GROUP MEMBERS


Milana Trifkovic- Professor

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Milana Trifkovic, Ph.D.

Department of Chemical Engineering

mtrifkov@ucalgary.ca
Office: CCIT 318
Phone: 403-220-8779


Milana Trifkovic joined the Department of Chemical and Petroleum engineering at U of C in April, 2013.
Prior to joining the faculty, Milana was an NSERC postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Chemical
Engineering and Materials Science at University of Minnesota under the joint direction of Profs. Christopher
Macosko and Prodromos Daoutidis. She received her PhD in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering from
the Western University under the supervision of Dr. Sohrab Rohani.
Profile at UCalgary's Website

Research Staff

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Qasim Khan, Ph.D.

Research Associate

Bacterial Cellulose based Solid Electrolyte Design

qasim.khan1@ucalgary.ca

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Postdoctoral Fellows

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Behzad Fuladpanjeh, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

In-operando Monitoring of Electrochemical Reactions

behzadfu@gmail.com

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Biporjoy Sarkar, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Melt-Spinning of Alberta Oilsands Asphaltenes into Carbon Fibres

biporjoy.sarkar@ucalgary.ca

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Leonardo Martin-Alarcon, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Use optical tweezers to examine the connection between microstructure and rheology in complex materials

leonardo.martinalarc@ucalgary.ca

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Ozioma U. Akakuru, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Nanoprobes for subsurface fluids detection and cancer theranostics

ozioma.akakuru@ucalgary.ca

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Sefiu Abolaji Rasaki, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Nanoparticle Stabilized Emulsions, Utilization of Engineered Polyscaharides in Advanced Materials

sefiu.rasaki@ucalgary.ca

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Sabad-e-Gul, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Monitoring horizontal well performance via fluorescent-based nanosensors

sabad-e-.gul@ucalgary.ca

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Shuo Lin, PhD.

Postdoctoral Associate

Proton conducting metal-organic frameworks (PC-MOFs) and PC-MOFs based electrolyte membranes

shuo.lin@ucalgary.ca

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Vinay Saini, PhD.

Postdoctoral Associate

Eyes High Post Doctoral Research Fellow

vinay.saini1@ucalgary.ca

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Graduate Students

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Aigerim S. Meiman

Ph.D. candidate

Direct visualization study of complex fluid flow in porous media

aigerim.meimanova@ucalgary.ca

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Anindya Mitra, MASc. (Chemical Engineering)

Ph.D. candidate

Molecular modelling of polymer nanocomposites

anindya.mitra@ucalgary.ca

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Aylin Habibiyan, M.Sc. Polymer Chemistry

Ph.D. candidate

Design of Hierarchical Monoliths from Ternary Polymer Blend Nanocomposites

aylin.habibiyan@ucalgary.ca

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Balakrishnan Dharmalingam

MSc. candidate

Production of Carbon Fibres from Asphaltenes

balakrishnan.dharmal@ucalgary.ca

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Gaurav Karhana

MSc candidate

Stabilizations of Oil-in-Water Emulsions with GQD particles

gaurav.karhana@ucalgary.ca

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Gleb Bobrov, Ph.D.

Ph.D. candidate

Processing and testing plastics and polymer composites

gleb.bobrov@ucalgary.ca

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Jackson Uhryn, BSc Mechanical Engineering

MSc candidate

Rheology & Tribology of Nanoparticle Lubricants

jackson.uhryn@ucalgary.ca

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Min-Hyung Markus Lee, MSc Mechanical Engineering

Ph.D. candidate

Bipjels

minhyung.lee1@ucalgary.ca

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Mmakeng John Otsweleng

MSc candidate

Solid state sodium ion batteries

mjotswel@ucalgary.ca

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Pantea Ghahremani

Ph.D. candidate

Solid Polymer Electrolytes for Li-ion Batteries

pantea.ghahremani@ucalgary.ca

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Rajas Shah, M.Tech in Polymer Sci. and Eng.

Ph.D. candidate

Morphological and Rheological characterization of Co-continuous polymer blends

rajas.shah@ucalgary.ca

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Saqr Abuhatab, MSc in Chemical Engineering

Ph.D. candidate

Soft materials: Synthesis and Application

saqr.abuhatab@ucalgary.ca

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Sucharita Pal

MSc. candidate

Design of Graphene Aerogels for CO2 Capturing

sucharita.pal@ucalgary.ca

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Former Group Members

Research Staff

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Babak Soltannia, Ph.D.

Position (2021-2022):
Postdoctoral Fellow

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Ben Workman

Position (2017-2018):
Image Analysis Research Assistant

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Brandy Kinkead (Pilapil), Ph.D.

Position (2018-2020):
Research Associate

Position (2015-2017):
Postdoctoral Fellow

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Edna J. Molina Bacca, MSc., EIT

Position (2018-2019):
Research Associate

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Jeveria Rehman,Ph.D.

Position (2020-2021):
Postdoctoral Fellow

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Mahmoud Ansari,Ph.D.

Position (2017-2018):
Postdoctoral Fellow

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Maryam Aghajamali, Ph.D.

Position (2020-2022):
Postdoctoral Fellow

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Maziar Derakhshandeh,
Ph.D.

Position (2016-2018):
Postdocotoral Researcher

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Mohamed Elsutohy, BPharm. MPharm, PhD.

Position (2018-2021):
Postdocotoral Researcher

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Olga Kleinerman, Ph.D.

Position (2018):
Postdocotoral Researcher in collaboration with TECHNION

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Parvaneh Sokhandani,
MSc.

