GROUP MEMBERS
Milana Trifkovic- Professor
Milana Trifkovic joined the Department of Chemical and Petroleum engineering at U of C in April, 2013.
Prior to joining the faculty, Milana was an NSERC postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at University of Minnesota under the joint direction of Profs. Christopher Macosko and Prodromos Daoutidis.
She received her PhD in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering from the Western University under the supervision of Dr. Sohrab Rohani.
Profile at UCalgary’s Website
Postdoctoral Fellows
Ozioma U. Akakuru, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Fellow
Nanoprobes for subsurface fluids detection and cancer theranostics
ozioma.akakuru@ucalgary.ca Linkedin Google Scholar ResearchGate
Sefiu Abolaji Rasaki, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Fellow
Nanoparticle Stabilized Emulsions, Utilization of Engineered Polyscaharides in Advanced Materials
sefiu.rasaki@ucalgary.ca
Shuo Lin, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Fellow
Proton conducting metal-organic frameworks (PC-MOFs) and PC-MOFs based electrolyte membranes
shuo.lin@ucalgary.ca Google Scholar;
Anindya Mitra, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Fellow
Molecular modelling of polymer nanocomposites
anindya.mitra@ucalgary.ca Linkedin
Graduate Students
Gleb Bobrov, Ph.D.Ph.D. Candidate
Processing and testing plastics and polymer composites
gleb.bobrov@ucalgary.ca Linkedin
Aylin HabibiyanPh.D. Candidate
Design of Hierarchical Monoliths from Ternary Polymer Blend Nanocomposites
aylin.habibiyan@ucalgary.ca Linkedin Google Scholar ResearchGate
Pantea GhahremaniPh.D. Student
Solid Polymer Electrolytes for Li-ion Batteries
pantea.ghahremani@ucalgary.ca Linkedin Google Scholar
Min-Hyung Markus LeePh.D. Student
Particles structuring via phase separation of multi-component solvent system
minhyung.lee1@ucalgary.ca Linkedin
Mmakeng John OtswelengPh.D. Student
Solid state sodium ion batteries
mjotswel@ucalgary.ca
FORMER GROUP MEMBERS
Research Staff
Behzad Fuladpanjeh, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Fellow
In-operando Monitoring of Electrochemical Reactions
behzadfu@gmail.com Linkedin
Vinay Saini, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Fellow
Eyes High Post Doctoral Research Fellow
vinay.saini1@ucalgary.ca Linkedin Google Scholar ResearchGate
Qasim Khan, Ph.D.Research Associate
Bacterial Cellulose based Solid Electrolyte Design
qasim.khan1@ucalgary.ca Google Scholar
Leonardo Martin-Alarcon, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Fellow
Use optical tweezers to examine the connection between microstructure and rheology in complex materials
leonardo.martinalarc@ucalgary.ca Linkedin Google Scholar ResearchGate
Biporjoy Sarkar, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Fellow
Melt-Spinning of Alberta Oilsands Asphaltenes into Carbon Fibres
biporjoy.sarkar@ucalgary.ca Linkedin Google Scholar ResearchGate
Sabad-e-Gul, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Fellow
Monitoring horizontal well performance via fluorescent-based nanosensors
sabad-e-.gul@ucalgary.ca Linkedin Google Scholar ResearchGate
Babak Soltannia, Ph.D.Position (2021-2022):
Postdoctoral Fellow
Linkedin Google Scholar ResearchGate Scopus
Brandy Kinkead (Pilapil), Ph.D.Position (2018-2020):
Research Associate
Position (2015-2017):
Postdoctoral Fellow
Jeveria Rehman,Ph.D.Position (2020-2021):
Postdoctoral Fellow
Mohamed Elsutohy, BPharm. MPharm, Ph.D.Position (2018-2021):
Postdocotoral Researcher
Linkedin Google Scholar ResearchGate
Olga Kleinerman, Ph.D.Position (2018):
Postdocotoral Researcher in collaboration with TECHNION
Shohei YoshidaPosition (2018-2020):
Industrial Visitor Fellow
Graduate Students
Jackson UhrynMSc candidate
Rheology & Tribology of Nanoparticle Lubricants
jackson.uhryn@ucalgary.ca Linkedin
Gaurav KarhanaMSc candidate
Stabilizations of Oil-in-Water Emulsions with GQD particles
gaurav.karhana@ucalgary.ca Linkedin
Balakrishnan Dharmalingam, MSc.Graduation year: 2023
Rajas Shah, Ph.D.Graduation year: 2023
Aigerim S. Meiman, MSc.Graduation year: 2023
Amir Hosein Ahmadian, MSc., EITGraduation year: 2016
ahmadian1986@gmail.com
Eva Umeozor, Ph.D.Graduation year: 2018
Current position: Research Engineer at the Canadian Energy Research Institute
evar.umeozor@gmail.com Linkedin
Johnny (Yujun) Chen, MSc.Graduation year: 2017
Current position: Data Scientist at BHGE
tsjohnnychan@gmail.com Linkedin
Sagar Neel Purkayastha, Ph.D.Graduation year: 2018
Current position: Data Scientist and Senior Consultant at IBM (Watson Advanced Analytics)
sagar.neel.purkayastha@ibm.com Linkedin
Heidi Jahandideh, MSc.Graduation year: 2018
Current position: Ph.D. Candidate at McGill University (Bicolloids and Surfaces Lab)
heidi.jahandideh@mail.mcgill.ca Linkedin
Edna J. Molina Bacca, MSc., EITGraduation year: 2018
Current position: PhD Candidate at PIK
edna.molinabacca@ucalgary.ca Linkedin
Rachel Malone, MSc.Graduation year: 2018
Current position: Research Engineer at Membrion, Inc.
