My Team
I am currently recruiting curious Honours, Master’s, and PhD students who are passionate about science and like virus adventures. Ambitious and dedicated students encouraged to apply.
Andrew Zarnke
Research Associate - forever a lab member
Andrew is a part-time research associate originally from London, Ontario. He did his training at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario concentrating on the effect of McIntyre Powder on the respiratory tract. Andrew did several of his graduate study projects in the SNOLAB originally designed for the study of neutrinos.
Ethan Jansen
Master’s Student
Ethan Jansen is a Master’s student in the lab who recently graduated from the University of Alberta. He is a super student ready to take on new challenges. Ethan is interested in emerging viruses and the pathogenic consequences of their infection. We are lucky to have him!
Magen Francis
PhD Student
Magen is a PhD student (University of Saskatchewan) in the Kelvin Lab. She graduated from StFX in May 2018 with a BSc in Biology. She is passionate about science and research. Magen's thesis research is focused on the mechanism surrounding the improvement of the immune response in hosts with a previous exposure to influenza virus or coronavirus infection. When Magen is not working hard in the lab, she likes to grab frappuccinos and chill.
Melissa Rioux
Master's Student
Melissa is a super awesome Master’s student at Dalhousie University who has forged the way for epitope mapping of viral proteins. After graduating from Mt Allison, Melissa joined the Kelvin lab to begin understanding the changes in viral epitopes of emerging an re-emerging viruses. This work will inform the design of next generation vaccines. Melissa is a natural scientist with an unbound curiosity and she also loves iced coffee.
Anni Ge
Honours Student
Anni is a undergraduate summer student who is entering her 4th year at Dalhousie University. Anni has been working with Dr. Kelvin for over a year using informatic techniques to model the immune responses to viral infection.
Tony Yourkowski
Honours Student
Tony is an undergraduate summer student entering his 4th year in the department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology at the University of Saskatchewan. He is a wiz at utilizing informatic techniques for protein modeling and epitope identification.