People

Principal Investigator

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

Postdoctoral Fellows

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

Development of High-Performance Bipolar Membranes

PhD Students

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

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

Developing Light and CODelivery Systems for Phototrophic Biofilm Reactors

Jocelyn Riet
PhD Student
Bert Wasmund Graduate Fellow
Dept. of Chem. Eng. & Applied Chem.
(2021 – Present)

Development of High-Performance Bipolar Membranes

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

MASc and MEng Students

Renzo Gutierrez
MASc Student
Dept. of Chem. Eng. & Applied Chem.
(2024 – Present)

Selective Extraction of Medium Chain Fatty Acids & Synthesis of Polymer Membranes for Pressure-Driven Membrane Distillation

Keanna Yu
MASc Student
Dept. of Chem. Eng. & Applied Chem.
(2024 – Present)

Design of Lithium Selective Membranes for Electrodialysis

Undergraduate Researchers

Adrian Price-Roberts
Undergraduate Thesis Student
University of Toronto – BASc Student, Chemical Engineering
(2024 – Present)

Synthesis of Ultra-Thin Thiol-ene Anion Exchange Membranes

Faisal Shahbaz
Undergraduate Researcher
University of Waterloo – BASc Student, Nanotechnology Engineering
(2024 – Present)

Alumni

pOSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

  1. Sara Abu-Obaid, PhD (2023-2024) – Now: Postdoctoral Research Fellow @ Columbia University
  2. Hooman Chamani, PhD (2022-2023) – Now: Data Scientist @ WSP
  3. Nan Zhang, PhD (2022-2023) – Now: Assistant Professor @ Tianjin University

GRADUATE STUDENTS

  1. Dean Stipanic, MASc & Research Associate (2021-2024) – Now: Automation Engineer @ Acceleration Consortium
  2. Yuxin (Sindy) Zhang, MEng (2022-2024) – Now: Corrosion EIT I @ Corrosion Service Company Limited

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS

  1. Smita Basak (2024)
  2. Jordan Fidelino (2024)
  3. Caresse Nian (2024)
  4. Chaewon Lim (2024)
  5. Gawthaman Senthilvelan (2024)
  6. Sebastian Dot (2024)
  7. Ray Chen (2023-2024)
  8. Fiona Chang (2023)
  9. Julia Green (2023)
  10. Kenneth Sulimro (2023)
  11. Sartaaj Khan (2021-2022)
  12. Badr Abbas (2022)
  13. Isabella Petrocelli (2022)
  14. Buse Guler (2022)
  15. Kevin Yuan (2022)
  16. Bhakti Chohan (2022)

vISITING scholars

  1. Beata Malczewska (2021-2023)