Jean-Paul Desaulniers was born and raised in London Ontario. He studied Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Western Ontario and received his Honors B.Sc. in 2000. He entered graduate school at Wayne State University, under the guidance of Prof. Chow, and he received his Ph.D. from Wayne State University in 2005. His thesis work focused on synthesizing and studying naturally occurring modified RNAs found within the ribosome. After his Ph.D., he studied at the University of Michigan, where he worked under the guidance of Prof. Mapp. During his time, he was awarded an American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship and focused his work in chemical biology on studying small organic molecule transcription factor mimics. Since the fall of 2008, Jean-Paul started as an assistant professor in chemistry, and was promoted in 2013 to an associate professor. His research at UOIT focuses on developing unnatural scaffolds that are capable of controlling gene expression. Outside the lab, Jean-Paul enjoys the outdoors, playing music, playing squash, and spending time with his family.
PhD in _____, 2005
Wayne State University
BSc in Chemistry and Biochemistry, 2000
University of Western Ontario