Our current team

Group leader: Professor Parisa A. Ariya

• Dr. Roya Mortazavi (Research scientist)
• Emma Morris (Undergraduate research)
• Mayeesha Rahim (Researcher)
• Jim Avik Ghoshdastidar (PhD student)
• Rodrigo Rangel-Alvarez (PhD student)
•  Uday Kurien (PhD student)
• Ryan Hall (PhD student)
• Bryan Lee (MSc Student)
• Dr. Yevgen Nazarenko (postdoctoral fellow) 
• Dr. Mainak Ganguly (Postdoctoral fellow)
• Dr. Justin Jacquot (Postdoctoral fellow)
• Devendra Pal (PhD student)
• James Manalad (Undergraduate research)
• Kyleigh Gunn (Undergraduate research)
• Simon Dibs (Undergraduate research)
• Andrea Odunze (Undergraduate research)
• Dr. Meikun Fan (Visiting Professor)
• Dr. Mansour Almatarneh (Visiting Professor)
• Arham Uddin Syed (work-study research)

Some  pictures of us having fun!

Alumni (selected list)

• Dr. Gregor Kos (former PDF, now faculty member, Concordia University)
• Daniel Lear (Former Exchange masters student), future high school teacher 
• Yashen Taher (Former Work study student)
• Sahana Selladurai (Former undergraduate researcher, now a chemist/science writer)
• Dr. Zhenzhong Hu  former (Postdoctoral fellow, now a Professor in China)
• Connie Ye (former undergraduate researcher, graduate research assistant, U. Calgary)
• Maximilien Morissette  (former undergraduate research, now Arctic explorer)
• Janini Ramamurthy (former undergraduate research)
• Jill Bachelder (former undergraduate research, now a graduate student at UdeM)
• Andrea Rocha (former M.Sc student, now R&D, chemical industry)
• Max Beuret (former M.Sc student, now as analytical chemist, France)
• Arnold Downey (former Undergraduate research, now chemist for City of Montreal)
• Mayeesha Rahim (former Undergraduate student)
• Ali Moridnejad (former PhD student)
• Nermin Eltouny (former PhD student, currently a professor, American University at Cairo)
• Dr. Daniel Deeds (former Postdoctoral scientist, Geophysical Survey, USA)
• Kuzivakwashe Murwira (Undergraduate research)
• Aryeh Feinberg (former undergraduate research, now a PhD student at ETH)
• Renee Van (former undergraduate student)
• Oruj Ahamadov (former undergraduate student)
• Farmade Benson (former undergraduate research)
• Szu-Chia (Christy) Huang (undergraduate research)
• Florie Chevrier (former Graduate student exchange)
• Ousman Shahid (former undergraduate research)
• Juan Gina (former undergraduate research)
• Yousef Eiyd (former undergraduate research)
• Melissa Ong (former Undergraduate research)
• Edward Hudson (former PhD, Currently a professor at John Abbott College)
• Elisa-Andree Guerette (former MSC, now associate research fellow, Australia)
• Marieke Beaulieu (former undergraduate research, now at McGill biodiversity centre)
• Dwayne Lutchman (former undergraduate research)
• Mustapha Tanner (former MSC research)
• Fanyi Meng (former Undergraduate research)
• Kasey Hulvey (former Undergraduate research)
• Nafissa Adechina (former MSC exchange, now an environmental Engineer, France)
• Paoyun Dang (former Undergraduate research)
• Vidisha Somashekar (former graduate student)
• Joisane Leblanc (former undergraduate research)
• Lin Ye (former Undergraduate research)
• Joshua Li (former Undergraduate research)
• Julia Kun  (former Undergraduate research)
• Clarissa Nogueira (former Undergraduate research)
• Carlos Asmat  (former Undergraduate research)
• Laura Glowacki (former Undergraduate research)
• Jiming Sun (former PhD student, now a professor in Beijing, China)
• Yan Hou (former PDF, now a professor in China)
• M. Jacob (PDF, now a professor in Sweden)
• Matt Zepan (undergraduate research)
• Dr. Farhad Raofie (former PDF, now a professor in Tehran)
• Dr. Oleg Nepotchatykh (former PDF, now a CEO, industry)
• O. Ignatova (former graduate researcher, now at industry)
• Dr. Andrew Rhyzkov (former PDF, now a research scientist at Environment Canada)
• Dr. Bernard David (visiting fellow, Professor in France)
