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

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

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
(Co-advised by Prof. Patrick C. Lee)
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 Prof. 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

Victoria Anson
PhD Student
Dept. of Chem. Eng. & Applied Chem.
(2025 – Present)

Ion-Selective Electrodialysis for Highly Selective Separations of Critical Minerals

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

Allison Suichies
MEng Student
Dept. of Chem. Eng. & Applied Chem.
(2024 – Present)

Development of Monovalent-Selective Anion Exchange Membranes

Olga Misic, P.Eng.
MASc Student
Dept. of Chem. Eng. & Applied Chem.
(2025 – Present)

Improving Acid and Base Product Concentration for Electrolysis Driven Salt Splitting

Shuoyuan (Amaris) Gao
CHE499 Thesis Student
University of Toronto – BASc Student, Chemical Engineering
(2025 – Present)

Aymun Qayume
CHE499 Thesis Student
University of Toronto – BASc Student, Chemical Engineering
(2025 – Present)