2020 Vanier Scholar
Karl Zimmermann is a PhD candidate in Chemical and Biological Engineering (CHBE) at the University of British Columbia, as well as a 2020 Vanier Scholar, and he loves water! Karl’s research involves Biological Ion Exchange, a new drinking water filter technology for organics removal, using biology for self-regeneration. This drastically reduces the maintenance and operations requirements, making the […]
Four Year Doctoral Fellowship – Alec Jameson
Alec Jameson graduated with an MASc from Queen’s University in June 2018, and began a doctoral program in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at UBC the following September under the supervisor of Dr. Előd Gyenge. His research focuses on electrochemical engineering, electrocatalysis, and energy engineering. Alec’s research goals are to combine aspects of chemistry […]
Four Year Doctoral Fellowship – Yixiu Wang
Yixiu Wang is a first-year doctoral student in Chemical and Biological Engineering under the supervision of Professor Bhushan Gopaluni and Assistant Professor Yankai Cao. He received his master’s degree in Vehicle Engineering/Battery Management System from Tongji University in 2019. His major research interests are advanced process control and the design and implementation of large-scale local and […]
Four Year Doctoral Fellowship – Samira Shirvani
Samira Shirvani received her BSc in Chemical Engineering from Isfahan University of Technology in 2012 and then completed an MSc in Chemical Engineering at the University of Tehran in 2015. After graduation, she found an opportunity to work as a research assistant at Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute (IPPI). During her three years of working at […]
Four Year Doctoral Fellowship – Yu Pei
Yu Pei is a doctoral student and a Four Year Doctoral Fellowship recipient in the department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. She began her studies at UBC in July 2018 under the supervision of Prof. Elod Gyenge and Prof. David Wilkinson. Yu was raised in Beijing and completed a dual degree: a Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering […]
Killam Doctoral Scholarship
Joseph English is a doctoral student under the supervision of Dr. David Wilkinson, Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of British Columbia and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Clean Energy and Electrochemical Technologies. Joseph was a Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master’s (CGSM) Program recipient, and is now in the […]
Vanier Scholar
Fuhar Dixit is a Vanier Scholar at UBC investigating practical solutions to address the global challenge of drinking water scarcity. His supervisor is Dr. Madjid Mohseni, Driector of RES’EAU WaterNet. In particular, Fuhar’s research focuses on the application of low-cost treatment technologies for the removal of physical, chemical, and microbial contaminants from municipal waste-water to ultimately improve the […]
Alexander Graham Bell Scholarship
Parisa Chegounian is a doctoral student supervised by Dr. Vikram Yadav and she is an Alexander Graham Bell Scholarship recipient.