Previous Members
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Previous members and where they are now:
Person |
Joined group |
Position when joined group |
Completed program and date |
Current Position |
Scholarship Support |
Ulrich Von Sacken |
1987 |
NSERC IPDF at Moli Energy |
PDF, 1989 |
Former General Manager of Research and Development at E-One/Moli Energy, Maple Ridge, B.C., Former BAK battery Canada as VP R+D, former consultant, now retired |
NSERC IPDF |
Neal Golovin |
1989 |
NSERC IPDF at Moli Energy |
PDF, 1990 |
Former Scientist, AER Energy, Atlanta |
NSERC IPDF |
George Thomas |
1989 |
BCSC IPDF at Moli Energy |
PDF, 1990 |
Former Scientist at Motorola, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, worked for Tianjin Lishen America, now unknown. |
BSCS IPDF |
Qiming Zhong |
1990 |
Ph.D. student (K. Colbow) and Post-doc at SFU |
PDF, 1992 |
Former Senior Scientist at E-One/Moli Energy, Maple Ridge, B.C., now retired |
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Michelle Baudais |
1990 |
M.Sc. student |
M.Sc., 1993 |
Unknown |
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Hang Shi |
1991 |
Ph.D. |
Ph.D., 1993 |
Battery Consultant, China |
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Jan Reimers |
1991 |
NSERC PDF |
PDF, 1993 |
Former Manager, Materials Science, E-One/Moli Energy, Maple Ridge, B.C., now software engineer in Ontario |
NSERC PDF |
W.J. Weydanz |
1992 |
M.Sc. Student |
M.Sc. 1994 |
Scientist, Sanyo, Germany |
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Wu Li |
1990 |
M.Sc. Student |
Ph.D., 1994 |
Unknown, Formerly Scientist, IFIRE, Toronto |
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Meijie Zhang |
1994 |
PDF, 1996 |
Vice President for C-Nano in China |
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Simon Xue |
1994 |
PDF, 1995 |
Chief Technical Officer, B and K Battery, Shenzhen, China |
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Immo Koetschau |
1994 |
M.Sc. Student |
M.Sc., 1997 |
Unknown |
NSERC PGSA |
Brian Way |
1993 |
M.Sc. Student |
Ph. D. 1996 |
CTO, Former VP technology, E-One Moli Energy Canada |
NSERC PGSA |
Alf Wilson |
1993 |
M.Sc. Student |
Ph. D. 1997 |
Research Scientist, NEC/Moli Energy, Vancouver, now unknown |
BCSC GREAT |
Tao Zheng |
1993 |
Ph.D.. Student |
Ph.D. 1996 |
CEO, Cnanotechnology, California |
BCSC GREAT |
Weibing Xing |
1995 |
RA |
RA, 1997 |
Formerly Staff Scientist, Wilson Greatbatch, Buffalo |
None |
Oliver Schilling |
1992 |
Ph.D. Student |
Ph.D. 1997 |
VP R+D, EraChem-Comilog ,Baltimore. |
None |
Ed Buiel |
1993 |
M.Sc. Student |
Ph.D.. 1998 |
CEO, Coulometrics, Chattanooga, Tenn.. |
None |
Monique Richard |
1994 |
M.Sc. Student |
Ph.D.. 1998 |
Scientific Staff, Toyota USA, Michigan |
None |
Mark Obrovac |
1995 |
M.Sc. Student |
Ph.D, 2001 |
Professor and NSERC Industrial Research Chair, Chemistry Dept., Dalhousie Univ. |
NSERC PGSA+B, Killam |
Ian Courtney |
1995 |
M.Sc. Student |
Ph.D. 1998 |
Senior Project Manager, Smiths Medical, Minnesota |
NSERC IPGS |
Ou Mao |
1997 (January) |
RA |
RA, 1998 |
CTO, CNano Co., Califonia and China |
FCAR |
David Stevens |
1997 (January) |
Scientist Comalco Ltd. Ph.D. Student (Chemistry) |
Ph.D. 2000 |
Research Associate, Dalhousie and CTO, Novonix, Dartmoth, N.S. |
Comalco |
Jennifer Seel |
1997 (May) |
Ph.D. Student |
Ph.D. 2004 |
Math/Physics Prof at Lambton College in Sarnia, Ontario |
None |
Luc Beaulieu |
1997 (Sept.) |
M.Sc. Student |
Ph.D. 2002 |
Faculty, Physics Dept., Memorial |
