The Trifkovic Research Group

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GROUP MEMBERS

Milana Trifkovic- Professor

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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.

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Postdoctoral Fellows

Image Behzad Fuladpanjeh, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow

In-operando Monitoring of Electrochemical Reactions

behzadfu@gmail.com
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Image Ozioma U. Akakuru, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow

Nanoprobes for subsurface fluids detection and cancer theranostics

ozioma.akakuru@ucalgary.ca
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Image Sefiu Abolaji Rasaki, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow

Nanoparticle Stabilized Emulsions, Utilization of Engineered Polyscaharides in Advanced Materials

sefiu.rasaki@ucalgary.ca
Image Shuo Lin, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow

Proton conducting metal-organic frameworks (PC-MOFs) and PC-MOFs based electrolyte membranes

shuo.lin@ucalgary.ca
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Image Vinay Saini, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow

Eyes High Post Doctoral Research Fellow

vinay.saini1@ucalgary.ca
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Image Anindya Mitra, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow

Molecular modelling of polymer nanocomposites

anindya.mitra@ucalgary.ca
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Graduate Students

Image Gleb Bobrov, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Candidate

Processing and testing plastics and polymer composites

gleb.bobrov@ucalgary.ca
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Image Aylin Habibiyan
Ph.D. Candidate

Design of Hierarchical Monoliths from Ternary Polymer Blend Nanocomposites

aylin.habibiyan@ucalgary.ca
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Image Pantea Ghahremani
Ph.D. Student

Solid Polymer Electrolytes for Li-ion Batteries

pantea.ghahremani@ucalgary.ca
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Image Min-Hyung Markus Lee
Ph.D. Student

Particles structuring via phase separation of multi-component solvent system

minhyung.lee1@ucalgary.ca
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Image Mmakeng John Otsweleng
Ph.D. Student

Solid state sodium ion batteries

mjotswel@ucalgary.ca
Image Yifan (Chloe) Cao
Ph.D. Student

Redox flow batteries

yifan.cao@ucalgary.ca
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Image Jackson Uhryn
MSc candidate

Rheology & Tribology of Nanoparticle Lubricants

jackson.uhryn@ucalgary.ca
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Image Gaurav Karhana
MSc candidate

Stabilizations of Oil-in-Water Emulsions with GQD particles

gaurav.karhana@ucalgary.ca
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FORMER GROUP MEMBERS

Research Staff

Image Qasim Khan, Ph.D.
Research Associate

Bacterial Cellulose based Solid Electrolyte Design

qasim.khan1@ucalgary.ca
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Image 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
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Image Biporjoy Sarkar, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow

Melt-Spinning of Alberta Oilsands Asphaltenes into Carbon Fibres

biporjoy.sarkar@ucalgary.ca
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Image Sabad-e-Gul, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow

Monitoring horizontal well performance via fluorescent-based nanosensors

sabad-e-.gul@ucalgary.ca
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Image Babak Soltannia, Ph.D.
Position (2021-2022):
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Image Ben Workman
Position (2017-2018):
Image Analysis Research Assistant
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Image Brandy Kinkead (Pilapil), Ph.D.
Position (2018-2020):
Research Associate

Position (2015-2017):
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Image Edna J. Molina Bacca, MSc., EIT
Position (2018-2019):
Research Associate
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Image Jeveria Rehman,Ph.D.
Position (2020-2021):
Postdoctoral Fellow
Image Mahmoud Ansari,Ph.D.
Position (2017-2018):
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Image Maryam Aghajamali, Ph.D.
Position (2020-2022):
Postdoctoral Fellow
Google Scholar;
Image Maziar Derakhshandeh,Ph.D.
Position (2016-2018):
Postdocotoral Researcher
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Image Mohamed Elsutohy, BPharm. MPharm, Ph.D.
Position (2018-2021):
Postdocotoral Researcher
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Image Olga Kleinerman, Ph.D.
Position (2018):
Postdocotoral Researcher in collaboration with TECHNION
Image Parvaneh Sokhandani,MSc.
Position (2016-2017):
Research Assistant
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Image Rasoul Arabjamaloei, PhD, P.Eng.
Position (2017-2019):
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Image Shohei Yoshida
Position (2018-2020):
Industrial Visitor Fellow
Image Sunil Kumar, Ph.D.
Position (2017-2019):
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Image Stephanie Kedzior, Ph.D.
Position (2017-2020):
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Image Syed Atif Pervez, Ph.D.
Position (2020-2021):
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Image Varvara Gordeeva, Ph.D.
Position (2020):
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Graduate Students

Image Sucharita Pal, MSc.
Graduation year: 2023
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Image Balakrishnan Dharmalingam, MSc.
Graduation year: 2023
Image Rajas Shah, Ph.D.
Graduation year: 2023
Image Aigerim S. Meiman, MSc.
Graduation year: 2023
Image Saqr Abuhatab, MSc.
Graduation year: 2022
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Image Amir Hosein Ahmadian, MSc., EIT
Graduation year: 2016
ahmadian1986@gmail.com
Image Eva Umeozor, Ph.D.
Graduation year: 2018
Current position: Research Engineer at the Canadian Energy Research Institute
evar.umeozor@gmail.com
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Image Johnny (Yujun) Chen, MSc.
Graduation year: 2017
Current position: Data Scientist at BHGE
tsjohnnychan@gmail.com
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Image 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
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Image Heidi Jahandideh, MSc.
Graduation year: 2018
Current position: Ph.D. Candidate at McGill University (Bicolloids and Surfaces Lab)
heidi.jahandideh@mail.mcgill.ca
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Image Edna J. Molina Bacca, MSc., EIT
Graduation year: 2018
Current position: PhD Candidate at PIK
edna.molinabacca@ucalgary.ca
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Image Rachel Malone, MSc.
Graduation year: 2018
Current position: Research Engineer at Membrion, Inc.
ram25alone@gmail.com
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Image Aseem Pandey, MSc.
Graduation year: 2018
Current position: Chief Innovation Officer, EnviCore Inc.
aseem.pandey@envicoreinc.com
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Image Shahrukh Shamim, MSc.
Graduation year: 2018
Current position: CEO and Co-Founder, EnviCore Inc.
shahrukh.shamim@envicoreinc.com
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Image Dominic Omusi, MSc.
Graduation year: 2019
dominic.omusi1@ucalgary.ca
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Image Mahboubeh Karami, MSc.
Graduation year: 2019
mahboobeh.karami1@ucalgary.ca
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Image Ajay Rai, MSc.
Graduation year: 2020
ajay.rai1@ucalgary.ca
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Image Pejman Ganjeh Anzabi, Ph.D.
Graduation year: 2021
Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher at Université de Montréal
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Image Rahul Nagial, MSc.
Graduation year: 2021
rahul.nagial1@ucalgary.ca
Image Behzad Fuladpanjeh, Ph.D.
Graduation year: 2021
Current position: Postdoctoral fellow at University of Calgary
behzadfu@gmail.com
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Image Aleksandra Govedarica, Ph.D.
Graduation year: 2021
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Image Gayathri Kalyanaraman, MSc
Graduation year: 2021
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UNDERGRAD STUDENTS

• Mahfuzul Haque (University of Calgary) – Undergraduate Student (2022)
• 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)

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