About Us
Department Chair
Dan V. Nicolau
Dan V. Nicolau is the founding Chair of McGill University’s Department of Bioengineering at the Faculty of Engineering. He has degrees in Chemical Engineering (Ph.D., MEng) and in Statistics, Cybernetics & Information Technology (M.Sc.). His research has covered polymer chemistry and physico-chemistry, surface science and engineering, micro- and nanofabrication for semiconductor and biomedical devices, process modeling and control, molecular modeling, protein adsorption, and biomimetics.
Assistant Professor
Natalie Reznikov
Natalie Reznikov is an Assistant Professor at McGill University’s Department of Bioengineering at the Faculty of Engineering. She obtained her M.Sc. at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, and her Ph.D. at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Her research covered skeletal biology, structure-function relationships in living organisms, biomineralization, electron microscopy and 3D-imaging, and deep learning in image processing.
Course Assistant
Beth Cushnie
Beth is a third-year undergraduate student at McGill University’s Department of Bioengineering at the Faculty of Engineering. She is pursuing her degree in the Biomolecular & Cellular Engineering stream.
Course Assistant
Shafaq Nami
Shafaq is a fourth-year undergraduate student at McGill University’s Department of Bioengineering at the Faculty of Engineering. She is pursuing her degree in the Biomolecular & Cellular Engineering stream.
Macdonald Engineering Building, Room 375
817 Sherbrooke Street West
Montréal, Quebec H3A 0C3
Pavillon des Sciences Biologiques (SB), 5th floor
141 du Président-Kennedy Avenue
Montréal, Quebec H2X 3X8
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Previous Course Assistants
Laura Camila Penuela Cardenas
(2020 - 2021)
