Group Members

PhD candidate 

Specialization: Chemical Engineering

yuxuan.ren1@ucalgary.ca

Education: MS, chemical engineering, U of Ottawa; BS, chemical engineering & technology, China U of Petroleum - Beijing, China

PhD candidate

Specialization: Chemical Engineering

mdmehadi.hassan@ucalgary.ca

Education: MS, environmental & life sciences, Toyohashi U of Tech, Japan; BS, chemistry, U of Dhaka, Bangladesh

PhD student

Specialization: Energy and Environment 

ruijie.yang1@ucalgary.ca

Education: MS, Municipal Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China; BS, Water Supply and Sewage Engineering, Northeast Petroleum University, China

PhD student

Specialization: Chemical Engineering 

ningxin.chen@ucalgary.ca

Education: BS & MS, chemical engineering, U of Calgary, Canada

Current: Natural Resources Canada —Geographical Survey of Canada

PhD graduate (co-supervised with Dr. Nader Mahinpey) 2019-2023

rufan.zhou1@ucalgary.ca

Education: MS, chemical & biological engineering, U of Ottawa, Canada; BS, chemical engineering & technology, China U of Petroleum - Beijing, China

Current: Postdoc at University of Toronto

Postdoc (2020-2023)

xiao.he@ucalgary.ca

Education: PhD, materials engineering, U of Alberta, Canada; MS, materials engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China; BS, materials processing and control engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology

Current: Teacher at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)

Postdoc (2022-2023)

xiaoyan.wang@ucalgary.ca

NSERC postdoc fellowship receipt

Education: PhD, chemical engineering, University of Montreal, Canada; MS, South China University of Technology, China; BS, Shaanxi Normal University, China

Current: Analytical Model Developer at Suncor

Postdoc (Oct 2022- May 2023) 

seyyedalireza.mirkha@ucalgary.ca

Education: PhD, chemical engineering, U of Calgary, Canada: MS, chemical engineering (minor in separation processes and transport phenomena), Sharif University of Technology, Iran; BS, chemical engieering, University of Tehran, Iran

Current: U of C undergraduate

Summer Undergraduate (2021)

NSERC USRA Receipt

Biomedical engineering, U of Calgary, Canada

research assistant (2017-2020)

yixliu@ucalgary.ca

Current: Wastewater Process Optimization Engineer at The Regional Municipality of York, previously Engineer at Jacobs, Stantec, and Suncor 

MS (2018-2020)

zhang4@ucalgary.ca

Education: BS, chemical engineering, U of Calgary, Canad

Current: Teacher at Yantai International School

MS (2018-2020), chemical engineering

xiaoyao.liu@ucalgary.ca

Current: Entrepreneur (3D printing company), previously Material Engineer at Luke Technologies Limited, Canada

MS (2018-2020), chemical engineering

kailzhan@ucalgary.ca

Education: BS, chemical engineering, U of Calgary, Canada

Current: Professor at Kunming U of Science and Technology, Previously postdoc at Central South University

Visiting PhD (2020)

jing.qi3@ucalgary.ca

PhD candidate, Central South University, China

Current: Chemical Engineer/software engineer in Beijing 

MS (2018-2020), chemical engineering

Mozhu.lu@ucalgary.ca

Education: BS, chemical engineering, China U of Petroleum - Beijing, China

Current: PhD graduate at the University of Tokyo, Japan

MS (2017-2020), petroleum engieering

yecan.wang@ucalgary.ca

Education: BS, petroleum engineering, Southwest Petroleum U, China

Current: Senior Analyst at SNDL Inc., Canada

Postdoc (2019-2021)

dinesh.mishra@ucalgary.ca

Education: PhD, chemistry (materials), Florida State U, USA; MS, chemistry, Tribhuvan U, Nepal

Current: Professor at Jinan University 

Visiting PhD (2019-2021)

yu.mingdong@ucalgary.ca

PhD candidate, Ocean University of China, China

Current: High-tech company in Wuhan

Postdoc (2019-2021) 

jia.li3@ucalgary.ca

PhD, biochemistry, U of Sackatchewan, Canada; MS, hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences-Wuhan, China; BS, biotechnology and life science, Wuhan University, China

Current: Professor, Chengdu University of Science and Technology

Visiting PhD (2018-2019)

PhD candidate, Southwest Petroleum U, China

Current: Associate Program Consultant at Assent Canada, Canada, previously Project Manager, Jiva Consulting, Canada

MS (2016- 2018), chemical engineering

BS, physics/biology, U of Toronto, Canada

Current: Senior Research and Development Scientist at Svante, Canada

Postdoc (2017-2019)

PhD, organic chemistry, Peking U, China

Current: Professor, Guizhou Nationality University

Visiting PhD (2019) 

PhD candidate, marine materials science & engineering, Shanghai Maritime U, China

Visiting professor (2019)

Yangtze U, China

Visiting Professor (2018) 

Shanghai Maritime U, China

Visiting Scholar (2019) 

Shanghai Maritime U, China

maryam.razi@ucalgary.ca

Postdoc (2019-2020)

Education: PhD, chemical/mechanical engineering, U of Alberta, Canada; MS, chemical engineering, Shiraz U, Iran

Visiting Professor (2018)

Federal Institutes of Education, Science nad Technology of Piaui City, Bazil

Current: PhD student at U of Calgary

MS (2020-2023), Summer Undergraduate and Research Assistant (2018, 2019)

Chemical engineering, U of Calgary, Canada

Summer Undergraduate (2018) 

Chemical engineering, U of Calgary, Canada

Summer Undergraduate (2017)

Pure Award Receipt

Chemical engineering, U of Calgary, Canada