Simon Edelmann

Simon is from Dawson Creek, British Columbia and he completed his B.Sc. (Hons.) at the University of British Columbia Okanagan. At UBCO he worked on the synthesis of fluorescent dyes and kainic acid analogues for the study of neuro-receptors under the guidance of Prof. Fred Menard. He moved to Montreal in July 2019 to pursue a Ph.D. in the Lumb group where he is currently working on developing methods to utilize phenols in organic synthesis. When he’s not working in the lab, Simon enjoys playing soccer, skiing, and road biking.

Jackie Wu

Jackie is from Hanover, Ontario and he completed his B.Sc (Hons.) from Western University. At UWO, he conducted research on the synthesis of small molecules using strained heterocycles under the supervision of Dr. Brian. L. Pagenkopf. In January 2021, Jackie joined the Lumb and Légaré groups where he will be working with phosphorus-containing compounds.

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Darcy Burley

Darcy is from Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. He graduated with his BSc in 2019 from Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU), where he worked on developing new imino ligands for palladium complexes under the supervision of Dr. Aibing Xia. Prior to joining the Lumb Lab in September 2021, he was employed at Dalhousie as a research technician in the labs of Dr. Sultan Darvesh (Dalhousie) and Dr. Ian Pottie (MSVU) in the design and synthesis of new small molecules for PET and SPECT imaging as a potential diagnostic tool in Neurodegenerative diseases. Currently, in the Lumb Group, he is working on the synthesis of heterocycles containing silicon for silicon fluoride-based PET radiotracers. Outside of the lab, he enjoys sports, watching Tom Brady, and the beach.

Xiaobo Zhao

Xiaobo was born in Shenyang, an important industrial city in the Northeastern part of China. He completed his B.Sc. at Nankai University, Tianjin, China. While at NKU, he conducted research on transition metal catalyzed carboxylation reactions under the supervision of Prof. Baiquan Wang. He joined the Lumb group in 2022, where he is currently working on the total synthesis of spirocyclic proaporphine alkaloids.

Veronica Wu

Veronica is from Toronto, Ontario, and completed her B.Sc. (Hons.) at McMaster University in 2023. During her undergraduate degree, she worked in antibacterial polymer coatings with the Wylie and Hoare labs (McMaster University), and in electrochemistry with the Skene Group (Université de Montréal). She also held an internship in Medicinal Chemistry at adMare BioInnovations. She then joined the Lumb group in 2023 to pursue her M.Sc., where she is currently working on phenol chemistry. Outside of the lab she enjoys exploring cafés, climbing and biking.

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Glen Loo

Glen is from the sunny island of Singapore, where he completed his B.Sc. at Nanyang Technological University. For his undergraduate Honours thesis, he wanted to get as far away from home as possible, so he joined the Lumb group for the Fall of 2022 to work on a project involving the dearomatization of biaryls via photocatalyzed spirocyclization. He enjoyed the experience so much that he decided to return to McGill in 2023 to pursue his Ph.D., where he continues to focus in the exploration of photocatalyzed spirocyclizations. When he’s not in the lab, Glen enjoys cooking, visiting museums, and exploring all that Montreal has to offer.

Sean Elliott

Sean is from Montréal, Quebec. He completed his B.Sc. (Hons.) at McGill University, and during his studies worked in the lab of Dr. James Gleason on the development of novel senolytics. He then joined the Lumb group in September 2023, and is currently working on biomimetic radical cyclizations in natural products. Outside of the lab, he enjoys painting, golf and tennis.

Mathéo La Torre

Mathéo is from Nantes, France. He completed his B.Sc. and an engineering degree in physics and chemistry at ESPCI in Paris. During the degree he held an internship at Janssen Pharmaceuticals (DPR department, Belgium), where he worked on palladium-catalyzed dehalogenation. For his final research project he studied gold(I)-catalyzed cyclization reactions in the Echavarren Group at ICIQ in Spain. He joined the Lumb Group in September of 2023, and is currently working on quinone reactivity. Outside of the lab, he enjoys swimming, biking and cooking.