NSERC IPGS |
Jason Meuller-Neuhaus |
1997 (Sept.) |
M.Sc. Student |
M.Sc. Jan. 2000 |
Patent Lawyer, Ottawa |
NSERC PGSA |
Dean McNeil |
1997 (Sept.) |
M.Sc. Student (Chemistry) |
Ph.D. 2001 |
Staff Scientist, NRC Ottawa. |
NSERC PGSA |
Jens Paulsen |
1997 |
RA |
RA, 1999 |
Manager - Battery Materials, Umicore, Korea |
None |
Dominique Larcher |
1998 |
PDF, 1999 |
Faculty, U. Picardie, France |
None |
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Aaron Davis |
1998 |
M.Sc. Student |
M.Sc. 2000 |
Ph.D. Student, Geophysics, RMIT, Australia, now inknown/ |
NSERC PGSA |
Tim Hatchard |
1999 |
M.Sc. Student |
Ph.D. 2004 |
Research Associate at Dalhousie with Mark Obrovac |
NSERC PGSA, PGSB, Killam |
Shane Beattie |
1999 |
M.Sc. Student |
Ph.D. 2004 |
Research Engineer, Novonix, Dartmouth, N.S. |
None |
Zhonghua Lu |
1999 |
PDF (2002) |
Staff Scientist, 3M Co., St. Paul, MN |
None |
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Kevin Hewitt |
2000 |
PDF, 2001 |
Faculty, Dalhousie Univ. |
None |
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Arman Bonakdarpour |
2000 |
M.Sc. Student |
Ph.D. Aug. 2007 |
Research Associate, UBC |
NSERC PGSB, Killam |
Zhonghai Chen |
2000 |
Ph.D. Student (Chemistry) |
Ph.D. March 2004 |
Scientific Staff, Argonne National Lab, USA |
None |
Zhaohui Chen |
2000 |
Ph.D. Student |
Ph.D. Aug. 2003 |
Fomerly Research Scientist, Umicore, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, now unknown |
None |
Hubert Fortier |
2001 |
M.Sc. Student (Chemistry) |
Ph.D. July 2007 |
Technical Specialist, Irving Oil, St. John, N.B.. |
NSERC IPGS with 3M Canada, Killam |
Mike Fleischauer |
2001 |
M.Sc. Student |
Ph. D. Dec 2005 |
Staff member, NINT, University of Alberta |
NSERC PGSA, PGSB, Killam, CGS |
Severine Jouanneau |
2001 |
PDF (from Nantes) |
March 2003 |
Group Leader, CEA - France |
None |
Junwei Jiang |
2002 |
Ph.D. Student (Chemistry) |
Ph.D. May 2005 |
CTO of Farasis Co, California and China |
None |
Adam Timmons |
2002 |
M.Sc. Student |
Ph.D. Oct 2007 |
Assistant Chief Engineer, Chrysler, MI, USA |
NSERC PGSA, PGSB |
Toni Abdo |
2003 |
M.Sc. Student |
Did not complete |
Unknown |
NSERC PGSA |
Jing Li |
2003 |
M.Sc. (Chemistry |
Ph.D. June 2009 |
Staff Scientist, BASF, Cleveland |
None |
Lee Moshurchak |
2003 |
M.Sc. (Chemistry |
Ph.D. Sept. 2009 |
Senior Research Scientist at E-One Moli Energy, Ltd. |
NSERC CGS |
Claudia Buhrmester |
2004 |
PDF (from TU Darmstadt) |
July 2005 |
Homemaker |
None |
Thorsten Buhrmester |
2004 |
PDF (from TU Darmstadt) |
July 2005 |
VP Marketing and R+D Rockwood Lithium, Germany |
None |
Brad Easton |
2004 |
PDF (from Memorial) |
June 2006 |
Faculty member, University of Ontario Institute of Technology |
NSERC PDF |
Vincent Chevrier |
2004 |
M.Sc. Student |
Completed Ph.D. Sept. 2009 |
Staff Scientist at 3M Co., St. Paul, MN |
NSERC PGSA, CGS |
Philippe Westreich |
2004 |
PDF (from SFU) |
Sept 2008 |
Research Scientist, Axion Power International, PA |
None |
Greg Rockwell |
2005 |
Ph.D.. Student |
Ph.D. 2010 |
Research Scientist, Imperial Oil, Sarnia, Ont. |
NSERC CGS |
Gary Liu |
2005 |
M. Sc. Student |
Ph.D. 2011 |
Research Scientist., E-One Moli Energy Canada |
None |
Andrew Todd |
2005 |
M.Sc. Student |
Ph.D. 2009 |
Research Officer, NRC, Ottawa |
None |
Peng Liao |
2005 |
M.Sc. Student |
Ph.D. 2010 |
Research Scientist, Farasis Company |
None |
Garrett Nickelo |
2005 |
M.Sc. (Chemistry) |
Did not complete |
Unknown |
None |
Yadong Wang |
2005 |
PDF (From Wuhan) |
