Past Group Members – The Woo Lab – University of Ottawa

Ibrahim Awad (PDF, 2022-2023)

Anna Kapeliukha (visiting MSc student, 2022)

Anna is originally from Chernihiv, Ukraine and received her BSc in Organic Chemistry from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. She is currently pursuing her Master’s in Chemoinformatics at the Institute of High Technologies (IHT).

Maxime Aubry (undergraduate summer researcher, 2022)

Rhiannon Hendley (undergraduate summer researcher, 2022)

Tom Burns (Ph.D. 2022)

Tom is now a data scientist at Environment and Climate Change Canada.

Dr. Steven Maley (Post-Doc, 2021)

Steven is now working as a computational chemist at the Canadian Bank Note Company.

Adam Mirmiran (M.Sc., 2021)

Adam is now a data scientist at Sobeys.

Victoria Ogden (undergraduate summer researcher, 2021)

Sean Collins (Ph.D 2019)

Sean is originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia and obtained his B.Sc in Chemistry from Dalhousie University. Sean enjoys attending cultural festivals and skating, in particular on the Rideau Canal.

Sean Succesfully defended his Ph.D. thesis titled “Parameterization, Pores, and Processes: Simulation and Optimization of Materials for Gas Separations and Storage ” . Sean is now working at Health Canada working as a data scientist.

Mykhaylo Krykunov (PDF 2019)
email: mkrykuno@uottawa.ca

Mykhaylo worked on machine learning models to predict total DFT energies of molecules and to predict gas adsorption in MOFs. He now works on machine learning models for the Canadian Bank Note Company.

Ludwig Schwiedrzik (M.Sc. 2019)

Sean Succesfully defended his M.Sc. thesis titled ” New Machine Learning Models for Predicting the Performance of MOFs in
Post-Combustion Carbon Capture ” Ludwig is now pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Vienna.
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Negar Parvisi (Visiting Ph.D. Student 2019)

Negar is originally from Iran and obtained her bachelor degree in chemistry at Shiraz University of Technology, Shiraz,Iran and her Master in Physical Chemistry at the same university in Shiraz. Negar enjoys reading, bicycling and watching movie.

Evans Monyoncho (Ph.D w/ Elena Baranova 2017 )
Email: emonyoncho@gmail.com

Evans is originally from Kenya where he received his Diploma in Analytical Chemistry at Kenya Polytechnic University College. He obtained his B.Sc in Chemistry at Saint Mary’s University and M.Sc in Chemistry from University of Prince Edward Island where he worked with Professor Rabin Bissessur. He enjoy visiting the museums in the capital region.

Evans succesfully defended his Ph.D. thesis “In-situ and computational studies of ethanol electrooxidation reaction: Rational catalyst design strategies. “

Mohammad Zein Aghaji (Ph.D 2017)
Email: mohammad zeinaghaji@gmail.com

Mo successfully defended his thesis titled ” Large Scale Computational Screening of Metal Organic Framework Materials for Natural Gas Purification” Mohammad now works at Health Canada developing data driven toxicity models.

Chris Demone (M.Sc. 2018)
Chris is orginally from the city of Kingston Ontario and obtained his B.Sc. in Chemistry at the University of Ottawa where he worked with professor Tom Woo for his honours project. Chris enjoys electronic music festivals, visiting Montreal, and watching the Montreal Canadiens.

Chris successfully defended his M.Sc. thesis “Partial Atomic Charge Methods for Simulating Porous Frameworks with a Net Charge and their Application to Gas Separations in Zeolites” Chris now works at the Bank of Canada in High Performance Computing Support.

Hana Dureckova (M.Sc. 2018
Hana is originally from Nagoya, Japan. She obtained her B.Sc. here at the University of Ottawa while working with Prof. Woo. She enjoys cooking and going to yoga classes.

Hana successfully defended her thesis ” Robust Machine Learning QSPR Models for Recognizing High Performing MOFs for Pre-Combustion Carbon Capture and Using Molecular Simulation to Study Adsorption of Water and Gases in Novel MOFs “.

Hana is now working in R&D at a medical supply company back in her Native Japan.

Jason Lo (M.Sc)
Email: wlo@uottawa.ca

Jason is from the lovely east coast of Canada, he obtained his bachelor of science at Dalhousie University and worked with Dr. Randall Martin. Jason loves the great outdoors and enjoys every moment he spends outside.

Research:
Development of charged hypothetical metal-organic frameworks and mass screening algorithm.

Alex Sorrini
Summer Student
Email: asorr080@uottawa.ca

Alex is originally from Ottawa, Ontario and will be studying as an undergraduate student at the University of Ottawa in Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry. Alex enjoys playing tennis, going to the gym and supporting Manchester United F.C.

