• ETB 416A
• 905-525-9140 x27033
• brennanj@mcmaster.ca

John Brennan, a Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Biology at Mcmaster University, is holder of the Canada Research Chair in Bioanalytical Chemistry and Biointerfaces and Director of the Biointerfaces Institute at McMaster. He is an expert in fluorescence spectroscopy, LC/MS, sol-gel chemistry and protein immobilization. Dr. Brennan an associate editor for Trends. Anal. Chep. and on the editorial advisory boards of Analytical Chemistry and J. Sol-Gel Sci. Technol.

His research team develops bioanalytical instrumentation in the area of biosensors, bioaffinity chromatography media, microarrays and drug screening. Dr. Brennan has supervised over 80 trainees, published over 140 peer-reviewed papers, and has several patents in the areas of sol-gel materials, protein immobilization, high throughput screening methods and bioactive paper.

• ETB 415
• 905-525-9140 x20683
• capretf@mcmaster.ca

• ETB 412
• 905-525-9140 x20699
• lebrown@mcmaster.ca

In 2007, I received my Honours Bachelor of Accounting from Brock University. Throughout my university years, I worked part-time at Golf Town and I am still working there today. It is not only my love for the game of golf that keeps me there, it is also the relationships I have built with customers and staff over the years that make it a fun place work.

My career at McMaster University started in February 2008 as a Senior Research Accountant in Research Finance. In this position I developed a great deal of knowledge about all the different types of research funding, agency guidelines, and McMaster’s policies and procedures. I dealt with Principle Investigators from a vast range of departments and faculties within the university along with a number of companies and sponsors. The skills and knowledge acquired in this position helped facilitate me to the position of Project Manager for the Biointerfaces Institute CFI. Being involved from the beginning of construction of the facility, has since led me to the position of Business Manager for the Biointerfaces Institute. I am responsible for the financial management of the CFI project, various research accounts and the Biointerfaces Institute operational budget, human resources management, purchasing and administrative support.

• ETB 416
• 905-525-9140 x20706
• bottosc@mcmaster.ca

I received my undergraduate degree from Wilfrid Laurier University in French and Sociology. I then went on to complete my Bachelor of Education from Brock University in Primary/Junior Education. After honing my administration skills in retail management, I landed at McMaster where I’ve been an Administrative Assistant in the Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology for three years, first supporting the Undergraduate program and later as the Assistant to the Chair of the Department. Moving over to the Biointerfaces Institute, for me, meant a new challenge in discovering and devising new processes and practices for a growing institute as well as serving as the front line for an exciting new site at McMaster.

• ETB 422
• 905-525-9140 x20677
• eluckham@mcmaster.ca

Originally from British Columbia, I completed my Bachelor of Science in Chemistry in 2009 at the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, BC. During that time, I conducted research in the area of computational chemistry, where I calculated the volume of activation states using molecular dynamics simulations. In 2009, I moved to Hamilton, ON to study at McMaster University, where I developed a platform for the comprehensive analysis of metabolites in biological systems.

As a model system, I studied the effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on the metabolism of soil organisms using LC-ESI-MS. After graduating with my Master’s in Analytical Chemistry in 2011, I returned to BC to complete my Bachelor of Education at the University of British Columbia in 2012. At the Biointerfaces, I am responsible for the Bioselectivity Suite. I am excited to learn new instrumentation, and in turn educate other users of the facility. In my spare time, I enjoy photography, hiking, and generally being in the great outdoors.

• ETB 413
• 905-525-9140 x20689
• keramm@mcmaster.ca

• ETB 422
• 905-525-9140 x20677
• princzma@mcmaster.ca

Dr. Marta Princz recieved her undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo, where in addition to academic training, she gained industrial experience from 6 co-operative education work-term placements. She followed with industrial contracts, graduate studies and post-doctoral research within the Chemical Engineering department at McMaster University, under the research supervision of Dr. Heather Sheardown, in the area of ophthalmic biomaterials. She is trained with biomaterial fabrication, modification and analysis methods, in addition to biosafety level 2 protocols and biomaterial in vitro testing.

• ETB 413
• 905-525-9140 x20679
• bayindiz@mcmaster.ca