Jay Werber
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Chem. Eng. & Applied Chem.

Niloofar Shirali
PhD Student
Dept. of Chem. Eng. & Applied Chem.
(2021 – Present)

Ultra-thin Composite Membranes for Solubility-based Separations

Jiahao Zhu
PhD Student
Dept. of Chem. Eng. & Applied Chem.
(2021 – Present)

Modeling of Transport in Reverse-Osmosis Membranes

Dean Stipanic
MASc Student
QEII Fellow
Dept. of Chem. Eng. & Applied Chem.
(2021 – Present)

Development of Ultra-Permeable Nanoparticle-based Membranes

Ose Ebewele
PhD Student
IBET Momentum Fellow
Dept. of Chem. Eng. & Applied Chem.
(2021 – Present)

Developing Light and CO₂  Delivery Systems for Phototrophic Biofilm Reactors

Yuxin (Sindy) Zhang
MEng Student
Dept. of Chem. Eng. & Applied Chem.
(2022 – Present)

Development of Polymer Membranes for Selective Extraction of Medium Chain Fatty Acids

Sima Zeinali Danalou
PhD Student
Dept. of Chem. Eng. & Applied Chem.
(2022 – Present)

Advanced Microscopy and 3D Imaging Techniques to Assess and Develop High-Pressure RO Membranes

Hongchen Wang
PhD Student (co-advised by Jason Hattrick-Simpers)
Dept. of Mater. Sci. Eng.
(2022 – Present)

High-Throughput Experimentation for High-Pressure Reverse-Osmosis Membranes 

Niher Ranjan Sarker
PhD Student
Bert Wasmund Graduate Fellow
Dept. of Chem. Eng. & Applied Chem.
(2022 – Present)

Insights into Desalination Selective Layers – Understanding Water and Salt Transport in Linear Aromatic Polyamide Membranes

Jocelyn Riet
PhD Student
Bert Wasmund Graduate Fellow
Dept. of Chem. Eng. & Applied Chem.
(2023 – Present)

Development of high-performance bipolar membranes

Claudio Adrian Ruiz Torres
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dept. of Chem. Eng. & Applied Chem.
(2023 – Present)

Development of high-performance bipolar membranes

Sara Abu-Obaid 
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dept. of Chem. Eng. & Applied Chem.
(2023 – Present)

Development of high-pressure reverse osmosis membranes and bipolar membranes