of histamine in Acinetobacter baumannii iron acquisition, and lactate in bacterial pathogenesis. He is an author on a Cell Host & Microbe paper for his efforts on the latter (PMID: 40020664). He is currently a postdoc with Dr. Wolfgang Koester at VIDO.

 

Undergraduate Students

Christine

Christine Joyce Francisco

🇵🇭/🇨🇦

Christine was a 4th year project student, student research assistant, and a 2 x Biomed Summer Research Project Awardee. She investigated iron acquisition and homeostasis in both Acinetobacter baumannii and Morganella morganii. She recently joined the lab of Dr. Richard Hamelin at UBC for her MSc.

Exchange Students

Paula

Paula Lucero Valenzuela Álvarez 

Undergrad Student, Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa

🇲🇽

Paula was a MITACS Globalink Intern during the Summer of 2025.

Helo

Heloisa Moreira Dias Pereira

MSc Student, State University of Maringá (UEM)

🇧🇷

Helo was a MITACS Globalink Intern during the Summer of 2025.

Volunteers

Jay Patel  Winter 2024
Shubh Patel  Winter 2024