Our Team

QuantOmics brings together 11 co-applicants from six Canadian universities, including 3 Tier 1 Canada Research Chairs, 2 Tier 2 Canada Research Chairs, a Stanley Meek Chair in Advanced Nanotechnology, and a Jet Ice Research Chair in Sustainable Materials Chemistry.

Co-Applicants

Brenda Andrews

Tier 1 CRC in Systems Genetics and Cell Biology · Professor, University of Toronto

Jacques Corbeil

Professor, Université Laval · Member, MILA (Quebec AI Institute)

Stefania Impellizzeri

Jet Ice Research Chair in Sustainable Materials Chemistry · Associate Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University

Sara Mahshid

Tier 2 CRC in Nano-Biosensing Devices · Associate Professor, McGill University

Anna Panchenko

Tier 1 CRC in Computational Biology and Biophysics, Queen’s University

Steven Rayan

Professor & Director, Centre for Quantum Topology and Its Applications (quanTA), University of Saskatchewan

Harry Ruda

Stanley Meek Chair in Advanced Nanotechnology · Professor, University of Toronto

Amber Simpson

Tier 2 CRC in Biomedical Computing and Informatics · Associate Professor, Queen’s University

Brett Trost

Assistant Professor, University of Toronto · Scientist, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)

Virgilio Valente

Assistant Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University · Director, Wireless Sensing Lab

Collaborators

QuantOmics benefits from 10 individual collaborators who bring niche sectoral and disciplinary expertise across the program’s three research streams.

Name	Position & Affiliation	Research Streams
Benoit Gosselin	Professor, Electrical Engineering, Université Laval	Streams 1 & 2
Deborah Anderson	Director of Research, Saskatchewan Cancer Agency	Streams 1 & 2
Ioannis Ragoussis	Prof. & Head of Genome Sciences, McGill Genome Centre	Streams 2 & 3
Jesse Greener	Professor, Department of Chemistry, Université Laval	Streams 1 & 2
Lingling Jin	Associate Professor, Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan	Stream 3
Ryan Yuen	Senior Scientist, Genetics & Genome Biology, SickKids	Streams 2 & 3
Serge Ecoffey	Professor & C2MI Research Chair in Microfabrication, Université de Sherbrooke	Stream 1
Thomas Szkopek	Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, McGill University	Stream 1
Trevor Pugh	CRC Tier-2 in Translational Genomics, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research	Streams 2 & 3
Wei Tu	Senior Biostatistician, Canadian Cancer Trials Group; Asst. Professor, Queen’s University	Stream 3

Stream 1: Quantum Probe Design & Fabrication · Stream 2: Genomic Signal Integration · Stream 3: AI-Powered Therapeutic Design