Arfan Sivarooban

Undergraduate Research Assistant at Wilfrid Laurier University | Health Sciences Student | 2025 Amgen Scholar

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

About

Experience

  • Faculty of Science Students' Association (3 yrs 7 mos)
    • Co President
      May 2025 - Apr 2026 · 1 yr

    • Executive Vice President
      May 2024 - May 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Vice President of Academics
      May 2023 - Apr 2024 · 1 yr

  • Wilfrid Laurier University (3 yrs)
    • Undergraduate Student - Murugan Lab - Center for Tissue Plasticity and Biophysics
      Jan 2024 - Apr 2026 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      - Undergraduate thesis project under the co-supervision of Dr. Nirosha Murugan and Dr. Nicolas Rouleau, exploring the effects of mitochondrial transplantation into cancer cells - Course-based internship to develop a natural product for anti-cancer therapies - Course-based internship, investigating the effects of light on stem cell differentiation

    • Residence Life Don
      May 2023 - Apr 2026 · 3 yrs

    • Residence Learning Community Don
      Apr 2024 - Apr 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Amgen Scholar - Summer Research Student - Shoichet Lab at Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
    May 2025 - Aug 2025 · 4 mos

    - Contributed to engineering pH-responsive hydrogels for controlled drug delivery to treat retinal degeneration under Dr. Molly Shoichet through the Amgen Scholars Program.