Group Members

Graduate Student

Bita Abdolahi Sanati               PhD Candidate            

Ewan Gilleard                         PhD Candidate      

Undergraduate Student

Martin Bardhi                       Chem 402 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                  Bureau Veritas Group

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                   Imperial College London (PhD Candidate)

Post Doctoral Fellows

Dr. Jason Parsons                           2004                             University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Dr. Ahmed Shahin                           2005

Dr. Medhat El-Halawany                 2008                             Cairo University

Dr. Tran Trung                                 2020 – 2021                 Electrovaya

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                GP (Sorell Family Practice - Australia)

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                 University of Illinois (Postdoctoral Fellow)

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      University of Calgary (PhD Candidate)

                              Summer student (NSERC USRA)                                                           

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

                                                                                                   (Undergrad student)

Jonathan Leary      Summer student           2019

                               (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

Research Assistants

                                                                      Year                   Last know position

Maryam Izadifard                                        2002                  PhD; Sessional Instructor - U Calgary

Michael Taylor                                             2012                  Ballance (New Zealand)

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

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

Michael Blust                                              2017

Marcel Boileau                                            2018

Ewan Gilleard                                             2021                   University of Calgary (PhD Candidate)