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

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

Development of High-Performance Bipolar Membranes

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
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

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

Selective Extraction of Medium Chain Fatty Acids & Synthesis of Polymer Membranes for Vapor-Gap Reverse Osmosis

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

Design of Lithium Selective Membranes for Electrodialysis

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

Synthesis of Ultra-Thin Thiol-ene Anion Exchange Membranes

Smita Basak
Undergraduate Researcher
University of Waterloo – BASc Student, Mechanical Engineering
(Fall 2024)

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

Jordan Fidelino
Undergraduate Researcher
University of Waterloo – BASc Student, Chemical Engineering
(Fall 2024)