Group Members

Graduate Students

Ewan L. Gilleard               PhD Candidate            

Kalok (Clark) Kan             MSc Student

Sean Finlayson                MSc Student

Graduate Students

                                                            Year                           Last known position

Bonnie Leung (M.Sc.)                     2003 – 2006                 PhD; Alberta Environment (Edmonton)

Adam Schell                                    2005 – 2007                Chemical Engineer; Spartan Controls

Vicky Mah (Ph.D.)                           2004 – 2009                 MD; Pediatrician (Infinity Pediatrics - Calgary)

Pantea Niksirat (M.Sc.)                   2008 – 2012                 Canadian Standards Association (CSA)

Zahra Amini (M.Sc.)                        2008 – 2012                  PhD; Research Associate

Natalie Sisombath (M.Sc.)              2011 – 2014                   PhD; Researcher at University of Waterloo

Alejandra Enriquez Garcia (Ph.D)   2014 – 2019                 SixRing Inc

Miles Capper (M.Sc.)                      2017 – 2019                  Crane ChemPharma & Energy

Bita Abdolahi Sanati (PhD)             2021 – 2026               Post doctoral fellow (UCalgary; Chemical Engineering)

Post Doctoral Fellows

Dr. Jason Parsons                           2004                             University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Dr. Ahmed Shahin                           2005

Dr. Medhat El-Halawany                 2008                             Lecturer; Texas State University

Dr. Tran Trung                                 2020 – 2021                 Boston Materials Inc

Undergraduate Students

                                                                      Year                   Last know position

Bonnie Leung        Summer student            2003                PhD; Alberta Environment (Edmonton)

Vicky Mah             Chem 502 &                   2003 – 2004    MD; Pediatrician (Infinity Pediatrics - Calgary)

                              Summer student

Adam Schell          Chem 502 &                  2004 – 2005     Chemical Engineer; Spartan Controls

                               Summer student

Bryan Normandin  Summer student            2005                Family Physician (Heritage Family Medical Centre - Calgary)

Luke Laffin             Chem 502 student        2006 – 2007    MD; Preventive Cardiologist (Cleveland)

Tom Warner           Chem 502 student        2008                 PhD; Paraza Pharma Inc.

Stephen Zielke       Summer student           2011                  PhD; Data Analysts; Iteration Insights

Eun Young Kang    Summer student            2011                 MD; University of Calgary (Pathologist)

Karnjit Parmar        Summer student            2011                 Postdoctoral Fellow (University of Illinois) 

Alejandra Bueno    Chem 402 student        2013

Yasmeen Kausar   Chem 402 student         2013                Canadian Food Inspection Agency (Calgary)

Wan Ling Yeo        Chem 402 student         2017

Mengya Wu           Exchange student          2017

Michael Blust        Summer student             2017

                              (NSERC USRA)       

Valerie Brunskill    Chem 502 &                   2018 - 2019      PhD; University of Calgary

                              Summer student (NSERC USRA)                                                           

Owen Wang          Chem 402 student         2018                    University of Alberta (Faculty of Engineering - Undergraduate student)

Jonathan Leary      Summer student           2019                  Electrical Engineer

                               (NSERC USRA) 

Demi Bonnaventure  Chem 402 student     2021 - 2022        Element Materials Technology (Calgary)

Dareen Hallak        Chem 402 student        2022                   University of Liverpool (PhD Candidate)

Abdel Elfazari         Chem 402 student        2023                  

Trisha Lanaque       Chem 402 student        2023                  Ed. Lab Technologist (SAIT, Calgary)

Martin Bardhi          Chem 402 student        2024                  MD student; University of Toronto

Patrick van Wieren  Chem 402 student       2025

Research Assistants

                                                                      Year                   Last know position

Maryam Izadifard                                        2002                  PhD; Sessional Instructor - U Calgary

Michael Taylor                                             2012                  Ballance (New Zealand)

Karnjit Parmar                                            2012 – 2014       Postdoctoral Fellow (University of Illinois) 

Yasmeen Kausar                                        2013 – 2014       Canadian Food Inspection Agency (Calgary)

Michael Blust                                              2017

Marcel Boileau                                            2018

Ewan Gilleard                                             2021                   University of Calgary (PhD Candidate)