Daniel Charlebois

Dr. Daniel Charlebois is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Alberta, with adjunct roles in Biological Sciences and Biomedical Engineering. His research bridges physics and biology, focusing on antimicrobial resistance, biophysics, and synthetic biology. He leads the Charlebois Lab, located in the Centennial Center for Interdisciplinary Science, which combines experimental and computational approaches to study microbial drug resistance mechanisms using genetically engineered yeasts and machine learning.

• Education: PhD Physics (2014), University of Ottawa; NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow at Stony Brook University (2014-2019).
  Undergraduate degrees in Physics and Biological Sciences from University of Calgary (2008).

Research interests include gene regulatory networks, bioelectromagnetics, and phenotypic heterogeneity. His work integrates stochastic simulations, experimental microbiology, and machine learning to advance treatments for drug-resistant pathogens. Recent studies explore magnetic field effects on microbial populations and antifungal tolerance mechanisms in Candida auris.

Publications: Over 20 peer-reviewed articles in journals like Nature Communications, PNAS, and Physical Biology, focusing on drug resistance dynamics, synthetic biology, and quantitative systems biology. Key themes include modeling microbial evolution and developing diagnostic tools using AI.

• Awards: Audrey and Randy Lomnes Early Career Endowment Award (2020).

He mentors undergraduate and postdoctoral researchers through initiatives like PHYS 499 and BIOL 399/499. Lab collaborations span physics, biology, and engineering disciplines, with affiliations to the Collaborative Mathematical Biology Group and the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute.