People

Principal Investigator

Dr. Dave Edgell
Dr. Dave Edgell
Principal Investigator, Professor

Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at Western University. Research focuses on gene editing and synthetic biology.

Edgell Lab November 2025
Edgell Lab, November 2025

Current Graduate Trainees

Emily Stuckless
Emily Stuckless
PhD Student
Lian Gai
Lian Gai
PhD Student
Aathavan Uruthirapathy
Aathavan Uruthirapathy
MSc Student
Amani Jaafar
Amani Jaafar
MSc Student
Mairwyn Hall
Mairwyn Hall
MSc Student
Jaime Barrett
Jaime Barrett
MSc Student
Ben Greene
Ben Greene
MSc Student

Oliver, student of the month

Student of the Month

Alumni

  • Kurt Loedige — PhD
  • Gary Foo — PhD
  • Dalton Ham — PhD
  • Tyler Browne — PhD (co-supervised with Greg Gloor)
  • Raagul Sivacumar — MSc
  • Rachel Kelly — PhD (co-supervised with Caroline Schild-Poulter)
  • Olha Haydaychuk — MSc
  • Alexa White — MSc
  • Mahsa Farmanbar — MSc
  • Claire Zhang — MSc
  • Gregory Pellegrino — PhD
  • Thomas Hamilton — PhD
  • Sam Slattery — PhD
  • Stephanie Brumwell — PhD (co-supervised with Bogumil Karas)
  • Ryan Cochrane — PhD (co-supervised with Bogumil Karas)
  • Gursimran Parmar — MSc (co-supervised with Caroline Schild-Poulter)
  • Chris Leichthammer — MSc
  • Tuhin Guha — PDF
  • Thomas McMurrough — PhD
  • Jason Wolfs — PhD
  • Ben Kleinstiver — PhD
  • Ewan Gibb — PhD
  • Marc Laforet — MSc
  • Brendon McDowell — MSc
  • Connor Moffat — MSc
  • Gavin Wilson — MSc
  • Jon Carter — MSc