Contact Information and Research Profiles

BioSci = BioSciences Complex, 4603
DUP = Dupuis Hall

FCRC = Fuel Cell Research Centre
HMRC = Human Mobility Research Centre

ILC = Integrated Learning Centre

KGH = Kingston General Hospital

PhD Students MASc Students MEng Students
Diego Abad

Diego Abad
PhD Candidate

Area of expertise/research: Coordination Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Recalcitrant biomass degradation, Electrochemistry,  UV-Vis Cryo Photospectrometry

Email: 24mx45@queensu.ca 
Supervisor:
Escobedo

Bio: I am a chemist with expertise in catalysis and spectroscopic characterization. During my master's studies, I developed a novel catalyst for cellulose cleavage, contributing to sustainable biomass conversion. My research experience also includes electrochemistry.
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Maryam Aghili
PhD Candidate

Email: 21ma75@queensu.ca 
Supervisor:  
Docoslis

 

Fatemeh Arghavan
PhD Candidate

Email: 22pql1@queensu.ca
Supervisor: Meunier/Koupaie

 

Maryam Azhdari
PhD Candidate

Email: 21ma180@queensu.ca 
Supervisor: Guay

 

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Alireza Bagherzadeh Hosseinabad
PhD Candidate

Email: 19abh3@queensu.ca  
Supervisor: 
Docoslis

 

Mohammad Bandpey
PhD Candidate

Email: 23lr4@queensu.ca 
Supervisor: Barz

 

Amir Hossein Behroozi
PhD Candidate

Email: 22brr1@queensu.ca
Supervisor: 
Meunier/Koupaie

 

Fredrick Bulondo
PhD Candidate

Email: 21fb25@queensu.ca
Supervisor: 
Fitzpatrick

 

Shivanthi Dharmarathna
PhD Candidate

Email: 21spd1@queensu.ca 
Supervisor: Kontopoulou 

 

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Nasim Fadaie
PhD Candidate

Email: 22fn41@queensu.ca 
Supervisor: 
De France/Xin

 

Guorui Gao
PhD Candidate

Email: 20gg6@queensu.ca
Supervisor: Dinh

 

Shabnam Ghanbarzadeh
PhD Candidate

Email: 23cw53@queensu.ca  
Supervisor: Koupaie

 

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Aldo Emmanuel González López
PhD Candidate

Email: 21aeg@queensu.ca  
Supervisor: Escobedo

 

Romina Hajmohammadtaghishirazi
PhD Candidate

Email: 23dn9@queensu.ca 
Supervisor: 
De France/Koupaie

 

Mouna Harb
PhD Candidate

Email: 21myh1@queensu.ca  
Supervisor: 
McAuley

 

Nathaniel Holwell
PhD Candidate

Email: n.holwell@queensu.ca
Supervisor: 
Amsden

 

Kathryn Jalink
PhD Candidate

Email: 16kdj1@queensu.ca  
Supervisor: 
Wells

 

Erika Johannessen
PhD Candidate

Email: 17emj@queensu.ca 
Supervisor: Hungler

 

Saba Jorjeisi

Saba Jorjeisi
PhD Candidate

Area of Expertise/Research: Polymer science, polymer nanoparticles

Email: 24vn25@queensu.ca 
Supervisor:
Cunningham

 

AmirAria Latifzadeh
PhD Candidate

Email: 23dy5@queensu.ca 
Supervisor: 
Docoslis

 

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Ophelie Lesage
PhD Candidate

Area of Expertise/Research: Mathematical modeling, Chemical reaction engineering, Applied statistics

Email: 24fx63@queensu.ca 
Supervisors: McAuley/Hutchinson

 

Sara Mohebbi
PhD Candidate

Email: 23gr20@queensu.ca 
Supervisor: 
Hutchinson

 

Iman Moshiritabrizi
PhD Candidate

Email: 20im6@queensu.ca 
Supervisor:
McAuley

 

Faith Oni

Adesuwa (Faith) Oni
PhD Candidate

Email: 23bpv2@queensu.ca 
Supervisor:
McAuley

 