July 2007 |
Faculty Member, Wuhan University of Technology, China |
None |
Ruizhi Yang |
Sept. 2005 |
PDF (from Chinese Academy of Sciences) |
July 2008 |
Faculty Member, Soochow University, China |
None |
Ye Tian |
2006 |
M.Sc. Student |
M.Sc. 2008 |
Ph.D. Student, Univ. of Waterloo |
None |
Pierre Ferguson |
2006 |
Ph.D. Student |
Ph.D. 2009 |
Lecturer, Univ. de Moncton, Shippigan Campus |
None |
Trevor Byrne |
2006 |
M.Sc. Student |
M.Sc. 2008 |
Yava Tecnologies, Sydney, N.S. |
None |
Jock Smith |
2006 |
M.Sc. Student |
Ph.D. 2012
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Research Enginner, Ultra Electronics, Dartmouth, N.S. |
NSERC PGSD |
Andrew Van Bommel |
2006 |
Ph.D. Chemistry |
Ph.D. 2010 |
Research Scientist, 3M Canada Co., London, Ont. |
NSERC PGSD |
Rita Garsuch |
2006 |
PDF (from Leipzig) |
May 2009 |
Homemaker |
None |
Arnd Garsuch |
2006 |
PDF (from Leipzig) |
May 2009 |
Procurement manager, BASF, Frankfurt |
None |
Fu Zhou |
2007 |
Oct 2010 |
Staff Scientist, A123 Systems, Boston. |
None |
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Xuemei Zhao |
2007 |
Research Assistant |
Oct 2010 |
Accompany Fu Zhou to A123. |
None |
Patrick Bonnick |
2007 |
M.Sc. Student |
Ph.D., Aug. 2015 |
PDF at Univ. of Waterloo |
NSERC PGSM and PGSD |
Aaron Rowe |
2007 |
Ph.D. Student Chemistry |
Ph.D. 2014 |
Sr. Scientist at BASF, Cleveland, Ohio |
None |
Wenbin Luo |
2007 |
Visiting Ph.D. Student |
Ph.D. 2010 from Central South Univ. |
Faculty member – Central South University, China |
China Scholarship Council |
Adil Kassam |
2008 |
2010 |
Former Research Scientist at E-One Moli Energy, Principal Scientist at STEMCELL Technologies |
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Jennifer Romero |
2008 |
Aug. 2013 |
Research Scientist, Air Boss Defense, Montreal |
None |
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Aaron Smith |
2008 |
Ph.D Student |
Ph.D. 2012 |
Research engineer – Tesla Motors – Palo Alto, Ca. |
NSERC PGS D |
James Gaudet |
2009 |
M.Sc. Student |
M.Sc. Jan 2011 |
Unknown |
None |
Edvaldo Alves |
2009 |
Completed 2010 |
Unknown |
CAPES, Brazil |
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Mark McArthur |
2009 |
M.Sc. Student |
M.Sc. 2011 |
Engineer, Tesla Canada R+D, Dartmouth, N.S. |
NSERC PGSM, Killam |
Chris Burns |
2009 |
Ph.D. student |
Ph.D. 2015 |
CEO of Novonix and Sr. Engineer at Tesla Canada, Dartmouth, N.S. |
NSERC CREATE, NSERC CGS |
Xin Xia |
Sept 2009 |
M.Sc. Student |
Ph.D. 2012 |
Research Scientist, Umicore, Korea |
None |
Nupur Sinha |
2010 |
Completed 2013 |
Battery Materials Scientist at Enovix, California |
None |
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John Camardese |
2010 |
M.Sc. Student |
Ph.D., Sept 2015 |
Sr. Scientist at XALT Energy, Michigan |
None |
Toby Bond |
2010 |
M.Sc. Student |
M.Sc. 2013 |
Beamline scientist, Canadian Light Source |
None |
Eric McCalla |
2010 |
Ph.D.. Student |
Ph.D. 2013 |
PDF at Univ. Minnesota |
None |
Laura Downie |
2011 |
Ph.D. Student |
Ph.D. 2015 |
Senior Scientist, Medtronic Co., Brooklyn Center, MN, USA |
NSERC CGS and NSERC CREATE |
Remi Petibon |
2011 |
M.Sc. Student |
Ph.D., Aug. 2016 |
Research Engineer, Tesla Canada, Dartmouth, N.S. |
FCAR, NSERC PGSD, NSERC CGS |
Ramesh Shunmugsundaram |
2011 |
Ph.D. Student |
Ph.D. 2016 |
Ph.D. Student |
None |
Ping Ping |
2011 |
Visiting Ph.D. Student |
Nov. 2012 |
Visiting Ph.D. Student |
China Scholarship Council |
Jessie Harlow |
Jan 2012 |
M.Sc. Student |
Dec. 2013 |
