People

My current research group members and their respective projects are provided below.

Graduate Students

Name Degree Co-supervision Thesis topic
Jingyuan Guan Ph.D. Carbon dioxide conversion to commodity chemicals in a gas-liquid-solid slurry reactor
Maryam Rezaei Ph.D. Lars Rehmann Biosurfactants production by fermentation

Nayab Nasir

(Jan. 2024 start)

Ph.D. Cedric Briens Fluid coker heater modifications to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
William McIllwraith M.E.Sc. Cedric Briens Development of methods to monitor the fouling of stripper sheds in fluid cokers
Chenyue Liu M.E.Sc. Cedric Briens

Particle Entrainment in a Fluid Coker Pilot Plant

Adam Schubert M.E.Sc. Jose Herrera Carbon dioxide conversion to liquid fuels

Rachel Schneiderman

(defense only status)

M.E.Sc. Lars Rehmann Optimization of sophorolipid biosurfactants production by fermentation

 Alumni


 Undergraduate and M.Eng. Students

 Alumni

  • Varshiga Vijayakumar, 4th year B.E.Sc. Chem. Eng. thesis (2022)
  • Arav Saherwala, 4th year B.E.Sc. Chem. Eng. thesis (2022)
  • Georgia Auger, 4th year B.E.Sc. Chem. Eng. thesis (2021)
  • Seamus Glazier, 4th year B.E.Sc. Chem. Eng. thesis (2021)
  • Niall Murphy, 4th year B.E.Sc. Chem. Eng. thesis (2021)
  • Leah Fraiberg, 4th year B.E.Sc. Chem. Eng. thesis (2020)
  • Nicole Lesmeister, MEng in Chemical Engineering (2019)
  • Sarah From, USRA recipient and summer student researcher (2019)
  • Chenjingyi Wang, summer student researcher (2019)
  • Ameen Meddaoui, 4th year B.E.Sc. Chem. Eng. thesis (2019)
  • Joanna Marton, MEng in Chemical Engineering (2019)
  • Teri Doxtator, MEng in Chemical Engineering (2018)
  • Julia Buono, USRA recipient and summer student researcher (2018)
  • Jiawei Li, visiting student from Tianjin University (2018)
  • Danmei Chen, 4th year B.E.Sc. Chem. Eng. thesis (2018)
  • Matthew Wong, 4th year B.E.Sc. Chem. Eng. thesis (2017)
  • Mark Pipher, 4th year B.E.Sc. Chem. Eng. thesis (2016)
  • Yara Alazki, 4th year B.E.Sc. Chem. Eng. thesis (2016)
  • Yige Peng, visiting student from Tianjin University (2016)
  • Ahmed Hammad, Western Work Study Program (2015)
  • Mackenzie Atkinson, 4th year B.E.Sc. thesis (2015)