Position (2016-2017):
Research Assistant

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Rasoul Arabjamaloei, PhD, P.Eng.

Position (2017-2019):
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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Shohei Yoshida

Position (2018-2020):
Industrial Visitor Fellow

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Sunil Kumar,
Ph.D.

Position (2017-2019):
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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Stephanie Kedzior, Ph.D.

Position (2017-2020):
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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Syed Atif Pervez, Ph.D.

Position (2020-2021):
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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Varvara Gordeeva, Ph.D.

Position (2020):
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Graduate Students

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Amir Hosein Ahmadian, MSc., EIT

Graduation year: (2016)

ahmadian1986@gmail.com

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Eva Umeozor, PhD

Graduation year: (2018)

Current position: Research Engineer at the Canadian Energy Research Institute

evar.umeozor@gmail.com

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Johnny (Yujun) Chen, MSc.

Graduation year: (2017)

Current position: Data Scientist at BHGE

tsjohnnychan@gmail.com

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Sagar Neel Purkayastha, Ph.D.

Graduation year: (2018)

Current position: Data Scientist and Senior Consultant at IBM (Watson Advanced Analytics)

sagar.neel.purkayastha@ibm.com

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Heidi Jahandideh, MSc.

Graduation year: (2018)

Current position: Ph.D. Candidate at McGill University (Bicolloids and Surfaces Lab)

heidi.jahandideh@mail.mcgill.ca

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Edna J. Molina Bacca, MSc., EIT

Graduation year: (2018)

Current position: PhD Candidate at PIK

edna.molinabacca@ucalgary.ca

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Rachel Malone, MSc.

Graduation year: (2018)

Current position: Research Engineer at Membrion, Inc.

ram25alone@gmail.com

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Aseem Pandey, MSc.

Graduation year: (2018)

Current position: Chief Innovation Officer, EnviCore Inc.

aseem.pandey@envicoreinc.com

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Shahrukh Shamim, MSc.

Graduation year: (2018)

Current position: CEO and Co-Founder, EnviCore Inc.

shahrukh.shamim@envicoreinc.com

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Dominic Omusi, MSc.

Graduation year: (2019)

dominic.omusi1@ucalgary.ca

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Mahboubeh Karami, MSc.

Graduation year: 2019

mahboobeh.karami1@ucalgary.ca

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Ajay Rai, MSc.

Graduation year: 2020

ajay.rai1@ucalgary.ca

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Pejman Ganjeh Anzabi, Ph.D.

Graduation year: (2021)

Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher at Université de Montréal

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Rahul Nagial, MSc.

Graduation year: (2021)

rahul.nagial1@ucalgary.ca

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Behzad Fuladpanjeh, Ph.D.

Graduation year: (2021)

Current position: Postdoctoral fellow at University of Calgary

behzadfu@gmail.com

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Leonardo Martin-Alarcon, Ph.D.

Graduation year: (2020)

Current position: Postdoctoral fellow at University of Calgary

leonardo.martinalarc@ucalgary.ca

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Saqr Abuhatab, MSc.

Current position: Ph.D. candidate at University of Calgary

saqr.abuhatab@ucalgary.ca

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Aleksandra Govedarica, Ph.D.

Graduation year: (2021)

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Gayathri Kalyanaraman, MSc

Graduation year: (2021)

Visiting Students

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Guofeng Yang

Undergraduate Students

  • Mahfuzul Haque (University of Calgary) - Undergraduate Student (2022)
  • Karim Firdous (University of Calgary) - Undergraduate Student (2021)
  • Xiang Yu Shi (University of Calgary) - Undergraduate Student (Summer 2019)
  • Sierra Cranmer-Smith (University of Waterloo) - Undergraduate Student (2018-19)
  • Rashmika Raghupathi (University of Calgary) - Undergraduate Student (Summer 2018)
  • Nima Macci (University of Calgary) - Undergraduate Student-(2018-19)
  • Austin Hartwell (University of Calgary) - NSERC USRA Summer Intern (2017)
  • Elijah Nathan Comin (University of Waterloo) - Visiting Undergraduate Student (2017)
  • Keiran Sawatzky (University of Waterloo) - Visiting Undergraduate Student (2017)
  • Geena Smith (University of Victoria) - Visiting Undergraduate Student (2017)
  • Ayesha Abid (University of Calgary) - Undergraduate Student (2017)
  • Gregory Lazaris (University of Waterloo) - Visiting Undergraduate Student (Summer 2017)
  • Marcelo Mathias (University of Calgary) - Undergraduate Student (Summer 2017)
  • Sakshi Shrivastava (University of Calgary) - Undergraduate Student (Summer 2017)
  • Aniruddha Das (Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur) - Mitacs Globalink Scholar (2016)
  • Caroline May Liu (University of Calgary) - Undergraduate Student (Summer 2016)
  • Kenrick Valenica (University of Calgary) - Undergraduate Student (Summer 2016)
  • Mary Chen (University of Waterloo) - Undergraduate Student (Winter 2016)
  • Sumesh Shrestha (University of Calgary) - NSERC USRA Summer Intern (2015)
  • Rajas Shah (Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee) -Mitacs Globalink Scholar (2015)
  • Salman Azhar - Visiting MEng Student (Summer 2014)
  • Henrique Ribeiro Theiss (Universidade Federal de Itajubá) - Visiting Undergraduate Student (Summer 2014)
  • Rachel Malone (University of Calgary) - Undergraduate Student (Summer 2013)