Aaron Wheeler, Director

Aaron completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2003, working with Dick Zare at Stanford University. After graduating, Aaron spent two years as an NIH postdoctoral fellow at UCLA. Click here for links to Aaron's pre-Toronto publications. Since 2005, Aaron has been a Canada Research Chair at the University of Toronto, with a primary appointment in the Department of Chemistry and cross-appointments in the Institute of Biomedical Engineering and the Donnelly Centre of Cellular and Biomolecular Research. Aaron is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Lab on a Chip, is a Director of the Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society (CBMS), and is a founding member of the Centre for Research and Applications in Fluidic Technologies (CRAFT).

When not in the office or lab, Aaron enjoys spending time with his family (Sabreena, Violet, and Jack). The family has always shared Aaron's enthusiasm for chips, including their dearly departed lab/mix dog, Banting.

Our Team
Postdoctoral Fellows
Graduate Students
Staff
- Farhana Abbas: M.Sc. student 2019-2021
- Mohamed Abdelgawad: Ph.D. student 2005-2008
- Sara Abdulwahab: Ph.D. student 2012-2017
- Sam Au: Ph.D. student and postdoc 2008-2013
- Leticia Bodo: M.Sc. 2023-2024
- Irena Barbulovic-Nad: Ph.D. student 2005-2009
- Dario Bogojevic: Postdoc 2010-2012
- Richard Piffer S. de Campos: Postdoc 2014-2020
- Dean Chamberlain: Research Associate 2013-2021
- Calvin Chan: PhD student 2016-2023
- Oleg "Alex" Chebotarev: M.Sc. student 2010-2012
- Ki Hwan Choi: Postdoc 2011-2015
- Sheldon Decombe Postdoc 2020-2022
- Christopher Dixon: Ph.D. student and postdoc 2013-2020
- Michael Dryden: Ph.D. student and postdoc 2011-2023
- Harrison Edwards: Ph.D. student 2017-2023
- Irwin Eydelnant: Ph.D. student and postdoc 2009-2014
- Lindsey Fiddes: Ph.D. student 2005-2010
- Christian Fobel: Research Associate 2013-2017
- Ryan Fobel: Ph.D. student and postdoc 2009-2017
- Sergio Freire: Postdoc 2005-2008
- Yan Gao: Postdoc 2009-2011
- Stephen Man Ho: Ph.D. student: 2014-2022; Postdoc 2023
- Nelson Lafreniere: Ph.D. student 2009-2015
- Yechen Hu: Postdoc 2021-2024
- Lorenzo Gutierrez: Postdoc 2011-2013
- Johannes Hewel: Postdoc 2011-2012
- Mais Jebrail: Ph.D. student 2007-2011
- Jihye Kim: Postdoc 2012-2015
- Tae-Hyeong Kim: Postdoc 2017-2019
- Andrea Kirby: Ph.D. student 2008-2014
- Charis Lam: M.Sc student 2014-2020
- Julian Lamanna: Ph.D. student: 2015-2021
- Nguyen Le: Postdoc 2022-2025
- Bingyu Betty Li: Ph.D. student: 2014-2021; Postdoc 2021-2022
- Chang Liu: Postdoc 2013-2015
- Vivienne Luk: M.Sc. and Ph.D. student 2006-2012
- Beth Miller: Postdoc 2006-2009
- Nooman Mufti: Ph.D. student 2012-2018
- Noha Mousa: Close collaborator 2008-2010
- Jared Mudrik: Ph.D. student 2010-2015
- Marcel Musteata: Postdoc 2007
- Tanya Narahari: Postdoc 2017-2019
- Alphonsus Ng: Ph.D. student and postdoc 2009-2016
- Maxwell Olson: MSc. student: 2019-2022
- Jianhua Qin: Visiting scientist 2005-2006
- Jiaxi Peng: Postdoc 2019-2023
- Darius Rackus: Ph.D. student and postdoc 2012-2018
- Ed Regan: Postdoc 2011-2012
- Mahesh Sarvothaman: Postdoc 2011-2014
- Monika Satkauskas: Ph.D student 2017-2019
- Erica Scott: Postdoc and Research Associate 2017-2025
- Brendon Seale: Ph.D. student 2012-2017
- Nikoo Shahrestani: M.Sc. student 2007-2008
- Mohtashim Shamsi: Postdoc 2012-2015
- Roger Shih: Postdoc 2017-2019
- Steve Shih: Ph.D. student and postdoc 2008-2013
- Haozhong Situ: M.Sc student 2014-2016
- Suthan Srigunapalan: Ph.D. student 2008-2013
- Mina Stefanovic: M.Sc. 2022-2024
- Edward Sykes: Postdoc 2015
- Ian Swyer: Postdoc 2019-2021
- Uvaraj Uddayasankar: M.Sc. student 2009-2010
- Sebastian von der Ecken: Postdoc 2017-2021
- Michael Watson: Ph.D. student and postdoc 2005-2012
- Jeremy Wong: Ph.D. student 2012-2019
- Hao "Mark" Yang: Ph.D. student 2006-2011
- Edmond Young: Ph.D. student 2005-2008
- Shuailong Zhang: Postdoc 2017-2021