Research:

Optimization and development of new covalent organic frameworks for gas adsorption

Liam Meades
Summer Student
Email: lmead097@uottawa.ca

Liam is originally from Richmond, Ontario and is a third year undergraduate student at the University of Ottawa specializing in chemistry. Liam enjoys track and field, travelling, and supporting Liverpool F.C.

Research:

Optimization of force field parameters for Aluminum-guest interactions in applicable MOF’s and zeolites.

	Phil De Luna (M.Sc – 2015) Email: pdeluna@uottawa.ca Now a Ph.D. student at University of Toronto Phil is originally from Windsor Ontario and obtained his B.Sc. in Chemistry at the University of Windsor where he worked with Professor James Gauld. Phil enjoys attending the music festivals in Ottawa, particularly Blues Fest and Folk Fest.

	Peter Boyd (Ph.D-2015) Email: pboyd085@uottawa.ca Now a PDF at Berkeley.
	Dr. Tom Daff (PDF – 2015) Email: tdaff@uottawa.ca Now a RA at Cambridge UK.
	Dr. Carlos Campana (Research Associate) Email: campanacue@gmail.com
	Bianca Provost (M.Sc) Email: bianca.prov@gmail.com Bianca is originally from Montreal and moved to Ottawa to obtain her B.Sc. at the University of Ottawa. She has worked in the Woo group as an undergraduate summer student, as well as for her Honours project (in collaboration with Prof. Darrin Richeson). She recently participated in a Carbon Management Canada-funded exchange program with Professor Chaffee’s group at Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) as a part of her master’s work. Bianca, being an enthusiast of foreign culture, loves discovering and trying new restaurants serving international cuisine in Ottawa. Being a French-speaker, she enjoys activities and classes at the University catered to French-Canadians. Finally, she is known for her love of all things Hello Kitty. Now a Ph.D. student at the University Cambridge, UK
	Dr. Michael Fernández Llamosa (PDF – 2014) Email: michael_llamosa@yahoo.com Now a PDF at the RA at the University of Monash, Melbourne, Australia
	Dr. Brad Wells May – June 2014 Research Associate Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
	Phil Bulsink (M.Sc w/ Darrin Richeson) Email: philip.bulsink@uottawa.ca Philip Bulsink is a joint member of the Woo lab and the wet lab of Dr. Darrin Richeson. He received his bachelor’s of chemistry from the University of Western Ontario. He enjoys the many summer activities in nature that Ottawa has to offer. Now a Fuel Chemist at Industry Canada
	Eugene Kadantsev PDF 2011 – 2013 Now a software developer
	Sarah Piotrkowski NSERC USRA summer 2013 student
	Moshtagh Aljawahari NSERC USRA summer 2013 student UROP student Jan-April 2014
	Arif Ismail Master’s Student – graduate August 2011 Now at Medical School University of Alberta
	David van Rijswijk Master’s Student – graduate February 2012 now at Health Canada
	Michael Nohra Master’s Student – graduated June 2012
	Djanet Choukri Bouziani June – August 2011 Master’s Exchange student University of Paris VI – Pierre and Marie Curie
	Professor Saeid Yeganegi sabbatical: Dec. 2010 – Aug. 2011 University of Mazandaran, Iran
	Mikhal Plucisnski Undergraduate thesis student 2010/2011
	Professor Frédéric-Georges Fontaine sabbatical: Fall. 2010 – Spring 2011 Laval University
	James Hooper Ph.D. student – graduated November 2010 Now a PDF at SUNY Buffalo with Eva Zurek
	Dr. Carlos ”Scarface” Campana April 2009 – Dec. 2010 Now a research associate at Gas Tops / Carleton U.
	Marc-André Légaré 2010 summer student with Tom Baker Now a graduate student at Laval Won the Russell Brand look-a-like award at the CSC poster session
	Tosaporn “Jae” Sattasathuchana May – August 2010 Exchange student from Thailand
	Dr. Saman Alavi June 2006-June 2010 Research Scientist at Health Canada, Ottawa
	Eric ‘Cougar Killer’ Beamish 4th year project student 2009/2010 contact: eric.beamish ][ gmail.com Now a graduate student in Physics at uOttawa
	Eric Starra 4th year project student 2009 Now at Medical School at the University of Sydney
	Bastien Mussard Exchange Student from École Normale Supérieure, Paris – spring/summer 2009
	Andrew Sirjoosingh NSERC summer student 2009, 2007 2008/2009 4th year Honour’s project student Now a Ph.D. student at Penn State