• Dr. Lin Si (Former PhD student, now a Professor in Alabama, USA)
• Visahini Kanthasamy, MSC graduate (now R&D analyst, Cosmetic Labs)
• Dr. Muhamud Subir (Former PDF, now a professor in Indiana, USA)
• Graydon Snider, PhD graduate (now PDF at McGill medicine)
• Christian Wilde, (former  MSc Graduate student, now a mechanical designer)
• Du RU (visiting scientist, now a Professor in Peking, China)
• Juan Gina (former Undergraduate research)
• Antoin Noliccen,  former PhD Student, R&D, chemical industry
• Daehoup Park (former Undergraduate research)
• Hassan Khan (former Undergraduate research, now a Productivity Manager, chemical industry)
• Ben Lambert (former Undergraduate research)
• Lewis Patel (former Undergraduate research)
• Linda Davis (former Undergraduate research, now a PhD student)
• Kadek Okuda (former Undergraduate research, now a high school teacher)
• Jennifer Wagner (former Undergraduate research)
• Sherry Shaban (former Undergraduate research)
• Stephanie Harrison (former Undergraduate research, now a professor at Dawson College)
• Dr. Shashi Kant Pathak (PDF, Now a professor in Alberta)
• Patrick Costelo (former Undergraduate research)
• Hannah Culhane Palmer (former Undergraduate research)
• Morteza Vahedpour (former PhD exchange, now a professor in Iran)
• May Shaw (former Undergraduate research)
• Jackie Johnstone (former Undergraduate research, now a Journalist)
• Valérie Côté (former graduate research, now at Health QC)
• Dr. Salma Shirin (former PDF, now at Customs Canada)
• Dr. Biswajit Pal (former PDG, now a Professor in Calcutta, India)
• Josiane Lafleur (Former undergradaute, now a Professor in Denmark)
• Pubalee Bera (former graduate research)
• Kate Furneaux (former Undergraduate exchange research)
• Caroline Bougie (former Undergraduate research)
• Anisha Garib (former graduate student)
• Igor Lehnherr (Former undergraduate student, now a professor at U.of T)
• Gregor Probst (former graduate student)
• Neil Cavalero (former undergraduate student)
• Balakrishnan Viswanathan (former graduate student, Renewable energy industry)
• Sandrine Coquet (former graduate scientist, now an R&D research, France)
• Bertrand Revenaz (former graduate student, now CEO of sustainable technology modelling)
• Dr. Qadir Timerghazin (Former PDF, now a professor at Wisconsin, USA)
• Dr. Deling Li (former Undergraduate research)
• Alex Gidas (former Undergraduate research, now in industry)
• Chris Hayes (Former researcher, now a professor at U. Mississippi, USA)
• Raphael Tremblay (former Undergraduate research)
• Emily Harris (former undergraduate research)
• Claudine Laroque (former undergraduate research)
• Jennifer Murphy (Former undergraduate student, now a professor at University of Toronto)
• Delphine Farmer (Former undergraduate student, now a professor at University of Colorado, USA)
• Heather Arkinson (former undergraduate research)
• Fabrice Goudet (former undergraduate research)
• Julien Hugon (former undergraduate research)
• Laure Calmes (former undergraduate research)
• Chitra Sobhee (former graduate research)
• Olga Razarinova (former MSC research)
• Maria Papagiannis (former undergraduate research)
• Chris McQuinn (former undergraduate research)
• Desjanelle Matthews (former graduate research, Government scientist)
• Nana Kwamenai (former undergraduate research, now researcher at UofT)
• Dr. Alexei Khalizov
• Ashley Smith (former undergraduate research)
• Dr. Elena Avzyanova
• Dimitrios Moraitis (former undergraduate research, now in Chemical industry)
• Moreteza Atabati (former graduate research, now a professor In S. U)
• Eric Henderson (former undergraduate research)
• Dimitris Ofengeim (former undergraduate research, now at Chemistry R&D, QC)
• Benjamin Brisebois (former undergraduate research)
• Ana Nsunguiana (former undergraduate research)

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