Editors-in-Chief
Manjula Kamath
Manjula is a fifth-year PhD student in the Department of Immunology at the University of Toronto. She has been involved with IMMpress since 2021, contributing as a writer, editor, and designer before stepping into her current role as the Editor-in-Chief. With a longstanding passion for both science and storytelling, she is committed to making scientific ideas more engaging, creative, and accessible to a wide audience. Through her work with the magazine, she hopes to highlight the diverse voices and exciting innovations within the scientific community.
Tianning Yu
Tianning Yu is a fifth-year immunology PhD student in the laboratory of Dr. Tania Watts at the University of Toronto. Outside of the lab, she enjoys skiing, K-Pop dancing and playing table tennis. Tianning has been the social media manager for the magazine for several years, along with contributing as a writer, editor and designer. She is now also putting on the hat of Editor-in-Chief. You can say hi to Tianning when the IMMpress Instagram account sends you a friend request 🙂
Design Director
Jennifer Ahn
Jennifer is a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of Immunology at the University of Toronto. She has been a dedicated contributor to IMMPress Magazine as a writer, designer, and senior editor. Since 2024, she has served as the magazine’s Design Director, combining her scientific curiosity with a strong passion for visual storytelling. Outside the lab, Jennifer enjoys going to life drawing classes, watching movies, and snuggling with her two cats, Neo and Pierre.
Social Media Coordinator
Tianning Yu
Tianning Yu is a fifth-year immunology PhD student in the laboratory of Dr. Tania Watts at the University of Toronto. Outside of the lab, she enjoys skiing, K-Pop dancing and playing table tennis. You can say hi to Tianning when the IMMpress Instagram account sends you a friend request 🙂
Current Contributors
Content Writers
- Yasmin Anning
- Zi Yan Chen
- Milea DiPonzio
- Yashar Aghazadeh Habashi
- Baweleta Isho
- Manjula Kamath
- Meggie Kuypers
- Vera Lynn
- Alina Mehra
- Ana Sofía Mendoza Viruega
- Annie Mitchell
- Mariam Parashos
- Anthony Piro
- Siu Ling Tai
- Boyan Tsankov
- Tianning Yu
Senior Editors
- Jennifer Ahn
- Zi Yan Chen
- Baweleta Isho
- Manjula Kamath
- Meggie Kuypers
- Vera Lynn
- Siu Ling Tai
- Christopher Ryan Tan
- Boyan Tsankov
- Nicolas Wilson
- Tianning Yu
Design Assistants
- Larissa Abdallah
- Zoeen Carter
- Yashar Aghazadeh Habashi
- Baweleta Isho
- Meggie Kuypers
- Angelica Lau
- Rachel Lin
- Alina Mehra
- Ria Menon
- Annie Mitchell
- Mariam Parashos
- Preya Patel
- Victoria Sephton
- Sophie Sun
- Tianning Yu
Past Contributors
| Simon Eng | Angela Zhang | Dennis Lee | Heather McGregor |
| Eleanor Fish | Milica Tani | Leesa Pennell | Inessa Stanishevskaya |
| Ben Wang | Michael Le | Mayra Cruz Tleugabulova | Mauricio Medrano |
| Ashleigh Goethel | Sergey Yegorov | Patrycja Thompson | Jelena Borovac |
| Naveen Devasagayam | Angela Zhang | Brett Shannon | Kimberly Lifeso |
| Stanley Zhou | Joshua Moreau | Yi-Min Chun | Joy Qu |
| Joseph Manion | Charles Maisonneuve | Payam Zarin | Polly Karpazis |
| Blerta Green | Magar Ghazarian | Rui Hu | Oscar Aguilar |
| Nichole Escalante | Melanie Zimmerman | Kate Buckley | Juan Carlos Zúñiga-Pflücker |
| Yoojin Choi | Mark Gower | Catherine Schrankel | Elisabeth Foerster |
| Tinxi (Tim) Guo | Ellinore Doroshenko | Dario Ferri | Lisa Hung |
| Alicia Kilfoy | Evelyn Lam | Sharon Ling | Kieran Manion |
| Sintia Xhiku | Spencer Zeng | Pailin Chiaranunt | Albert Nguyen |
| Angela Zhou | Sarah Colpitts | Martin Mak | Nasana Vaidya |
| Cadia Chan | Lauren Fernandez | Faustina Lau | Gavin Li |
| Melissa Liu | Robyn Loves | Claudia Ritzker | Saif Rjaibi |
| Daniel Zangrando | Michelle Zuo | Mahdieh Golzari-Sorkheh | Tiffany Kong |
| Deeva Uthayakumar | Beth DeConinck | James Pollock | Yinhan Dechi Castro |
| Mengdi Guo | Karen Yeung | Jinny Tsang | Daniah Alkassab |
| Annie Pu | Faizah (Numa) Sayeed | Rishabh Johri | Adriana Zutic |
| Raven Stoddart |
Founding Members
Yuriy Baglaenko and Charles Tran