	Chris Rowley Ph.D. student – Graduated December 2009 (NSERC PGS-M,D, NSERC PDF) contact: cnrowley ][ gmail.com NSERC PDF at University of Chicago with Roux Will start as an Assistant Professor at Memorial University in January 2012.
	Antonia Pandelieva VP Research summer scholar 2009 B.Sc. uOttawa with R. Chica
	Max Garcia Visiting Ph.D. student 2009 Barcelona, Spain
	Mike Nohra 2008/2009 4th year Honour’s project student now M.Sc. student in the Woo Lab
	Peter “Crab Killer” Boyd 2008 4th year Honour’s project student (4 month) now Ph.D. student in the Woo Lab
	Josée Boudreau, Ph.D. student from the Fontaine Lab – Laval
	Guillaume Bélanger-Chabot, Ph.D. student from the Fontaine Lab – Laval Now auditioning for the role of Shaggy in the next Scooby Doo movie
	Tianyi Zhang NSERC USRA student summer 2008 Now a M.Sc. student in London, UK
	Dr. Anguang Hu Jan.. 2008-Dec. 2008 Jan. 2002 – Jan. 2005 PDF Senior Scientist at Defense Canada, Research and Development.
	Effie Sauer, Ph.D. student from the Barriault Lab – uOttawa Now a lecturer at UofToronto Scarborough
	LC Campeau, Ph.D. student from the Fagnou Lab – uOttawa now with Merck
	Peter Dornan 2006/2007 Honours Project Student, 2007 summer student Now a Ph.D. student at the University of Toronto
	Dr. David Gerbasi Jan. 2006 – March 2007 PDF Now Faculty at the Canadian Coast Guard College in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
	Dr. Federico Zahariev Nov. 2005 – Feb. 2007 PDF
	Dr. Jinhua Zhang summer 2007 PDF Now: Senior Scientist at Simulations Plus Inc., Lancaster, CA
	Dr. Sergey Dudiy Jun 2005 – April 2006 Senior scientist at Maya HTT, in Montreal
	Duangporn Wanapun M.Sc. student – graduated May 2006 contact: duangporn.wanapun ][ gmail.com Ph.D. student in Chemistry at Purdue University
	Nick Mosey Ph.D. student – Graduated July 2006 (NSERC CGS-D, Howard Alper Awardee) Assistant Professor in Chemistry at Queen’s University in Kingston.
	Professor Zongxian Yang Sept. 2003 – Dec. 2005 Full Professor of Physics College of Physics and Information Engineering Henan University, Xinxiang, China.
	Brendan Flowers Bunny-at-large – Summer 2005 Now a graduate student at Queens
	Dr. Steve Decker (NSERC PDF) July 2001 – Feb. 2003 Patent examiner with the Government of Canada in Ottawa – He’s probably playing golf this very instant, or at least thinking about it…
	Chris Granger, B.Sc. Chemistry NSERC summer student 2003/2004 Honour’s project student with Prof. Huang 2003 NSERC summer student
	Selay Lam, B.Sc. Chemistry 2002,2003 NSERC summer student with Prof. Lipson 2003/2004 Honours Project student with Prof. Lipson
	Kari Ann Van Gorp, B.Sc. Chemistry 2003 NSERC summer student 2004 Honours Project student
	Showey “The Prosecutor” Yazdanian 2002/2003 Group Legal Counsel
	Dan Chau, B.Sc. Chem/Biochem 2002 NSERC summer student 2002/2003 Honours Project Student
	Anna Eriksmo Hedman 2002/2003 Diploma Project Student – Engineering Physics Exchange Student from the Uppsala University, Sweden Now a Electricity and Gas Trading Analyst in Sweden.
	Nick Trefiak, B.Sc. Chemistry 2002 summer student joint with Prof. John Corrigan 2002/2003 Honours Project Student 2003 summer student with Prof. Yining Huang
	Gordon Gere, B.Sc. Computer Science Student systems administrator – 2001, 2002 Now the head IT Systems Analyst at Portfolio Management Group in London, Ontario.
	Dr. Vladimir Shpakov – Summer 2002 visiting PDF, University of Uppsala
	Professor Dongqing Wei Jan. 2001 – Mar. 2002 Professor College of Life Sciences and Technology Shanghai Jiaotong University Shanghai, China
	Joey Raheb, BSc. Applied Math 2001 SHARC-net summer student with Prof. Peter Poole 2000/2001 Honours Project Student Now at Watson Wyatt Worldwide in Toronto
	Prof. Luigi Cavallo – Summer 2001 University of Solarno, Italy
	Dr. Steve Feldgus – Summer 2001 AAAS/ACS Congressional Science Fellow, US House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
	Charan Donker, B.Sc. Chem/Biochem 2000/2001 Honour’s project Student
	Nick Mosey 2000/2001 Honour’s thesis student Assistant Professor in Chemistry at Queen’s University in Kingston.