Meet the Group

Principal Investigator

Nicoletta Faraone

Associate Professor at Acadia University

Ph.D in Chemical Ecology | University of Palermo (Italy) | 2012
Msc in Chemical Science and Technology (summa cum laude) | University of Palermo (Italy) | 2008
B.Sc. Chemistry (Honors) | University of Basilicata (Italy) | 2006

Current Lab Members

Lab Manager - CTRIC

Luis Adriano Anholeto

Lab Manager - CTRIC

PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology | Sao Paulo State University (Brazil) | 2019
MSc in Cellular and Molecular Biology | Sao Paulo State University (Brazil) | 2015
BSc in Biology | Sao Paulo State University (Brazil) | 2012

Research Technician - CTRIC

Research Technician - CTRIC

Master’s degree in Biology | Acadia University | 2025

Research Assistant - CTRIC

Research Assistant - CTRIC

Certificate of Applied Science | Acadia University 2026
BEng in Civil Engineering | Dalhousie 2029

Graduate Students

Graduate Student, Biology

B.Sc. in Biology (Honours) | Acadia University (2026)

Undergraduate Students

Undergraduate Student - Co-op (Chemistry)

Undergraduate Student - Co-op (Chemistry) | Acadia University (Canada)

Undergraduate Student - Honours (Chemistry)

Undergraduate Student - Honours (Chemistry) | Acadia University (Canada)

Former Lab Members

Adrien E. Nette

Undergraduate Student (Honours)

B.Sc. in Chemistry (Honours) | Acadia University (Canada) | 2024

Adrienna Marchand

Research Topics I; co-supervised with Dr. Kirk Hillier Biology

Alexandre Loureiro

Visiting PhD student from the University of Guelph, ON

PhD | University of Guelph

Intern (Clean Leadership Program)

Amanda Gunatillake Mestiyage Don

Undergraduate Student (Biology) - Research Technician Co-op student

Undergraduate Student (Biology) | Acadia University (Canada)

Britton Dempsey

Intern (Clean Leadership Program)

Bronwyn Naugler

Undergraduate Student (Honours)

B.Sc. in Chemistry (Honours) | Acadia University (Canada) | 2025

Undergraduate student (Honours) - Co-supervised with Dr. Kirk Hillier

BSc | Acadia University (Canada)

Catherine Scott

Postdoctoral Fellow - Co-supervised with Dr. Kirk Hillier

PhD | University of Toronto (Canada)

Chelsea Scothorn

Research Topics II; co-supervised with Dr. Kirk Hillier Biology

Undergraduate Student (Chemistry)

Undergraduate Student (Chemistry) | Acadia University (Canada)

Claire Hawboldt

Undergraduate Student (Honours) - Co-supervised with Dr. Kirk Hillier

B.Sc. in Biology (Honours) | Acadia University (Canada) | 2024

Creighton Malkiah Jarvis

Undergraduate Student

Bsc. in Chemistry | Acadia University (Canada) | 2025

Research Associate

Dotun Adeleye Adeyinka

Postdoctoral fellow

PhD in Neuro and Developmental Biology | University of Fribourg (Switzerland) |

Undergraduate Student (Honours)

B.Sc. in Nutrition (Honours) | Acadia University (Canada) | 2025

Graduate Student

MSc in Chemistry | Acadia University (Canada) | 2024

Emma-Jean Freeman

Research Project; [NSERC] Chemistry

Postdoctoral fellow

PhD in Chemistry | Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Colombia) | 2020

Research Topics I; Chemistry

Georgia Condran

Research Topics I; co-supervised with Dr. Kirk Hillier Biology

Haozhe Vincent Wang

Undergraduate Student (Honours)

Bsc. in Chemistry (Honours) | Acadia University (Canada) | 2021

Jaclyn Delahunt

Undergraduate student (Biology) - Research Project

Undergraduate Student (Chemistry) - Summer student

Undergraduate Student (Chemistry) | Acadia University (Canada)

Jennifer Hogenbom

Graduate Student, Chemistry

co-op Research Technician; co-supervised with Dr. Kirk Hillier

Katrina Kratziek

Research Topics; co-supervised with Dr. Kirk Hillier

Master student - Co-supervised with Drs. Kirk Hillier and Russell Easy

MSc | Acadia University

Kennedy Jefferson

Undergraduate Student

Undergraduate Student | Acadia University (Canada)

Laura J. Pickett

Undergraduate Student (Honours)

Bsc in Chemistry (Honours) | Acadia University (Canada) | 2022

Undergraduate Student (Chemistry)

Undergraduate Student (Chemistry) | Acadia University (Canada)

Undergraduate Student (Honours)

B.Sc. in Chemistry (Honours) | Acadia University (Canada) | 2022

Co-op Research Technician; co-supervised with Dr. Kirk Hillier

Co-op Research Technician - co-supervised with Dr. Kirk Hillier

Undergraduate Student (Honours)

B.Sc. in Chemistry (Honours) (Canada) | Acadia University (2023)

Mouaz Istanbouli

Research Technician; Chemistry

Research Topics I; co-supervised with Dr. Kirk Hillier Biology

Onofrio Marco Pistillo

International visiting PhD student from the University of Foggia, Italy

PhD - University of Foggia (Italy)

Ryleigh Bartlett

Research Topics; co-supervised with Dr. Kirk Hillier

Samantha MacPherson

P/T Technician - co-supervised with Dr. Kirk Hillier

Research Topics I; Chemistry

Undergraduate student - Research Project

Sophia Blanchard

Undergraduate Student

B.sc. in Biology (major) and Chemistry (minor) | Acadia University (Canada) | 2023

Sydney Scholten

P/T Technician - co-supervised with Dr. Kirk Hillier

P/T Technician - co-supervised with Dr. Dave Shutler

Victoria Gallant

Research Topics I; Chemistry

Research Topics I; co-supervised with Dr. Kirk Hillier Biology

Co-op Research Technician; co-supervised with Dr. Kirk Hillier