Principal Investigator
Dr. Arun S. Moorthy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Forensic Science at Trent University. He received his B.Eng. (Chemical and Bioengineering) from McMaster University in 2010, and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. (Biophysics) from the University of Guelph in 2012/2015. Arun then spent 1-year as a Postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Food Science at the University of Guelph, and 7-years (2016 – 2023) as a Mathematical Statistician in the Mass Spectrometry Data Center at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Current Students, Staff and Trainees
Trainee: Brandon Giotis
Fields of study: Analytical Chemistry, Data Science
Position: Graduate Thesis Student (September 2024 – Present)
Trainee: Jesse Fraser
Fields of study: Cheminformatics, Data Science, Scientific Software Development
Position 1: Graduate Research Assistant (May 2024 – May 2025)
Position 2: Visiting Scholar (August 2025 – Present)
Trainee: Sean Calingayan
Fields of study: Analytical Chemistry, Science Communication
Position 1: NSERC Undergraduate Research Assistant (May 2025 – August 2025)
Position 2: Undergraduate Thesis Student (September 2025 – Present)
Trainee: Ashley King
Fields of study: Analytical Chemistry, Science Communication, Software Development
Position 1: Undergraduate Research Assistant (May 2025 – August 2025)
Position 2: Undergraduate Thesis Student (September 2025 – Present)
Trainee: Jordan Colclough
Fields of study: Forensic Entomology, Science Communication
Position: Undergraduate Thesis Student (September 2025 – Present)
Trainee: Gurveer Sidhu
Fields of study: Cheminformatics, Scientific Software Development
Position: Undergraduate Placement Student
Former Students, Staff and Trainees
Trainee: Angela Alape
Fields of study: Analytical Chemistry, Science Communication
Position: Graduate Placement Student (May 2025 – August 2025)
Trainee: Lisa Ramsamy
Fields of study: Forensic Chemistry, Data Science
Position 1: Undergraduate Research Assistant (November 2023 – August 2024)
Position 2: Undergraduate Thesis Student (September 2024 – April 2025)
Trainee: Abigail Varga
Fields of study: Forensic Chemistry, Data Science
Position 1: Undergraduate Research Assistant (May 2024 – August 2024)
Position 2: Undergraduate Thesis Student (September 2024 – April 2025)
Trainee: Claudia Burchat
Fields of study: Forensic Chemistry, Data Science
Position 1: Undergraduate Research Assistant (May 2024 – August 2024)
Position 2: Undergraduate Thesis Student (September 2024 – 2025)
Trainee: Dr. Thulasi Jegatheesan
Fields of study: Chemometrics, Data Science
Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow (May 2024 – May 2025)
Trainee: Adrian Borlestean
Fields of study: Forensic Science, Data Science
Position: Research Associate (May 2024 – August 2024)
Trainee: Christine Ogunsola
Fields of study: Cheminformatics, Engineering
Position 1: Intern, NIST-Montgomery College Professional Research Experience Program
Position 2: Undergraduate Research Fellow, NIST SURF Program
Duration: August 2021 – August 2022
Trainee: Stephen Tennyson
Fields of study: Scientific Software
Position: Intern, NIST-University of Maryland Professional Research Experience Program
Co-supervisor: Dr. Edward Sisco (NIST)
Duration: June 2021 – June 2022
Trainee: Adam Broerman
Fields of Study: Cheminformatics, Scientific Software
Position: Undergraduate Research Fellow, NIST SURF Program
Duration: June 2018 – August 2018
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