William Bouthillier

William is from Longueuil, Québec. He moved to Sherbrooke in order to obtain his B.Sc. at Université de Sherbrooke. As part of the CO-OP program, he held multiple internships in both academia and industry, during which he had the opportunity to work on ruthenium-catalyzed directed C4-H arylation of indoles and diastereoselective synthesis of terpenoids in flow chemistry to name a few. As for his final research project, he worked on the development of a new method for the photochemical generation of alkyl radicals starting from primary amines in the Bélanger Group at USherbrooke. He Joined the Lumb Group in January 2024 and is currently working on the synthesis and photophysical characterization of melanin-derived small molecules. Outside of the lab, William likes playing and mixing music, or go out camping and fishing.

Charles Silva

Charles is from Montreal, Quebec. He completed his B.Sc. (Hons.) at McGill University in 2025. During that time, he undertook the synthesis of chiral transition metal complexes as candidates for measuring molecular parity violation in the Bohle group. Following this project, he worked on the synthesis of bifunctional vitamin D receptor agonist/HDAC inhibitor molecules in the Gleason group. He joined the Lumb group in 2025 where he is working on the total synthesis of dibenzocyclooctadiene lignan natural products.

Dr. Quentin Gaydon

Quentin was born in Belgium and moved to Montreal in 2013  to obtain his B.Sc. at McGill University. He stayed at McGill to complete his PhD in inorganic chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Scott Bohle working on the dynamic behaviour of tris-chelate complexes and the synthesis of new complexes with fluorothiophosphate ligands. In 2022 he moved to Dijon, France to work as a postdoctoral researcher at the CNRS in industrial catalysis in collaboration with SNF Water Science. He joined the Lumb group as a postdoctoral researcher in 2024 and is working on oxidative mechanochemistry.

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Dr. Camilo Javier Viasus Perez

Camilo is from Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia, a city near the Amazon region of Colombia. He completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in inorganic/organic chemistry synthesis and crystallography at the National University of Colombia and then moved to Ottawa for his Ph.D. (2019) under Prof. Sandro Gambarotta’s supervision. Before joining the Lumb group in November of 2022, Camilo was the lab manager while performing research duties in the GAO group at the University of Toronto, working to discover new ways of recycling CO2 and CH4 into fuels using solar light. He co-founded https://niloscientific.com/ and loves to develop new instruments to make research more affordable and straightforward. Currently, Camilo is working on synthesizing and characterizing inorganic and coordinated compounds with non-innocent ligands. When not doing research, he likes to play basketball and chess.

Dr. Thomas Singleton

Dr. Singleton received an Honours B.Sc. from Trent University in 2009 and a Ph.D. from McGill University in Materials Chemistry in 2015, and subsequently held a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Manchester developing molecular machine catalysts (2015 – 2017 Royal Society Newton International Fellow with Prof. Dave Leigh). He now works as a Research Associate at the Montreal Neurological Institute (2017 – present) developing novel radiotracers to expand the utility of PET scans. A co-inventor on two patents and co-author of 11 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Singleton’s areas of experience include radiochemistry, materials, photochemistry and optics, and organic synthesis.

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Marina Kostikowa

Marina was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia. She received her M.Sc. in chemistry - with a specialization in radiochemistry - in 2002 from the Saint Petersburg State University. In 2009 she moved to Montreal and worked for five years at the Montreal Neurological Institute as research assistant, performing synthesis and quality control of carbon-11 and fluorine-18 labeled radiotracers used in positron emission tomography (PET). She joined the Lumb Group in 2022, where she is currently involved in a project focused on the development of novel theranostic radiopharmaceuticals for the imaging and treatment of cancers. Outside of the lab, she enjoys birdwatching, hiking and gardening.

Jérémie Cohen

Jérémie is from Paris, France and grew up in London, UK. He is currently completing his B.Sc. in Chemistry at McGill, to graduate in 2026. He joined the group in the summer of 2024 as a CHEM 396 student and is now completing his honors project with the group. He is working on the use of Resonant Acoustic Mixing in optimizing organic transformations. Outside the lab, Jérémie plays rugby for the University, cooks and watches football. 

Pablo Sabbagh

Pablo is from Kingston, Ontario. He is currently finishing up his BSc. in chemistry, and will graduate in winter, 2025. He Joined the Lumb group in the summer of 2024 as a SURA awardee where he worked on the synthesis and characterization of eumelanin model compounds. He then completed his honours project where he spectroscopically investigated the paramagnetic properties of these model compounds. Now, he is developing novel model compounds to better understand the photochemistry of eumelanin. Outside of the lab, he plays guitar in a shoegaze band and rock climbs outside and in the gym.