People

Current group members

Undergraduate students

Photos, collaborators, past students

Group photo at Cape Spear: was it a foggy day?

Alumni

• Sina Heravi, M.Sc. student, Macromolecular crowding effects in disordered proteins, joint with Valerie Booth, 2023.
• Nishel Alexander, B.Sc. summer researcher from U.PEI, 2023.
• Yanitza Trosel, PhD (2023). Currently a postdoctoral fellow at Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Canada.
• Dillip Mohapatra, postdoc (2023). Current a postdoctoral fellow at TU-Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
• Anas Alhasanat, M.Sc. thesis (2023). Currently a Ph.D. student in the Soft Materials Lab.
• Shivani Semwal, Ph.D thesis (2022). Currently an Optics Specialist at Avalon Holographics, St. John’s, NL, Canada.
• T. R. Venketesh, Ph.D thesis (2022). Currently completing a medical physics certification at Western University, ON, Canada.
• Harnoor Singh (2021). MUCEP student (python coding).
• Derrick Earle (2021). MUCEP and summer student (micro-electrophoresis).
• Erica Short B.Sc. honours (2020), co-supervised with Stefan Wallin. Computer simulations of polyethylene glycol.
• Zachary Hoyles (2020). MUCEP student (dynamic difference microscopy).
• Tatsuo Izawa, undergraduate researcher, M.Sc. (2015-2018), stability of salty foams. First, a technician for 4 years in experimental biophysics at Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology., now a Ph.D. student at OIST.
• Swomitra Palit, Graduate student, Ph.D. (2013 – 2018), macromolecular dynamics in confinement and in crowded environments. Postdoc at Dalhousie U. Now Research, development, and production manager at Alterbiota, bringing soft matter expertise to concrete.
• Somayeh Khajehpour Tadavani, Graduate student, Ph.D. (2012 – 2018), electrohydrodynamics in oil-in-oil emulsions, currently at Avalon Holographics.
• Suhad Sbeih, Graduate student, Ph.D. (2013 – 2018), macroscopic and microscopic dynamics of microgel colloids, joint with Mike Morrow, currently Assistant Professor at German Jordanian U.
• Haruki Hirasawa, undergraduate researcher and B.Sc. honours (2013 – 2016), rodlike colloids. Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Victoria.
• Zena Aljabal, Graduate student, M.Sc. (2013 – 2016), colloid electrokinetics, dielectric spectroscopy
• Payam Bagheri, Graduate student, M.Sc. (2011 – 2015), structure and dynamics in polycrystalline colloids, joint with Kris Poduska. Currently Analytics Manager at Dig Insights.
• Tatsuo Izawa, undergraduate researcher, honours (2013-2014), colloid electrokinetics.
• Raheema Muhammad Aslam, Visiting Ph.D. student (lab of W. González-Viñas) (2014)
• Tyler Downey, undergraduate researcher (Summer 2013)
• Corey Kelly, researcher (summer 2013). Currently doing his PhD at UBC)
• Edward Hayden, Graduate student, M.Sc., 2013. Currently instructional assistant at MUN
• Hugh Newman, Graduate student, M.Sc., 2013. Currently product expert at Verafin Inc.
• Suliman Barhoum, Graduate student, Ph.D. 2008 – 2012, Post-doc. at U. Penn. Current a medical physicist at Dayton Physician’s Network, Ohio.
• Ian Wilding, Undergraduate research, joint with Kris Poduska and Martin Plumer, 2011 – 2012.
• Matthew Seymour, Graduate student, joint with Kris Poduska and Martin Plumer,M.Sc., 2009 – 2011, PhD at McGill. Currently a software engineer at Xanadu.
• Moorthi Pichumani, Visiting PhD (Wenceslao González-Viñas Lab), U. Navarra, 2011 (currently Associate Professor at SREC (Coimbatore), India)
• Andrew Morrow, B.Sc. honours, joint with Erika Merschrod, 2010 – 2011.
• Michael Ducey, B.Sc. honours, joint with Mike Morrow, 2010 – 2011, currently in Medical School (MUN).
• Matthew Mcdonald, Undergraduate research, joint with Luc Beaulieu (2010 – 2011), currently doing his PhD in China?
• Marek Bromberek, Postdoctoral researcher, joint with Ivan Saika-Voivod, 2009, currently Instructional Assistant at MUN.
• Edward Hayden, B.Sc. honours (2009 – 2010)
• Andrew Bartlett, B.Sc. honours, 2008 – 2010, currently Research Engineer at Avalon Holographics
• Danielle Leonard, Undergraduate research, 2009 – 2010, currently doing her PhD in Oxford.
• Maximiliano Giuliani, Visiting Ph.D. (lab of W. González-Viñas), 2009 (current post-doc. at Guelph)
• Corey Kelly, Undergraduate research (2008 – 2009)
• Amit Agarwal, Post-doctoral researcher, 2007 – 2008, currently Scientific Officer at DRDO (India)
• Hugh Newman, MUCEP and Summer undergraduate research (2007 – 2008)
• Manuel Valera, Post-doctoral researcher, joint with Ivan Saika-Voivod, 2008 (currently on faculty at Slippery Rock University)
• Kitty Kumar, M.Sc. (joint with K. Poduska), 2008 (currently post-doc at Harvard)
• Swomitra Palit, Graduate student, M.Sc., 2008
• Ning Li, M.Sc., 2006 – 2008, Ph.D. at Brandeis (currently Sr. Director, Data Science at AbleTo Inc.)
• Joshua Abeling, MUCEP undergraduate research, 2007 – 2008.
• Gregory Morrow, MUCEP undergraduate research, 2007.
• Joe Fitzgerald, NSERC Summer and MUCEP researcher, 2006. Currently a postdoctoral researcher at Caltech.
• Cristina Arcos Martinez, Visiting graduate student, 2006, from the group of Wenceslao González-Viñas