Faculty

Shahzad Barghi

Shahzad Barghi

Associate Professor and MEng Program Director

Research Interests / Specializations: Multiphase reactors, Biomass gasification, Titania and carbon nan-otube production, Fixed bed reactors, Reactive Drying, Wastewater treatment, Membrane bioreactor, Air pollution, Odor abatement, Process development and design
TEB 447
519-661-2111 ext. 81275
sbarghi2@uwo.ca
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Amarjeet Bassi

Amarjeet Bassi

Professor and Chair

Research Interests / Specializations: Bioenergy, Biofuels, Microalgae, Bioseparations, biosensors, bacteriorhodopsin, liquid solid circulating fluidized beds
TEB 467
519-661-2111 ext. 88324
abassi@uwo.ca
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Franco Berruti

Franco Berruti

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Gas-solid fluidized beds; chemical reactor engineering; heavy oil upgrading; cracking and coking reactions; thermal cracking of biomass and solid wastes; bio-oil; hydrodynamic modeling; gas-liquid feed jets
TEB 373
519-661-2111 ext. 88771
fberruti@uwo.ca
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Michael  Boutilier

Michael Boutilier

Assistant Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Nanostructured membranes, experimental fluid dynamics, nanotechnology
TEB 437
519-661-2111 ext. 84361
michael.boutilier@uwo.ca
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Cedric Briens

Cedric Briens

Professor, NSERC/Syncrude Industrial Research Chair

Research Interests / Specializations: Fluidization and particulate operations
TEB 371
519-661-2111 ext. 88865
cbriens@uwo.ca
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Paul Charpentier

Paul Charpentier

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Developing new “green nanotechnologies” for environmentally-friendly and alternative energy applications
CMLP 3333
519-661-2111 ext. 83466
pcharpentier@eng.uwo.ca
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Hugo de Lasa

Hugo de Lasa

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Catalysis, photocatalysis, chemical reactors, fluidization
CMLP 3331
519-661-2111 ext. 82144
hdelasa@eng.uwo.ca
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Lauren Flynn

Lauren Flynn

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, adipose-derived stem cells
TEB 341
519-661-2111 ext. 87226
lauren.flynn@uwo.ca
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Elizabeth Gillies

Elizabeth Gillies

Professor, Canada Research Chair in Biomaterials Synthesis

Research Interests / Specializations: Biomaterials; nanomaterials; polymers; oligomers; dendrimers; organic synthesis; polymer synthesis; therapeutics; imaging; contrast agents; self-assembly; supramolecular chemistry
TEB 349
519-661-2111 ext. 81400
egillie@uwo.ca
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Jose Herrera

Jose Herrera

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Bridge the gaps between materials science, surface science, heterogeneous catalysis and environmental engineering; and to understand the interactions between heterogeneous and homogeneous reactions and surface phenomena
TEB 463
519-661-2111 ext. 81262
jherrera@eng.uwo.ca
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Andrew  Hrymak

Andrew Hrymak

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Problems with complex rheology, multiple phases and multiple length scales
TEB 461
519-661-2111 ext. 88298
ahrymak@uwo.ca
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Dimitre Karamanev

Dimitre Karamanev

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Biochemical Engineering and Fluid Flow
TEB 445
519-661-2111 ext. 88230
dkaraman@uwo.ca
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Naomi Klinghoffer

Naomi Klinghoffer

Assistant Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Thermochemical conversion of biomass and waste, catalytic synthesis of renewable transportation fuels, catalytic conversion of hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide utilization
TEB 375
519-661-2111 ext. 86981
nklingh@uwo.ca
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Tianlong (Taylor)  Liu

Tianlong (Taylor) Liu

Assistant Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Artificial intelligence (AI) for chemical and biochemical processes, AI enhanced process control, Waste to energy applications, Wastewater treatment.
TEB 353
519-661-2111 ext. 81317
tianlong.liu@uwo.ca
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Kibret Mequanint

Kibret Mequanint

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Tissue engineering; 3D scaffold fabrication; cell-material interaction and signaling; polyurethanes; bioreactor; extracellular matrix proteins, mass transfer
TEB 439
519-661-2111 ext. 88573
kmequani@uwo.ca
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George Nakhla