Carolina Ordoñez Franco
PhD Candidate

Email:21mcof@queensu.ca 
Supervisors: 
Cunningham/Champagne/De France

 

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Trong Huy Pham
PhD Candidate

Email:22jvl@queensu.ca
Supervisor: 
Dinh

 

Christopher Rayner
PhD Candidate

Email: 16car@queensu.ca
Supervisor:
 Wells 

 

Fateme Rezagholizade
PhD Candidate

Email: fateme.rezagholizade@queensu.ca 
Supervisor: 
Amsden

 

Fatemeh Salarhosseini
PhD Candidate

Email:21fs24@queensu.ca
Supervisor: Hutchinson

 

Andrew Sellathuari
PhD Candidate

Email: 18ajs8@queensu.ca 
Supervisor: 
Barz

 

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Sandra Smeltzer
PhD Candidate

Email: 14ses4@queensu.ca
Supervisor: 
Cunningham

 

Isaac Thevathasen
PhD Candidate

Email: 19it9@queensu.ca
Supervisor: Amsden

 

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Adam Waterman
PhD Candidate

Email: 13adw@queensu.ca
Supervisor: Guay

 

Yidan Wen
PhD Candidate

Email: 17yw21@queensu.ca
Supervisor: De France

 

Dai Vo

Dai Viet Vo
PhD Candidate

Email: 24vnw1@queensu.ca 
Supervisor:
Dinh

 

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Abdul Yaish
PhDc Candidate

Area of expertise/research: Life cycle assessment, techno-economic assessment, process design, process simulation, plastics recycling, mathematical optimization

Email: 18ayy@queensu.ca
Supervisor: 
McLellan/Yang

Bio: I am a PhD student working in the McLellan and Yang research group in the Department of Chemical Engineering. My research focuses on the intersection between chemical process design and environmental and economic sustainability assessments. I specialize in conducting life-cycle assessments and techno-economic assessments for plastics recycling.

Yuxi Zhang
PhD Candidate

Email:20yz79@queensu.ca
Supervisor: Fitzpatrick

 

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Roxana Abdi
MASc Candidate

Email: 23cb36@queensu.ca
Supervisor: Kontopoulou

 

Faraz Arafati
MASc Candidate

Area of Expertise/Research: Anaerobic Digestion, Biochar (Hydrochar); Preparation and Modification, Circular Economy, Waste Management, Water and Wastewater Treatment

Email: 23ttl13@queensu.ca 
Supervisor: 
Kopuaie

Bio: I am a Master's student researching ways to enhance anaerobic digestion (AD) using modified biochar. My work focuses on surface modification of biochar to boost microbial activity and improve process efficiency of anaerobic digestion. My interests include waste management, and the optimization of biological treatment systems (especially AD and AcoD)

Farmiah Aminfar
MASc Candidate

Email: 23bg24@queensu.ca 
Supervisor: 
Koupaie

 

Joel Bartlett

Joel Bartlett
MASc Candidate

Email: 19jab18@queensu.ca 
Supervisor:
Guay/Hudon

 

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Tuan Anh Bui
MASc Candidate

Area of Expertise/Research: CO2 conversion

Email: tuananh.bui@queensu.ca  
Supervisor: Dinh

 

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Florence Bullem
MASc Candidate

Email: 22bmmr@queensu.ca
Supervisor: 
Koupaie

 

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Yun Woo Choi
MASc Candidate

Email: 17ywc1@queensu.ca
Supervisor: 
McAuley

 

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Shizhe Dong
MASc Candidate

Area of Expertise/Research: Polymer chemistry

Email: 22qg37@queensu.ca
Supervisor: 
Hutchinson

 

Bassey Eyo

Bassey Eyo
MASc Candidate

Area of Expertise/Research: Process Systems Engineering

Email: 22vtd1@queensu.ca
Supervisor: Guay

 

Dante Flores
MASc Candidate

Email: 20dlgg@queensu.ca 
Supervisor:
Baker

 

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Annalise Foster
MASc Candidate

Area of Expertise/Research: Microfluidics, Vibrio cholerae, Chemotaxis, Lab-on-a-chip

