Principle Investigator

Charles-François de Lannoy, PhD
​Address:
Department of Chemical Engineering
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, ON
L8S 4L7
Office: JHE 372

e-mail:
[email protected]
Research Interests:
  • CO2 capture
  • Electrochemistry in environmental and chemical systems
  • Scalable membrane technologies
  • Polymer thin films
  • Electro-catalysts for environmental remediation
  • First Nations and their water

Post-Doctoral Fellows

Francesco Ferella

Details:
PhD Chemical and Biotechnological Processes (University of l'Aquila, Italy)
MSc Environmental Engineering (University of l'Aquila, Italy)
B.Eng. 

Address:
Department of Chemical Engineering
JHE 256

e-mail: [email protected]​
Research Interests:

Bassel Abdelkader

Details:
PhD Mechanical Engineering (Guelph, Canada)  
MSc Mechanical Engineering (KFUPM, Saudi Arabia)  
B.Eng. Aeronautical Engineering (IAET, Egypt) 

Address:
Department of Chemical Engineering
JHE 256

e-mail: [email protected]  
Research Interests:
  • Membrane technologies 
  • Sustainable technologies for water purification
  • Ocean carbon dioxide removal through ocean alkalinity enhancement
  • Electrolysis and electrodialysis

Personal Interests:
Hiking, Squash, Running​

Timothy Warner

 Details:
Visiting Research (University of Melbourne)
PhD Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (RMIT, Australia)
B.Sc and B.Eng. (Monash University)

Address:
Department of Chemical Engineering
JHE 361

e-mail: [email protected]
Research Interests:
  • Fabrication and Characterization of novel materials for environmental and energy applications 
  • Hollow fiber membrane testing and synthesis
  • Catalysis and electrocatalysis

Personal Interests:
Piano, music, traveling, cooking

Colin Gibson

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

Address:
Department of Chemical Engineering

e-mail:
[email protected]
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

PhD Students

Scott Laengert
Details:
Chemical Engineering (PhD candidate, McMaster)
BSc. Chemistry (McMaster)
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship Winner

Address:
Department of Chemical Engineering
JHE 361
​

e-mail:
[email protected]
Research Interests:
  • Aerosol dynamics and filtration
  • Polymer-nanocomposites
  • Polymer chemistry​
 
Personal Interests:
Rock climbing, Astronomy and Astrobiology, Science Education

Abdelrahman Awad Babiker
Details:
Chemical Engineering (PhD in progress, McMaster)
MSc. Chemical Engineering (King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals)
BSc. Chemical Engineering

Address:
Department of Chemical Engineering
​JHE 256

e-mail:
[email protected]
Research Interests:
  • Nanoparticle-polymer composites
  • Hollow fiber membranes
  • Electrically responsive membranes
  • Gas Separation membranes
  • ​Osmotically driven membranes
 
Personal Interests:
Swimming, Cycling, Soccer

Nathan Mullins
Details:
Chemical Engineering (PhD in progress, McMaster)
Award: NSERC PGS-D PhD Scholarship
MASc. Chemical Engineering (Queen's University)
BASc. Environmental Engineering with a Minor in Biological Sciences (University of Windsor)

Address:
Department of Chemical Engineering
JHE 361​

e-mail:
[email protected]
Research Interests:
  • Organic contaminant removal, adsorption, and degradation
  • Wastewater treatment and monitoring 
  • Electrochemical membranes
  • Advances to membrane technologies

Personal Interests:
​music, mountain biking, hiking, golf, cooking

Crivian Pelliser

Details:
Chemical Engineering (PhD in progress, University of Parana)
Award: ELAP Fellowship

Address:
Department of Chemical Engineering
​

e-mail:

Research Scientists

Erik Frechette
Details: 
MSc Chemical Engineering (McMaster)
​B. Eng. Chemical Engineering (McMaster)

e-mail:
[email protected]
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

Masters Students

Sam Fahrngruber
Details
B.A.Sc, Chemical Engineering (Queen's University)

Address
Department of Chemical Engineering - JHE 256

Email
[email protected]
Research Interests
  • Ocean alkalinity enhancement
  • Carbon dioxide removal technologies
  • Hydrogen gas production
  • Applications of membranes and electrochemistry

Personal Interests
Running, camping, cross-country skiing, dried apricots, music

Erik Gerardo
Details:
Chemical Engineering (MSc. in progress)
B.Sc. Chemical Engineering (Autonomous Metropolitan University of Mexico)
Award: ELAP Fellowship

e-mail:
Research Interests: 
  • Photo-electrochemical degradation of contaminants
  • water and wastewater treatment
  • contaminant removal
  • electrode synthesis
  • MoS2 and graphene

Personal Interests:
travelling, cooking, football

Undergraduate Students

Alumni

Post-Doctoral:
Ahmed Elsayed, PhD McMaster Univesity
Trevor Gilbert, PhD McMaster University
Saloumeh Ghasemian, PhD McGill University​
Mohamad Amin Halali, PhD McMaster University
Hyejin Lee, PhD Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Jackie Meng Xu, PhD University of Missouri

PhD:
Mohamed Elganzoury, PhD McMaster University
Colin Gibson, PhD Guelph University
​Mohamad Amin Halali, PhD McMaster University
Yichen Wu, PhD McMaster University

Master's:
Cassandra Chidiac, MSc McMaster University
Erik Frechette, MSc McMaster University
Melissa Larocque, MSc McMaster University
Maria Ximena Ruiz-Caldas, MSc McMaster University
Atefeh Shokrgozar, MSc McMaster University
Alexander Sutherland, MSc McMaster University

Undergradaute: 
Christina Hannah (Nanotechnology Engineering, University of Waterloo)
Jenna Bullard (Chemical Engineering)
Adi Gelb (Chemical Engineering)
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)
Yaeji Kwon (Chemical Engineering)
Sheel Ayachi (Chemical Engineering)
Moly Mikhail (Chemical Engineering)
Jack Ormsby (Chemical Engineering)
Starr Zhug (BTech)
Allison Suichies (Chemical Engineering)
Midhousha Anura (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Adithi Iyer (Chemical Engineering)
Irina Babamova (Chemical Engineering)
​Gavin Yuen (Chemical Engineering)
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)
​Beatrice Benigno (Chemical Engineering)
​Ryan Tyrrell ​(Electrical and Computer Engineering)

High School: 
Christina Hannah