McGill Science Undergraduate Research Journal
Behind the Scenes
Meet the students who make MSURJ happen.
Editorial Board
John Ni
Editor-in-Chief
Department: Biochemistry
Research Interests: Protein engineering, structural biology
General Interests: Soccer, cooking
Sofia Reynoso
Editor-in-Chief
Department: Biology
Research Interests: Epigenetics, sex determination, embryonic stem cells
General Interests: Music history, reading, ER (the TV show)
Aelis Spiller
Managing Editor: Events
Program: Earth Systems Science
Research Interests: Ecosystem ecology, climate change, environmental remediation, landscape dynamics
General Interests: Ultimate frisbee, singing, cooking
Autumn Pereira
Managing Editor: Journalism
Departments: Biology, and Mathematics
Research Interests: Biogeochemistry, soil microbial ecology, bioinformatics
General Interests: Baking, hiking, backcountry camping
Laura Reumont
Managing Editor: Outreach
Program: Planetary Sciences
Research Interests: Paleontology, Mars, astrobiology
General Interests: Reading, octopuses
Ryan Huang
Managing Editor: Journalism
Program: Neuroscience
Research Interests: Neural circuits, computational neuroscience, probability and statistics
General Interests: Playing piano, reading
Shafaq Nami
Managing Editor: Technology
Department: Bioengineering
Research Interests: tissue engineering, drug delivery, global health, infectious diseases and tropical medicine
General Interests: Books, TV shows, cats, photography
Tiffany Spector
Managing Editor: Logistics
Department: Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Research Interests: Multiple sclerosis, mitochondrial diseases
General Interests: Film, podcasts, cycling
David Derish
Senior Editor
Program: Medicine
Research Interests: cardiology, mitochondria, evolutionary biology, anatomy
General Interests: Movies, music, drawing, hiking
Ines Durant
Senior Editor
Department: Physiology
Research Interests: genetic regulation, emergency medicine
General Interests: Baking, reading, walking
Laura Meng
Senior Editor
Program: Medicine
Research Interests: Clinical medicine of all specialties!
General Interests: Playing piano, swimming, art, interrogation forensics, café hopping
Mina Mahdi
Senior Editor
Program: Cognitive Science
Research Interests: attachment theories, cognitive evolutionary development, mental illness
General Interests: Reading, films, piano, philosophy
Muhammad Shahzad
Senior Editor
Department: Microbiology and Immunology
Research Interests: Cancer immunology, thoracic surgical oncology
General Interests: Reading, Research, Running
Anita Allikmets
Editor
Programs: Pharmacology major, organic chemistry minor
Research Interests: Neuropharmacology, stem cell regenerative medicine, neurobiology
General Interests: Music, baking, skiing, yoga
Armance Volta
Editor
Department: Physics major, Philosophy minor
Research Interests: signal processing, expansion of the universe, anthropic bias
General Interests: cooking, biking, reading, plants
Benjamin Herfray
Editor
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests: Convective flows, microfluids, thermal processes, applied statistics, numerical modelling
General Interests: Tennis, reading, philosophy, finance
Mackenzie Pereira
Editor
Programs: Physics major, English
Literature minor
Research Interests: Medical imaging, nanopore fabrication techniques, space policy
General Interests: Travel, writing, soccer, music
Megan Katz
Editor
Programs: Biochemistry
Research Interests: Stem cell biology, personalized medicine, human development
General Interests: Sleeping, hiking, reading, my dog
Patrick Hallaert
Editor
Department: Biology
Research Interests: Tumorigenesis and oncogene dysregulation, targeted drug delivery, computational biology, bioinformatics.
General Interests: Cooking, running, reading, playing chess
Xinchen Wang
Editor
Programs: Finance & Mathemathics
Research Interests: Atmospheric Sciences, Economics
General Interests: Video games
MSURJ Alumni
The people who have made MSURJ great. Includes MSURJ board members from 2018 onward.
Jenny Zheng
(2022)
Hugh Deng
(2022)
Aamir Wahhab
(2022)
Anthony Dumais
(2022)
Nathan Pilkey
(2022)
Jacqueline Yao
(2021)
Michael Agaby
(2021)
Viet Hoang
(2021)
Alina He
(2021)
Katharine Kocik
(2021)
Janet Zhao
(2021)
Anna Brandenberger
(2021)
Howard Li
(2020)
Carrie Gu
(2020)
Yingke Liang
(2020)
Mathilde Papillon
(2020)
Janet Wilson
(2020)
Shannon Egan
(2020)
Janet Tang
(2020)
Richard Yang
(2020)
Elias Andraos
(2020)
Sebastian Andric
(2019)
Abtin Ameri
(2018)
Deifilia To
(2018)
Graydon Tope
(2018)
