MEET THE TEAM
Meet the PI: Daniela Quaglia
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Daniela was born in Florence, Italy in 1984. At age six she moved with her family to a small town in the Tuscany countryside until she moved back to Florence for her undergraduate studies where she graduated with a Bachelor in Chemistry (110/110 cum laude). She obtained her Master in Chemistry of Biological Molecules from University of Florence and UCD (Dublin, Ireland). Thanks to the prestigious IRCSET scholarship, she was able to pursue her graduate studies in biocatalysis in the laboratory of Prof. Paradisi in UCD, obtaining her PhD in chemical biology in 2013, After her PhD, Daniela spent six months in Dundalk Institute of Technology (Ireland) as a lecturer and she then moved to the UK where she worked as a research scientist, both in industry (Synthace, London - the first dedicated Synthetic biology start-up in the UK) and academia (postdoc in Prof. Turner's laboratory , MIB, Manchester). In 2015 Daniela moved to Canada and she has been there since. She first did a second postdoc in Prof. Pelletier's laboratory (UdeM, Montréal), and then took a break from research to pursue a Master in Business Administration from Concordia University. Daniela's world was shattered during Covid-19 times when she had to let go of two opportunities to start her research lab first in Nottingham university (Nottingham, UK) and then in Carleton University (Ottawa, CA). Thanks to her persistence and a bit of luck, Daniela found her way back to academia, and she now leads the Quaglia lab in UQAM since September 2023.
Daniela is a seasoned science communicator and she has written for high-reputation websites - such as the Huffington post, Autodesk, Synbiobeta and many more! Outside of the lab, Daniela loves her second (and most important!) job: being a mom of her son William. She also enjoys to tap dance, play golf and tennis (depending on the season!), she is a trained actress and a creative writer. EDUCATION PhD in Chemical Biology - University College Dublin, Ireland MBA (Master of Business Administration) - Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada MSc in Chemistry of Biological Molecules , Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy Hons. Bachelor in Chemistry, Universitá degli Studi di Firenze, Italy Certificate in Creative Writing, Open College of the Arts, United Kingdom You can read an interview with Daniela here. |
Mt. St.Hilaire, Reserve Gault, QC, Canada
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Current graduate students
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Mathilde Auffray - PhD student
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Current undergraduate students/interns
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Nauh'a Jean Louis - Undergraduate intern and very first student of the Quaglia lab at UQAM in summer 2024)
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Alumni
2024 - Tomas St-Pierre - Undergraduate summer intern (and very first student of the Quaglia lab at UQAM!)