ram25alone@gmail.com Linkedin
Aseem Pandey, MSc.Graduation year: 2018
Current position: Chief Innovation Officer, EnviCore Inc.
aseem.pandey@envicoreinc.com Linkedin
Shahrukh Shamim, MSc.Graduation year: 2018
Current position: CEO and Co-Founder, EnviCore Inc.
shahrukh.shamim@envicoreinc.com Linkedin
Pejman Ganjeh Anzabi, Ph.D.Graduation year: 2021
Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher at Université de Montréal
Rahul Nagial, MSc.Graduation year: 2021
rahul.nagial1@ucalgary.ca
Behzad Fuladpanjeh, Ph.D.Graduation year: 2021
Current position: Postdoctoral fellow at University of Calgary
behzadfu@gmail.com Linkedin
UNDERGRAD STUDENTS
• Karim Firdous (University of Calgary) – Undergraduate Student (2021)
• Xiang Yu Shi (University of Calgary) – Undergraduate Student (Summer 2019)
• Sierra Cranmer-Smith (University of Waterloo) – Undergraduate Student (2018-19)
• Rashmika Raghupathi (University of Calgary) – Undergraduate Student (Summer 2018)
• Nima Macci (University of Calgary) – Undergraduate Student-(2018-19)
• Austin Hartwell (University of Calgary) – NSERC USRA Summer Intern (2017)
• Elijah Nathan Comin (University of Waterloo) – Visiting Undergraduate Student (2017)
• Keiran Sawatzky (University of Waterloo) – Visiting Undergraduate Student (2017)
• Geena Smith (University of Victoria) – Visiting Undergraduate Student (2017)
• Ayesha Abid (University of Calgary) – Undergraduate Student (2017)
• Gregory Lazaris (University of Waterloo) – Visiting Undergraduate Student (Summer 2017)
• Marcelo Mathias (University of Calgary) – Undergraduate Student (Summer 2017)
• Sakshi Shrivastava (University of Calgary) – Undergraduate Student (Summer 2017)
• Aniruddha Das (Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur) – Mitacs Globalink Scholar (2016)
• Caroline May Liu (University of Calgary) – Undergraduate Student (Summer 2016)
• Kenrick Valenica (University of Calgary) – Undergraduate Student (Summer 2016)
• Mary Chen (University of Waterloo) – Undergraduate Student (Winter 2016)
• Sumesh Shrestha (University of Calgary) – NSERC USRA Summer Intern (2015)
• Rajas Shah (Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee) -Mitacs Globalink Scholar (2015)
• Salman Azhar – Visiting MEng Student (Summer 2014)
• Henrique Ribeiro Theiss (Universidade Federal de Itajubá) – Visiting Undergraduate Student (Summer 2014)
• Rachel Malone (University of Calgary) – Undergraduate Student (Summer 2013)
Yifan (Chloe) Cao
Ben Workman
Mahmoud Ansari,Ph.D.
Maryam Aghajamali, Ph.D.
Maziar Derakhshandeh,Ph.D.
Parvaneh Sokhandani,MSc.
Rasoul Arabjamaloei, PhD, P.Eng.
Sunil Kumar, Ph.D.
Stephanie Kedzior, Ph.D.
Syed Atif Pervez, Ph.D.
Varvara Gordeeva, Ph.D.
Sucharita Pal, MSc.
Saqr Abuhatab, MSc.
Dominic Omusi, MSc.
Mahboubeh Karami, MSc.
Ajay Rai, MSc.
Aleksandra Govedarica, Ph.D.
Gayathri Kalyanaraman, MSc