George Nakhla

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Municipal and industrial wastewater treatment, biological nutrient removal, leachate treatment, treatment process modeling, treatment process optimization, hazardous wastes biotreatment, in-situ bioremediation, activated carbon adsorption
SEB 3037
519-661-2111 ext. 85470
gnakhla@eng.uwo.ca
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Arghya Paul

Arghya Paul

Canada Research Chair, Associate Professor, Associate Chair (Graduate)

Research Interests / Specializations: Bioactive materials, Hydrogels, Gene/Drug Delivery, Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Nanomedicine, Stem Cell Therapy
TEB 433
519-661-2111 ext. 82249
arghya.paul@uwo.ca
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Dominic Pjontek

Dominic Pjontek

Associate Professor and Associate Chair Undergraduate

Research Interests / Specializations: Gas-liquid-solid fluidized beds, bitumen and bio-oil upgrading, particle agglomeration in fluidized beds, hydroprocessing, and reactor engineering
TEB 377
519-661-2111 ext. 82143
dpjontek@uwo.ca
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Anand Prakash

Anand Prakash

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Multiphase particulate systems; three-phase slurry bubble column reactors, ultrasonic techniques, sulfur removal, ammonia removal
TEB 441
519-661-2111 ext. 88528
aprakas2@uwo.ca
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Ajay Ray

Ajay Ray

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Reaction Engineering, Photocatalysis, Simulated Moving Bed Systems, Mathematical Modeling, Simulation and Multi-objective Optimization, Process Systems and Engineering, Integrated Reactor-Separator, Chemical Process Development
TEB 355
519-661-2111 ext. 84364
aray6@uwo.ca
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Mita Ray

Mita Ray

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Gas-solid Separation, Advanced Oxidation Processes, Particle Technology, Environmental Modeling
TEB 443
519-661-2111 ext. 81273
mray@eng.uwo.ca
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Lars Rehmann

Lars Rehmann

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Biochemical Engineering, Bioprocess Engineering, Green Process Engineering, Bioenergy, Biofuels, Lignocellulose Processing, Biopolymers, Bioreactor Design, In-situ Product Recovery, Environmental Engineering
TEB 459
519-661-2111 ext. 89008
rehmann@eng.uwo.ca
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Amin Rizkalla

Amin Rizkalla

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Biomaterials, synthesis, bioactive glass-ceramic, dental, crystallization, cement, nano-composite, sol-gel, mechanical, physical, chemical, coating, scaffold
TEB 337
519-661-2111 ext. 82212
arizkalla@eng.uwo.ca

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Sohrab Rohani

Sohrab Rohani

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Crystallization includes detailed experimental study of the kinetics of nucleation, growth, agglomeration, and breakage in batch and continuous systems
TEB 457
519-661-2111 ext. 84116
srohani@uwo.ca
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Lauren Tribe

Lauren Tribe

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Downstream pharmaceutical particulate manufacturing operations; the research emphasis is on sensor development for improved monitoring and investigation of operation parameters on particulate characteristics including flowability
TEB 449
519-661-2111 ext. 88849
lbriens@uwo.ca
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Jin Zhang

Jin Zhang

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Design, processing, surface modification, and characterization of nanocomposites for the applications in bioengineering, tissue regeneration, and sustainable energy
TEB 465
519-661-2111 ext. 88322
jzhang@eng.uwo.ca
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Ying Zheng

Ying Zheng

Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1), Associate Chair (Research)

Research Interests / Specializations: Development of novel catalysts and new intensified catalytic processes with applications in fuel upgrading, renewable energy, waste-to-energy/value-added products
Jesse (Jingxu) Zhu

Jesse (Jingxu) Zhu

Distinguished University Professor, Canada Research Chair in Particle Technology and its Applications

Research Interests / Specializations: Fluidization, powder technology, ultrafine powders, reactor design, powder coating, pharmaceutical tablet coating, pulmonary drug delivery, biological processes, wastewater treatment.
TEB453
519-661-2111 ext. 83807
jzhu@uwo.ca
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