Current Student List
2023 Winter
Aysan Gholami
- Thesis: TBD
- Supervisor: Dr. Ali Tarokh
Saeed Zaker
- Thesis: TBD
- Supervisors: Drs. Ebrahim Rezaei and Pedram Fatehi
2022 Fall
Saber Karimi
- Thesis: TBD
- Supervisor: Dr. Ali Tarokh
Soorena Azarhazin
- Thesis: TBD
- Supervisor: Dr. Ali Tarokh, Dr. Janusz Kozinski
2022 Spring
Dhanushya Jeyakumar
- Thesis: TBD
- Supervisor: Dr. Wensheng Qin
2022 Winter
- Thesis: Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Multi-phase Multicomponent Drug Delivery thorough a Patient-Specific Respiratory Airway using the Pressurized Metered-Dose Inhalers (pMDIs)
- Supervisor: Dr. Leila Pakzad
- Thesis: Lignin nanoparticles with antibacterial performance for coating applications
- Supervisor: Dr. Pedram Fatehi
Rozita Zare
- Thesis: Sulfonated lignin nanoparticle containing aerogels with advanced functionality
- Supervisor: Dr. Pedram Fatehi
2021 Fall
- Thesis: Mitochondrial DNA as a novel biomarker to improve embryo implantation potential in Human In vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes.
- Supervisor: Dr. Wensheng Qin
Razieh Fereidoun Rajabi
- Thesis: Plant-wide optimization of CO2 utilization processes for the manufacturing of value-added chemicals
- Supervisors: Dr. Ebrahim Rezaei and Dr. Janusz Kozinski
Cody Veneruzzo
- Thesis: The effects of microplastics on fish metabolic rates and energetic dynamics
- Supervisor: Dr. Mike Rennie
2020 Fall
- Thesis: Flow Control of Low-Reynolds Number Airfoils Using Morphing Surfaces
- Supervisor: Dr. Ali Tarokh
- Thesis: Biohydrogen production and wastewater treatment using native freshwater algae
- Supervisor: Dr. Wensheng Qin
Banchamlak Kassaun
- Thesis: Silanated Lignin for Wood Coating Application
- Supervisor: Dr. Pedram Fatehi
Nicholas Bel
- Thesis: Redox Mechanisms in Macular Degeneration
- Supervisor: Dr. Neelam Khaper
- Thesis: TBD
- Supervisor: Dr. Alla Reznik and Dr. Zubair Fadlullah
- Thesis: Experimental Study of Particle Cloud Evolution in Water
- Supervisor: Dr. Amir Azimi
2020 Winter
Mohammad Babazadeh mbabazad@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: Mineralization of Naphthenic Acids by Coupling Catalytic Ozonation and Membrane Bio-reactor
- Supervisor: 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
2019 Fall
Ruth Amanna ramanna@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: Induction of bacterial enzymes for enhanced biodegradation of PET
- Supervisor: Dr. Sudip Rakshit
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
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
- Supervisor: 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 Winter
Ellen Silverio Vieira esilveri@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: Development of starch/hemicellulose films for use in packaging
- Supervisor: Dr. Sudip Rakshit
2017 Fall 2018 Winter
Nathan Wilson nwilson1@lakeheadu.ca
- Thesis: Rapid response environmental assessment and monitoring
- Supervisor: Dr. Carney Matheson