Lab Members

LAB MEMBERS

Meet our Team

John Gilleard

Dr. John Gilleard is a veterinarian, Professor of Parasitology and Associate Dean of Research at the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCVM). His research program focuses on anti-parasitic drug ...

Libby Redman

I am a post-doctoral Research Associate in the Gilleard Lab and I am involved in a number of projects relating the development of novel diagnostic assays for the identification of GI parasites of animals and humans and ...

Osama Zahid

My work will mainly focus on genomics and drug resistance in Giardia Duodenalis....

Dr. Deo Ruganuza

Dr. Deodatus M. Ruganuza is a Medical Parasitologist, a registered Medical doctor and an Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Medical Parasitology and Entomology.  Catholic University Of Health And Allied Sciences, ...

Rao Parimisetti

Venkateswara Rao Parimisetti is a veterinarian from India who completed his BVSc & AH and MVSc in the discipline of Veterinary Parasitology. He worked on molecular characterization of poultry Eimeria species using ...

Muhammad Bilal

My project focuses on developing novel diagnostic tools for accurately identifying cattle lice species and detecting drug resistance. My research employs next-generation sequencing (NGS) and Loop-mediated Isothermal ...

Sakunika Amarasingha

My research project focusing on advancing nemabiome metabarcoding for quantitative analysis of ruminant parasitic nematodes, using the latest NGS approaches such as Nanopore sequencing. Current nemabiome metabarcoding ...

Mahya Dini

In my research, I focus on analyzing stool DNA samples collected from diverse regions worldwide. By examining these samples, I aim to evaluate the global prevalence and frequency of anthelmintic drug resistance ...

Past Lab Members

Past Lab Members

  • Eléonore Charrier, PhD Student
  • Nidhi Sharma, PhD Student
  • Russell Avramenko, PhD Student
  • Andrew Rezansoff, PhD Student
  • Janneke Wit, Post-doctoral Research Associate
  • Tong Wang, Post-doctoral Research Associate
  • Dave Curran, PhD Student
  • Susan Stasiuk, Post-doctoral Research Associate
  • Shamanti Barua, Undergraduate Student
  • Victoria Butler, Post-Doctoral Assistant
  • Jessica Clafin, Undergraduate Student
  • Niloufar Farid, Undergraduate Research Assistant
  • Jennifer Halasz, Undergraduate Student
  • Ephraim Hui, Undergraduate Student
  • Raida Khwaja, Undergraduate Student
  • Sharmilah Latheef, MSc Student
  • Kathryn Ma, Undergraduate Student
  • Bruna Palmeira, Technician
  • Sai Ravikumar, Lab Manager
  • Austin Ren, Undergraduate Student
  • Wajeeha Sattar, Undergraduate Student
  • Randi Stead, Undergraduate Student
  • James Wasmuth, Post-Doctoral Research Associate
  • Brian Whiteside, Undergraduate Student
  • Umer Naveed Chaudhry, PhD Student