Current Student List
2020 Fall
- Thesis: TBD
- Supervisors: Dr. Ali Tarokh
- Thesis: TBD
- Supervisors: Dr. Wensheng Qin
Banchamlak Kassaun
- Thesis: TBD
- Supervisors: Dr. Pedram Fatehi
Magdy Alanani
- Thesis: TBD
- Supervisors: Dr. Ahmed Elshaer
- Thesis: TBD
- Supervisors: Dr. Neelam Khaper
- Thesis: TBD
- Supervisors: Dr. Alla Reznik and Dr. Zubair Fadlullah
- Thesis: TBD
- Supervisors: Dr. Amir Azimi
2020 Winter
Mohammad Babazadeh mbabazad@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: Mineralization of Naphthenic Acids by Coupling Catalytic Ozonation and Membrane Bio-reactor
- Supervisors: Dr. Ebrahim Rezaei
Taha Sadeghi tsadeghi@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: Aerosol Delivery to Human Respiratory Tract Using Oral Inhaler Devices: In-vitro and CFD Modeling Approaches
- Supervisors: Dr.Leila Pakzad and Dr. Ehsan Behzadfar
Seyedeh Afrouz Kaboli skaboli@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: Boosting Antibacterial and Composting Lignin Base Material
- Supervisors: Dr. Pedram Fatehi
Niravkumar Kosamia nkosamia@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: Techno-economic feasibility of biorefining processes
- Supervisors: Dr. Sudip Rakshit
2019 Fall
Ruth Amanna ramanna@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: Induction of bacterial enzymes for enhanced biodegradation of PET
- Supervisors: Dr. Sudip Rakshit
Ryan Grow rgrow@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: The Contribution of Fish Movement to Ecosystem Function in Lake Superior
- Supervisors: Dr. Micheal Rennie
Farzad Gholami fgholami@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: Morphological and Rheological Investigation of Multilayer Polymeric Composites
- Co-Supervisors: Dr. Leila Pakzad and Dr. Ehsan Behzadfar
Zahra Farnaz Shomali zshomali@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: Development and characterization of lignin-based thermoplastics for packaging application
- Co-Supervisors: Dr. Pedram Fatehi and Dr. Ehsan Behzadfar
Shumsun Siddique ssiddiq3@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: Dynamic stability of pile foundations in liquifiable soil during earthquake
- Co-Supervisors: Dr. Eltayeb Mohamedelhassan and Dr. Jian Deng
Farnia Dastoorian fdastoor@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: Aerosol drug delivery to the lung from the mouth to throat pathway: In vitro and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation
- Co-Supervisors: Dr. Leila Pakzad and Dr. Ehsan Behzadfar
2019 Spring
Sarita Shrestha sshrest4@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: Exploration of Novel Pectinase-producing Bacteria and Molecular Cloning of Bacterial Pectinase Gene for Cost Effective Production of Pectinase in Microbial Fermentation Systems
- Supervisors: Dr. Wensheng Qin
Xuantong Chen xchen24@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: Functional Analysis of Fatty Acid Desaturase and Vacuolar-type H+-ATPase Genes in Marine Alga Pleurochrysis dentata and Overexpression of Genes for Enhancing Algal Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Production and Calcium Carbonate Accumulation
- Supervisors: Dr. Wensheng Qin
Nadia Sufdar Ali nsufdar@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: HTP screening of microorganisms for novel ligninolytic enzymes and application in biomass valorization
- Supervisors: Dr. Wensheng Qin
2019 Winter
Yichen Liao yliao1@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: Cellulose based bioplastic from modified pulp fibres
- Co-Supervisors: Dr. Pedram Fatehi and Dr. Md. Nur Alam
Hamid Mortazavi hmortaza@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: A comprehensive study on moving baffle oscillatory baffled reactor: experimental and CFD approaches
- Supervisor: Dr. Leila Pakzad
2018 Fall
Jocelyn Bel jsbel@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: TBD
- Supervisor: Dr. Neelam Khaper
Jonathan Alejandro Diaz Baca jdiazba@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: Lignin-Starch Copolymer as a New Flocculant for the Treatment of Mining Wastewater
- Supervisor: Dr. Pedram Fatehi
Mahsa Janati mjannati@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: Dynamic Interaction of Two Particle Clouds in Stagnant Water
- Supervisor: Dr. Amir Azimi
Maryam Amini mamini@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: Electrokinetic and Electrochemical Approaches for Fouling Mitigation in Membrane Photobioreactors
- Co-Supervisors: Dr. Baoqiang Liao & Dr. Eltayeb Mohamedelhassan
Duowei Lu dlu5@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: Experimental and modeling research on a lignin-based dispersion system considering DVLO theory
- Supervisor: Dr. Pedram Fatehi
Aristide Laurel Mokale Kognou amokale@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: Characterization of Novel Biodegrading Bacterial Species and Production of High Purity Fructose-Containing Syrups from Cornstalk via Bioconversion
- Co-Supervisors: Dr. Wensheng Qin, Dr. Chun-Bao Xu, Dr. Zi-Hua Jiang
2018 Winter
Ellen Silverio Vieira esilveri@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: Development of starch/hemicellulose films for use in packaging
- Supervisor: Dr. Sudip Rakshit
2017 Fall
Nathan Wilson nwilson1@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: Rapid response environmental assessment and monitoring
- Supervisor: Dr. Carney Matheson
Chris Chio cchio@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: Depoloarization of lignin, characterization of derived products and potential applications of the value-added chemicals
- Supervisor: Dr. Wensheng Qin
2017 Winter
Mahshid Mohammadi mmohamm7@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: Identification, characterization and application of the lichen, Umbilicaria muhlenbergii as a promising anti-cancer agent
- Supervisor: TBD
2015 Fall
Ryan Lehto rlehto@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: Biocrystallization of linear DNA as a long term storage method
- Supervisor: Dr. Carney Matheson