Principal Investigator

Dr. Travis J.A. Craddock

Dr. Craddock is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Waterloo and Tier I Canada Research Chair in Quantum Neurobiology. Trained in biophysics at the University of Alberta, he applies computational biophysics and quantum biology to study neuroinflammation, cognition, and novel diagnostics and therapies development research.

Senior Research & Leadership

Dr. Gaëtan J. Delcroix

Dr. Delcroix is the Lab Manager of the Craddock Lab. He brings over 20 years of experience in drug, medical device, and biologics development, spanning in vitro-in vivo research and clinical trials. He has established laboratories, supervised international teams, and currently focuses on validating quantum biology hypotheses.

postdoctoral researchers

Dr. Lea Gassab

Dr. Gassab is a Provost’s Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Scholar in the Craddock Lab at the University of Waterloo. She holds a PhD in Quantum Information from Koç University and a Master’s degree from ENS de Lyon. Her research investigates quantum effects in the brain.

Dr. Madhu Ramesh

Dr. Madhu is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Craddock Lab at the University of Waterloo. He earned his PhD in Chemical Biology from JNCASR, Bengaluru, with training in veterinary science and biochemistry. His research spans neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration, currently exploring quantum biology in Parkinson’s disease.

Graduate Researchers

Mikhaël Zavala Thyer

Mikhaël is a graduate researcher in the Department of Physics at the University of Waterloo. A computer engineer educated at the Royal Military College of Canada and a Naval Warfare Officer in the Canadian Armed Forces, his research interests include reservoir computing and its applications to complex physical systems

Yashine Hazmatally Goolam Hossen

Yashine is an MSc student in Biology at the University of Waterloo. He holds a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics with Computer Science from Mauritius and an MSc in Physics from South Africa, with prior experience teaching quantitative subjects. His research explores quantum-inspired graph models to study neuroimmune disease and brain systems.

Research Assistants

Dominic Mitchell De Roche

Dominic is an Honours Biochemistry undergraduate student at the University of Waterloo. After beginning as a research volunteer in May 2025, he is currently completing a co-op term as a research assistant, investigating ultraweak photon emissions in biochemical samples under oxidative stress.

Matthew Colbourne

Matthew is a Research Assistant (Co-op) completing a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry at the University of Waterloo. He is currently in his second co-op term with the Quantum Neurobiology Lab, using computational molecular modeling to predict indoleamine-tubulin binding affinities and applying these results to in vitro microtubule studies.

Yuki Chen

Yuki is completing a Bachelor of Science in Honours Science at the University of Waterloo. She is currently undertaking a BIOL 499 research project using computational molecular modeling to investigate how reactive oxygen species interact with and destabilize the neuronal microtubule cytoskeleton.

Iren Karapetyan

Iren is currently completing her Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Waterloo in Psychology. Her work term project in the Quantum Neurobiology lab is to examine the effects of phenethylamine and indoleamine compounds on cytoskeletal and neuronal morphology.

Undergraduate Volunteers

Aisha Aamir

Aisha is an undergraduate research volunteer pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Honours Science at the University of Waterloo. Her work focuses on applying principles of quantum mechanics to biological systems, using computational molecular docking to study actin and its interactions with diverse chemical molecules.

Bingyang Lyu

Bingyang is an undergraduate research volunteer completing a Bachelor of Science in Nanomaterials Science at the University of Waterloo. He is interested in quantum-informed strategies for targeted drug delivery and has been studying the fundamentals of quantum neurobiology while contributing to the Fano resonance project since September 2025.

Ron Kazachkov

Ron is an undergraduate research volunteer at the University of Waterloo, working in computational biophysics. Under Lea Gassab, he examines dipole-dipole coupling approximations of aromatic amino acids in protein environments. He also contributes to lab infrastructure, website development, and scientific communication to support research dissemination and collaboration.

Sarena Luk

Zan Gao

Zan is an undergraduate research volunteer specializing in nanoscience at the University of Waterloo. He has prior research experience in nanomaterials and interdisciplinary science, including authorship on a published paper, and is continuing to develop his skills while contributing to ongoing research projects in the lab.

Mercury Ming

Mercury is an undergraduate research volunteer completing a Bachelor of Science in Psychology at the University of Waterloo. Since joining the lab in April 2025, they have developed a foundation in quantum physics and quantum biology and are currently investigating changes in neuronal RNA sequences under exposure to magnetic fields.

Aswein Senthilkumaran

Aswein is an undergraduate research volunteer completing a Bachelor of Biochemistry with the option of microbiology alongside it. Since joining the lab in April 2025, he has developed a foundation in quantum physics and quantum biology.

Alumni

Dr. Hadi Zadeh-Haghighi, Ph.D.

Dr. Hadi Zadeh-Haghighi was a Research Associate in the Quantum Neurobiology Lab exploring magnetic field and magnetic isotope effects on cognitive functions. He now operates a private research consulting business in Alberta, Canada.
Caleb Siguenza, B.Sc.

Caleb Siguenza was a Master’s student in the Department of Biology at the University of Waterloo, studying the effect of serotonin receptor antagonists on the cytoskeleton. He is now living and working in El Salvador.
Isabella Barichello

Description goes Isabella was a co-op undergraduate student in the Quantum Neurobiology Lab in Winter of 2025, where her project was to map pathways sensitive to radical pair mechanisms based on magnesium and flavin adenine dinucleotide cofactors. She is currently completing her BSc in Biomedical Engineering.here
Haneen Sakaji

Haneen was a summer undergraduate student in the Quantum Neurobiology Lab. Her project was to develop an algorithm to detect Fano resonances in the Raman spectra of filamentous proteins. She is currently completing her undergraduate degree in medical physics at Toronto Metropolitan University.