Meet Our Edmonton Team

The Edmonton S2BN Chapter partners with regional stakeholders to organize career development and networking events for Health/Life Sciences graduate trainees and post-doctoral fellows. Our aim is to support the growth of Alberta's Health and Life Sciences sector by preparing highly qualified personnel for a career path outside of academia.

Interested in joining the team? Fill out this form to let us know.

For inquiries or to join our chapter's

mailing list, please contact us at:

yegs2bn@ualberta.ca

Kevin Joannou

Co-President

PhD Candidate

Kevin is a graduate student in the Medical Microbiology and Immunology department at the University of Alberta.

Justine Kniert

Co-President

PhD Candidate

Justine performs research in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Alberta.

Qi Feng Lin

Vice President

PhD Student

Qi Feng is currently a PhD student in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Alberta. His research aims to learn more about virus adaptation to laboratory cell culture systems using enteric reovirus as a model.

Quinten Kieser

Treasurer

PhD Candidate

Quinten is completing his degree through the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology. His research focuses on understanding the entry mechanism used by respiratory syncytial virus in hopes of identifying new therapeutic targets.