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The Team

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Principle Investigator

Charles-François de Lannoy, PhD

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​Address:
Department of Chemical Engineering
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, ON
L8S 4L7
Office: ETB 111

e-mail:
delannoy@mcmaster.ca

​phone:
905-525-9140 ext. 24471
Research Interests:
  • Environmental applications of nanomaterials
  • Advanced polymer thin film membranes for desalination
  • Membrane contactor materials for CO2 separation
  • Electrokinetic separation of charged solutes
  • Catalytic surface reactivity for environmental remediation
  • Thin film composites for CO2 separation
  • Environmental implications of nanomaterials

Post-Doctoral Fellows

Meng "Jackie" Xu, PhD

Details:
Civil Engineering - wastewater specialization (PhD, University of Missouri)
Environmental Management and Sustainable Development (Tongji University, MSc)
Environmental Engineering (B. Eng, Shandong Jianzhu University)

Address:

Department of Chemical Engineering 


e-mail:
xum96@mcmaster.ca
Research Interests:
  • hollow fiber membranes
  • wastewater reuse
  • membrane bioreactors
  • polymer hollow fibers
  • fouling characterization
  • biofouling
  • scaling

Personal Interests

PhD Students

M. Amin Halali

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Details:
Chemical Engineering (PhD in progress, McMaster)
Petroleum Engineering (MS, Sharif)
Petroleum Engineering (B.Eng. Petroleum University of Technology)

Address:

Department of Chemical Engineering
JHE 296

e-mail:
halalim@mcmaster.ca
Research Interests:
  • membrane processes
  • electro-conductive membranes
  • polymer functionalization
  • polymer-nanomaterial interfacial studies
  • nanomaterials characterization
  • intelligent modeling

Personal Interests:
  • soccer

Yichen Wu

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Details:
Chemical Engineering (PhD in progress, McMaster)
Civil Engineering (MS, Purdue)
Environmental Engineering (BS, Nanjing Technical University)

Address:

Department of Chemical Engineering
JHE 296

e-mail:
wuy211@mcmaster.ca
Research Interests:
  • soil surface chemistry
  • particle reactive transport in porous media
  • development, characterization, and application of functional nanomaterials for environmental remediation and/or engineered systems
  • Hydrology, wildfire eco-hydrology and environmental quality modelling

Nan Zhang

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Details:
Chemical Engineering (PhD in progress, McMaster)
Chemical Engineering (MS, Tianjin)
Pharmaceutical Engineering (BS, Tianjin)

Address:

Department of Chemical Engineering
JHE 256

e-mail:
zhang33@mcmaster.ca
Research Interests:
  • Development of anti-fouling sensor surface for water monitor
  • Printing sensors onto membranes
  • Electrically conductive membranes for water treatment

Mohamed Elganzoury

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Details:
Chemical Engineering (PhD in progress, McMaster)
M.Sc. Chemical Engineering (Cairo)
B. Eng. Petroleum and Petrochemical Engineering (Cairo)

Address:

Department of Chemical Engineering
JHE 265

e-mail:
elganzom@mcmaster.ca
Research Interests:
  • Fabrication and Characterization of novel materials for environmental and energy applications 
  • Electrochemical Water treatment
  • Nano-Engineering

Personal Interests:
Swimming, Soccer

Colin Gibson

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Details:
Water Resources Engineering and International Development Collaborative Specialization (PhD in progress, Guelph/McMaster)
B.Eng. Environmental Engineering (Guelph)
Minor Business Administration (Guelph)

Address:

Department of Chemical Engineering

e-mail:
gibsoc@mcmaster.ca
Research Interests:
  • Ethics of Water Management
  • Water Management Paradigms
  • WASH Systems (Water supply, sanitation, hygiene)
  • Indigenous Water Insecurity
  • Water, Culture, and Technology
  • Technology Indigenization
  • Holistic Water Management
 
Personal Interests:
Photography, Camping, Ultimate Frisbee, Cycling

Scott Laengert

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Details:
Chemical Engineering (PhD in progress, McMaster)
BSc. Chemistry (McMaster)
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship Winner

Address:

Department of Chemical Engineering
JHE-133
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e-mail:
laenges@mcmaster.caAddress:
Department of Chemical Engineering
JHE-133
Research Interests:
  • Graphene, 2D nanostructures
  • Thin film membranes
  • Aerosol filtration
  • Polymer chemistry​
 
Personal Interests:
Rock climbing, Astronomy and Astrobiology, Science Education

Research Scientists

Heera Marway

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Details:
M.Sc. Chemical Engineering (McMaster)
B.Eng. Chemical Engineering (McMaster)

Address:

Department of Chemical Engineering
JHE 

e-mail:
marwayhs@mcmaster.ca
Research Interests:
  • ​Polymer manufacturing and processing
  • Industrial scale-up
  • Mechanical testing
  • Surface analysis (AFM)



Masters Students

Hannah Grewal

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Details:
Geography and Earth Science (MSc. in progress)
B.Sc. General Science/Chemistry (Mount Royal University)

e-mail:
grewah35@mcmaster.ca
Research Interests: 
  • Heavy metal contamination and water quality analysis
  • Heavy metal mapping
  • First Nations environmental reconciliation
  • Indigenous community engagement
  • community-informed research
  • membranes 

Personal Interests:
travelling, hiking, cooking, basketball 

Erik Frechette

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Details: 
Chemical Engineering (Master's Degree)
​B. Eng. Chemical Engineering (McMaster)

e-mail:
frecheee@mcmaster.ca
Research Interest
  • water sensors
  • surface fouling
  • First Nations water issues
  • electrochemistry and applications to environmental monitoring​​Other

​Personal Interests:
​Cross-country skiing, music production, musical theatre, swimming, language learning

Undergraduate Students

Jenna Bullard

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Details:
4th Year Undergraduate Student
Chemical Engineering

e-mail:
bullarj@mcmaster.ca
Summer Research Project
  • Mercury contamination and water quality analysis
  • River contamination sourcing
  • Heavy metal GIS mapping for First Nations community

​Other Interests
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Reading, eating, Taylor Swift enthusiast ​

Alumni

Post-Doctoral:
Trevor Gilbert, PhD McMaster University, now a research scientist at SciEx
Hyejin Lee, PhD  Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, now a research scientist at McMaster University
Saloumeh Ghasemian, PhD McGill University


PhD:


Master's:
Melissa Larocque, MSc McMaster University, now a consultant at Jacobs Engineering 
Cassandra Chidiac, MSc McMaster University, now studying PhD at University of Toronto
Maria Ximena Ruiz-Caldas, MSc McMaster University, now studying PhD in Sweden
Alexander Sutherland, MSc McMaster University, now a consultant at Hatch Ltd.

Undergradaute: 
Panos Papangelakis (Chemical Engineering)
Aly Khalifa (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Hannah Mann (Chemical Engineering)
Maddison Konway (Mechanical Engineering)
Lauren McGregor (Civil Engineering)
Kyle Heyblom (Chemical Engineering)
Erik Pena (Chemical Engineering)
Sara Evans (Physics)
Saifuddin Syed (Bachelor's of Technology)
Thomas Baker (Chemical Engineering)
Mohammad Akhtar (Chemical Engineering)
Erik Fréchette (Chemical Engineering)
Laraib Shaikh (Chemical Engineering)

Prabhjot Burmy (Chemical Engineering)
​Al-Asel Maizer (Chemical Engineering)
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Beatrice Benigno (Chemical Engineering)
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Ryan Tyrrell ​(Electrical and Computer Engineering)

High School: 

Hannah Christina
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