Posts Categorized: Faculty Members

Charles Q. Jia Professor, B.Eng., M.Eng. (Chongqing), Ph.D. (McMaster), P.Eng. Associate Chair, Continuing Professional Development Nanoporous carbons for air and water purification and capacitive electrical energy storage; nanoporous carbon synthesis from biomass and industrial wastes; industrial waste valorization; environmental and…

Ramin R. Farnood Professor, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. (Sharif), Ph.D. (Toronto) Chair, Dept. of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry Michael E. Charles Chair in Chemical Engineering Green synthesis of value-added chemicals from waste biomass via photocatalysis. High-rate technologies for wastewater treatment and resource…

Greg J. Evans Professor, B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc., Ph.D., P.Eng., FCAE, FAAAS Director, Southern Ontario Centre for Atmospheric and Aerosol Research (SOCAAR); Director, Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education and Practice (ISTEP) Urban Air Pollution: traffic related air pollutants, population exposure, air…

Elizabeth A. Edwards University Professor, B.Eng., M.Eng (McGill), Ph.D. (Stanford), P.Eng. Biodegradation and bioremediation of groundwater pollutants such as aromatic hydrocarbons and chlorinated solvents. Industrial wastewater treatment with a focus on anaerobic digestion. Kinetics and biochemical pathways of microbial degradative…

William R. Cluett Professor, B.Sc. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (Alberta), P.Eng System identification, control and design. Systems biology. Room: WB341 | Email: will.cluett@utoronto.ca

Timothy P. Bender Professor, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Carleton) Organic Photovoltaic Devices including design, synthesis and crystal engineering of light harvesting organic materials, hole- and electron-transporting organic materials and polymers, chemical process engineering, design of experiments, parallel chemistry, molecular modeling. Room: WB212…

Gisele Azimi Professor (ChemE/MSE), B.A.Sc. and M.A.Sc. (Sharif University of Technology), Ph.D. (Toronto), P.Eng, Post-doc (MIT) co-Director, Ontario Centre for the Characterisation of Advanced Materials (OCCAM) Canada Research Chair in Urban Mining Innovation My research lies at the intersection of…

Arthur Chan Associate Professor, B.S. (Pennsylvania), M.S., Ph.D. (CIT) Canada Research Chair in Atmospheric Chemistry and Health Analytical techniques for resolving complex organic mixtures, atmospheric chemistry, particulate matter and human health, organic aerosols. Room: WB201B | Tel.: (416)-978-2602 | Email:…

Ya-Huei (Cathy) Chin Professor, B.Sc. (Oklahoma), M.Sc. (Oklahoma), Ph.D. (UC Berkeley) Associate Chair, Research Canada Research Chair in Advanced Catalysis for Sustainable Chemistry Applications of multidisciplinary research strategy (kinetic and isotopic techniques, spectroscopy, and theoretical modeling) to advance fundamental, molecular…

Edgar J. Acosta, Professor, PhD. (Oklahoma), P.Eng. Colloids and Formulation Engineering. Formulation, characterization, and phase behavior of surfactant-based fluids: micelles, microemulsions, emulsions, foams, dispersions, lung surfactants and liquid crystals. Surfactant-based processes: oil and bitumen extraction, remediation of oil spills, polymers…