Welcome to the Tranmer Research Group Website
Principal Investigator: Geoffrey K. Tranmer, PhD
Tenured Associate Professor in the College of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba.
orcid.org/0000-0002-9774-8685Senior Research Chemist, Merck Frosst Canada Ltd.
NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Cambridge, Supervisor: Prof. Steven V. Ley.
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Princeton University, Supervisor: Prof. Martin Semmelhack.
PhD, University of Guelph, Organic Chemistry, Supervisor: Prof. William Tam.
BSc (Hons), Brock University, Chemistry, Supervisor: Prof. Fred Capretta.
Our Group is Always Interested in Excellent Prospective Graduate Students!
Potential Students should send an email to the address below, please include a CV
Only those candidates selected for further evaluation will be contacted
Please note: acceptance into the Graduate Program is at the final discretion of The Faculty of Graduate Studies.
More Information Located Here.Email: Prof. Geoffrey K. Tranmer
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Present and Former Group Members
Post-doctoral Researchers and Research Personnel
- Dr. Teng Guan, PDF Research Associate, September 2024, Co-supervisor: Jiming Kong.
Graduate Student Group Members
- Mr. Hemin Roghzai, PhD Candidate, College of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba
- Mr. Shaharyar Afridi, PhD Candidate, College of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba
- Mr. Ahmer Burak Berk, MSc Candidate, College of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba
- Mr. Nitesh Sanghai, PhD Candidate, College of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba
- Dr. Yuhua (Joshua) Fang, MSc, Graduated PhD, Winter 2023, College of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba
- Dr. Billy Vuong, MSc, Graduated PhD, Summer 2024, College of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba
- Mr. Paul Szymanski, Graduated MSc, Fall 2023, College of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba
Undergraduate Student Group Members
- Honors Project and Summer Student Opportunities Available!
Former Group Members
- 2023
- Mr. Mykhailo Zaichenko, Mitacs Globalink Research Intern, (Ukraine)
- 2022
- Mr. Alonso Vivar, Mitacs Globalink Research Intern, (Mexico)
- 2021
- Mr. Saul Zuniga, Mitacs Globalink Research Intern, (Mexico)
- 2020
- Ms. Hajrah Ata, Summer Undergraduate Research Assistant
- Ms. Katia Messner, UMSU Undergraduate Research Award Studentship, University of Manitoba
- Mr. Ethan Nicholson, UMSU Undergraduate Research Award Studentship, University of Manitoba
- 2019
- Ms. Jessica Meza, Mitacs Globalink Research Intern, (Mexico)
- 2018
- Ms. Mariam Guindi, BSc.Pharm, College of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba
- Mr. Arnav Sud, BSc.Pharm, College of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba
- Dr. Navneet Chehal, PhD. University of Manitoba
- 2017
- Mr. Dale Kuik, BSc.Pharm, College of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba
- 2016
- Mr. Dinghua (Leo) Liang, MSc, College of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba
- Ms. Jennifer Bao, Research Technician, (BSc, University of Winnipeg)
- 2014
- Mr. Graham Miller, MSc. Candidate, University of Durham, UK
- Ms. Camille Manansala, BSc.(Pharm), University of Manitoba
Research Interests
• Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Discovery, Chemical Biology, Organic Synthesis
• Flow Chemistry: Development and application of new synthetic technologies in medicinal chemistry and chemical biology programs
• Development of targeted cancer therapies
• Development of novel bioconjugation methodologies for use in chemical biology
Contact Information
Geoff Tranmer, PhD
Associate Professor
College of Pharmacy
University of Manitoba
321 Apotex Centre
750 McDermot Ave
Winnipeg, MB, R3E 0T5
Tel. 204-474-8358
Email: Geoffrey.Tranmer(at)umanitoba.ca