Research Asssistant, Dahn group |
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| David Wang | Sept 2012 | 2014 | Manager at CATL | ||
Lin Ma |
Sept. 2012 |
M.Sc. Student |
Completed Sept. 2014 |
Ph.D. student in our group |
None |
Kathlyne Nelson |
Sept. 2012 |
M.Sc. Student |
PhD Completed Oct. 2017 |
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NSERC CREATE DREAMS, NSERC PGSD, Sumner |
Colby Brown |
Sept. 2012 |
M.Sc. Student |
M.Sc. completed Dec. 2014 |
Software Developer, Tokyo, Japan |
NSERC CREATE DREAMS |
Sirong Li |
Sept 2012 |
Visiting Ph.D. Student |
Completed Sept. 2013 |
Manager at Samsung SDI in Xi’An China |
China Scholarship Council |
Jian Xia |
Jan. 2013 |
Visiting Ph.D. Student |
Completed Jan. 2014 |
Returned as a PDF June. 2014 |
China Scholarship Council |
Stephen Glazier |
Sept. 2013 |
M.Sc. Student |
M.Sc. Aug. 2015 |
Ph.D. student in our group |
NSERC CREATE DREAMS, NSERC PGSD, Sumner |
Julian Self |
Sept. 2013 |
M.Sc. Student |
M.Sc. Aug. 2015 |
Ph.D. Student at UC Berkeley |
None |
Jing Li |
Sept. 2013 |
Ph.D. Student |
Completed PhD August 2016 |
Reseacher at Tesla |
NSERC CREATE DREAMS |
Lenaic Madec |
Sept. 2013 |
Completed Sept. 2015 |
PDF at Univ. Montpelier in France |
None |
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Xiaowei Ma |
Dec. 2013 |
Completed in 2019 |
None |
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Mengyun Nie |
March 2014 |
Sept 2015 |
Research Scientist at A123, Boston |
None |
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David Hall |
Sept. 2014 |
Completed May 2016 |
Second PDF in our group |
NSERC CREATE DREAMS |
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Leah Eliis |
May 2014 |
Ph.D. student |
Ph.D. Completed August 2018 |
CEO and Founder of Sublime (Boston) |
NSERC PGSD |
Aaron Liu |
Sept. 2014 |
M.Sc. and PhD Student |
PhD completed in 2021 |
Senior Scientist at TexPower |
None |
Alex Louli |
Sept 2015 |
M.Sc. and PhD Student |
PhD completed in 2021 |
Battery Tech Scouting and Validationt at Volkwagen Group of America (California) |
NSERC |
Michael Bauer |
Sept 2015 |
M.Sc. Student |
Not Completed yet |
PhD Student |
None |
Vivian Murray |
Sept. 2016 |
M.Sc. Student |
Not Completed yet |
M.Sc. Student |
None |
Hongyang Li |
Sept. 2016 |
Ph.D. Student |
Ph.D. completed in 2020 | Senior Cell Materials Engineer at Tesla |
N.S. graduate scholarship |
Samuel Buteau |
Sept. 2016 |
Ph.D.. Student |
Ph.D. Completed in 2021 |
Ph.D. Student |
None |
Roby Gauthier |
Sept. 2016 |
Ph.D. Student |
PhD completed in 2021 |
Ph.D. Student |
None |
Lauren Thompson |
Sept. 2016 |
M.Sc. and PhD Student |
PhD completed in 2021 |
Battery Engineer at Tesla Canada |
None |
Eric Logan |
Sept. 2022 |
PhD Student |
M.Sc. Completed June 2018 Ph.D. Completed aug 2022 |
Senior Battery Engineer at Tesla (Berlin, Germany) |
N.S. graduate scholarship |
Rochelle Weber |
Sept. 2016 |
Ph.D. Student |
Ph.D. completed in 2020 |
Senior Cell Materials Engineer |
None |
Alison Keefe |
Sept. 2017 |
M.Sc. Student |
M.Sc. completed in 2019 |
Test Engineer at Natron Energy |
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| Marc Cormier | Ph.D. Student | Ph.D. completed in 2022 | |||
| Ahmed Eldesoky | Ph.D. Student | Ph.D. completed in 2023 | |||
| Connor Aiken | Ph.D. Student | Ph.D. completed in 2023 | |||
| Mitch Ball | MSc. Student | MSc. completed in 2023 | |||
| Hussein Hijazi | Completed 2023 | ||||
| Ning Zhang | Completed 2024 | ||||
| Chenxi Geng | Ph.D. Student | Ph.D. completed in 2024 |