Open position:  The Dorval Lab has one open position for a PhD student in synthetic biology and biomaterials engineering.  See Join us! for details.

Welcome to the Dorval Lab for Biologically-Derived Materials & Devices! 

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We work at the intersection of materials science, chemical engineering, synthetic biology and nanotechnology.

The group is led by Prof. Noémie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne, in the Department of Chemical Engineering at McGill University.   

In our lab, we combine biological structures with organic molecules and inorganic materials. Using micro-organisms, proteins, and other biological scaffolds, we aim at assembling materials with novel physical properties, and at constructing functional devices. 

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We are especially interested in developing novel nanobiomaterials for energy storage and harvesting, bio-energy devices, biomedical applications, as well as environmental and biological sensors.

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