Meet the team
Principal Investigator
Nathanael A Caveney, PhD
Assistant Professor
The University of Toronto
Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Email: n.caveney@utoronto.ca
Trainees
(Alphabetical)
Farshad Azimi, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
The University of Toronto
Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Email: farshad.azimi@utoronto.ca
Caveney Lab: 2025 - present
Francesca Chernous
BSc Student
The University of Toronto
Faculty of Arts & Science
Department of Biochemistry
Email: francesca.chernous@mail.utoronto.ca
Caveney Lab: 2025 - present
Rachel Chu
BSc Student
The University of Toronto
Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Email: wcr.chu@mail.utoronto.ca
Caveney Lab: 2025 - present
Justin Law Cobb
MSc Student
The University of Toronto
Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Email: j.lawcobb@utoronto.ca
Caveney Lab: 2024 - present
Jerry Chen
PhD Student
University of Toronto
Email: jerryjr.chen@mail.utoronto.ca
CGRS Doctoral (CIHR)
Anne Martin-Mathews Prize of Excellence in Research on Aging
Caveney Lab: 2026 - present
Trong Nhan Le
PhD Student
The University of Toronto
Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Email: trongnhan.le@utoronto.ca
Caveney Lab: 2024 - present
Adli Wang
MSc Student
The University of Toronto
Temerty Faculty of Medicine
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Email: adli.wang@mail.utoronto.ca
Caveney Lab: 2025 - present
Lab Affiliates
(Alphabetical)
Sean D Workman, PhD
Bioinformatics and ML Expert
Former Team Members
(Alphabetical)
Bruno Fabian Lemos Wimmer
Visiting MSc Student - 2025
Currently: MSc Student - Universität Konstanz
Team Building
Holiday Dim Sum
Winter Lab Skate
Lab Anniversary Celebration
Hotpot Lunch
Lab BBQ
BSC 2025 Meeting
Moving Lab Equipment
Join the team
Are you interested in working with us?
Potential candidates are encouraged to reach out by email.* Emails should include an up-to-date CV and thoroughly outline your interest in our lab. Please indicate that you have read this section of our website.
We encourage applications from a diverse range of backgrounds (scientific and otherwise).
Positions we are currently hiring for: **
Postdoctoral Fellow - Structural Biology
Postdoctoral Fellow - Protein and Immunoengineering
PCL472/PCL474 Student - Fall/Winter 2026-27
PCL297 Student - Please contact Farshad
Positions we are NOT currently hiring for:***
MSc or PhD Students
PCL297/PCL298 students
*Due to a large influx of emails written by generative AI, please ensure that emails are personally written and illustrate a genuine interest in our lab’s work.
**Please reach out if interested in positions outside of the listed. Candidates for other positions are encouraged, particularly if they have or can secure external funding.
***Emails inquiring about positions we have specified as not hiring will not receive replies.