Email: 18aof@queensu.ca 
Supervisor: 
Escobedo

 

Namratha Gudigunti
MASc Candidate

Email: 22btw5@queensu.ca 
Supervisor: 
Docoslis

 

Thao Nguyen Ho

Nora Ho
MASc Candidate

Area of Expertise/Research: CO2 conversion

Email: 24jj@queensu.ca
Supervisor:
Dinh

 

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Shengjing Huang
MASc Candidate

Email:16sh72@queensu.ca  
Supervisor: Ramsay

 

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Jerome Joseph
MASc Candidate

Email: 23nfc@queensu.ca
Supervisor: 
Parent

 

Skylar Knibbs

Skylar Knibbs
MASc Candidate

Area of Expertise/Research: Cell biology, insulin, phenolic preservatives (phenol, m-credit), Type 1 Diabetes, Health Research, Macrophage, Inflammatory response

Email: 21slk7@queensu.ca 
Supervisor:
Fitzpatric/Gee

 

Hung Do Tuan Lai
MASc Candidate

Email: 23clgg@queensu.ca
Supervisor: Dinh/Qian Zhang

 

 

Graeden Lau

Graeden Lau
MASc Candidate

Area of Expertise/Research: Polymer Engineering

Email: graeden.lau@queensu.ca 
Supervisor: Amsden

 

Tai Van Nguyen
MASc Candidate

Email: 23pct7@queensu.ca 
Supervisor:
Dinh

 

Duc-Minh Phan-Pham

Tony Phan
MASc Candidate

Area of Expertise/Research: Material Science, Photocatalysis, Electrocatalysis

Email: m.d.phanpham@queensu.ca 
Supervisor: Dinh

Bio: I am a passionate and determined graduate in Chemical Engineering, fully aware of the profound impact that engineering - and specifically my chosen field - has on driving societal progress. I am particularly inspired by the global shift toward sustainability and am devoted to contributing to this vision by developing CO₂ reduction technology

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Nimaat Salami
MASc Candidate

Area of Expertise/Research: Bioenergy, Waste management

Email: 22nos@queensu.ca 
Supervisor:
Koupaie

 

Varsha Sharma

Varsha Sharma
MASc Candidate

Area of Expertise/Research: Waste to energy

Email: 24pk15@queensu.ca 
Supervisor: Koupaie

Abbey Stein

Abbey Stein
MASc Candidate

Area of Expertise/Research: Inflammatory response to surgical mesh

Email: 20aes15@queensu.ca  
Supervisor: Wells

Baris Topcuoglu

Baris Topcuoglu
MASc Candidate

Email: 24gh13@queensu.ca 
Supervisor:
Hutchinson

 

Meghan VanBuuren

Meghan VanBuuren
MASc Candidate

Area of Expertise/Research: Foreign body reaction, tissue engineering

Email: 19mnvb@queensu.ca
Supervisor: Fitzpatrick

 

 

Duke Vien
MASc Candidate

Area of Expertise/Research: Mathematical modeling, parameter estimation

Email: 24wrf2@queensu.ca 
Supervisor:
McAuley

 

Mantong (Mia) Wang
MASc Candidate

Email:12mw51@queensu.ca
Supervisor: Guay

 

Haocheng Xu
MASc Candidate

Email: 22sh49@queensu.ca
Supervisor: Guay

 

 

Numan Asad

Numan Asad
MEng Candidate

Email: numan.asad@queensu.ca 

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Manahil Atif
MEng Candidate

Email: 24bb5@queensu.ca

Emmanuel Olugbemi

Emmanuel Olugbemi
MEng Candidate

Email: 23hns@queensu.ca 

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Kunjkumar Patel
MEng Candidate

Email: 24lqs@queensu.ca 

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Kush Jatinbhai Patel
MEng Candidate

Email: kush.patel@queensu.ca 

Varsha Sharma

Varsha Sharma
MEng Candidate

Email: 24pk15@queensu.ca 

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Nitya Shah
MEng Candidate

Email: 24qh16@queensu.ca 

Congrong Zhu

Congrong Zhu
MEng Candidate

Email: congrong.z@queensu.ca