Lab Members

The lab is looking for a diverse group of people interested in functional genomics and synthetic biology. We are looking to recruit graduate students and postdocs with backgrounds in genetics, molecular biology, genomics, bioengineering, bioinformatics and computer science. Undergraduate thesis and summer students are welcome to apply!

Students are encouraged to apply through Concordia University’s Department of Biology as well as McGill University’s Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, Quantitative Life Sciences Program and Department of Human Genetics.

Interested applicants should send Dr. Kuzmin their transcript, CV and a brief description of their research interests.

Dr. Kuzmin also teaches BIOL479/630 course on functional genomics and computational biology as part of the Systems and Information Biology Program.

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Team

Elena Kuzmin

Assistant Professor
elena.kuzmin@concordia.ca

Reza Yasemi

Postdoctoral fellow
mohammadreza.yasemi@concordia.ca

Pegah Kargar

Lab Manager/Research Assistant
pegah.kargar@concordia.ca

Joseph Del Corpo

Graduate Student
joseph.delcorpo@concordia.ca

Anastasia Gherghi

Graduate Student
anastasia.gherghi@mail.concordia.ca

Brittany Greco

Graduate Student
brittany.greco@concordia.ca

Lynn Karam

Graduate Student
lynn.karam@mail.concordia.ca

Aurélie Le Morzellec

Graduate Student
aurelie.lemorzellec@mail.concordia.ca

Jad Mattar

Graduate Student
jad.mattar@mail.concordia.ca

Eric Blouin

Graduate Diploma in Biotechnology and Genomics Student
eric.blouin@mail.concordia.ca

Zahra Tavakol

QLS Rotation Student
zahra.tavakolhamedani@mail.mcgill.ca

Armita Dehghani

Undergraduate Student
armita.dehghani@mail.concordia.ca

Vala Maleki

Undergraduate Student
v_taghiz@live.concordia.ca

Alumni

Keyan Dadelahi

Research Assistant, finished 2025
Now: Dentistry School, Yeditepe University

Vanessa Pereira

M.Sc. student, graduated 2024
Now: Ph.D. student, Yale U

Rohan Dandage

Postdoctoral fellow, finished 2024
Now: Research Associate, McGill U

Michelle Vandeloo

Research Assistant, finished 2024
Now: Research Associate, Cradle Bio

Michael Schwartz

M.Sc. student, graduated 2022
Now: Emory Medical School, Emory U