Current Student List

2020 Winter

Mohammad Babazadeh mbabazad@lakeheadu.ca

• Thesis: TBD
• Supervisors: Dr. Ebrahim Rezaei 

Taha Sadeghi  tsadeghi@lakeheadu.ca

• Thesis: TBD
• Supervisors: Dr.Leila Pakzad and Dr. Ehsan Behzadfar

Seyedeh Afrouz Kaboli skaboli@lakeheadu.ca

• Thesis: TBD
• Supervisors: Dr. Pedram Fatehi

Niravkumar Kosamia  nkosamia@lakeheadu.ca

• Thesis: TBD
• Supervisors: Dr. Sudip Rakshit

2019 Fall

Ruth Amanna   ramanna@lakeheadu.ca

• Thesis: TBD
• Supervisors: Dr. Sudip Rakshit

Ryan Grow  rgrow@lakeheadu.ca

• Thesis: TBD
• Supervisors: Dr. Micheal Rennie

Farzad Gholami   fgholami@lakeheadu.ca

• Thesis: TBD
• Co-Supervisors: Dr. Leila Pakzad and Dr. Ehsan Behzadfar

Zahra Farnaz Shomali   zshomali@lakeheadu.ca

• Thesis: TBD
• Co-Supervisors: Dr. Pedram Fatehi and Dr. Ehsan Behzadfar

Shumsun Siddique  ssiddiq3@lakeheadu.ca

• Thesis: TBD
• Co-Supervisors: Dr. Eltayeb Mohamedelhassan and Dr. Jian Deng

Farnia Dastoorian   fdastoor@lakeheadu.ca

• Thesis: TBD
• 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

Aida Bagheri Basmenji   abagheri@lakeheadu.ca

• Thesis: TBD
• 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

Meijia Zhang  mzhang15@lakeheadu.ca

• Thesis: Research on membrane fouling in membrane bioreactors (MBR)
• Supervisor: Dr. Baoqiang Liao

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 Spring

Armin Eraghi Kazzaz  aeraghi@lakeheadu.ca

• Thesis: Amphoteric lignin as a value-added product
• Supervisor: Dr. Pedram Fatehi

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

2016 Fall

Ashley Nemec-Bakk  asnemec@lakeheadu.ca

• Thesis: Impact of low-dose radiation during late gestation on oxidative stress and cellular function
• Supervisor: Dr. Neelam Khaper

Zahra Hosseinpour Feizi   zhossein@lakeheadu.ca

• Thesis: Production of anioinic cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) as a dispersant
• Supervisor: Dr. Pedram Fatehi

2015 Fall

	Gabrielle Gaultier  gngaulti@lakeheadu.ca Supervisor: Dr. Marina Ulanova
B cell responses to 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in patients with severe chronic kidney disease

 Ryan Lehto  rlehto@lakeheadu.ca

• Thesis: Biocrystallization of linear DNA as a long term storage method
• Supervisor: Dr. Carney Matheson

2015 Winter

Sepideh Dadgar sdadgar1@lakeheadu.ca

• Thesis: Protease activatable probes for molecular imaging metastatic potential
• Supervisor: Dr. Wely Floriano and Dr. Chris Phenix

2014 Fall

O'Neill Tedrow otedrow@lakeheadu.ca

• Thesis: A site-specific approach to sulphate standard development with an emphasis on wild rice: Implications for NPDES permitting recommendations
• Supervisor: Dr. Peter Lee 

2014 Spring

Harutyun Poladyan hpoladya@lakeheadu.ca

• Thesis: Organ-specific positron emission tomography devices based on SiPM
• Supervisor: Dr. Alla Reznik