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  | 
Ìý  | 
Michelle Baudais  | 
1990  | 
M.Sc. student  | 
M.Sc., 1993  | 
Unknown  | 
Ìý  | 
Hang Shi  | 
1991  | 
Ph.D.  | 
Ph.D., 1993  | 
Battery Consultant, China  | 
Ìý  | 
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  | 
Ìý  | 
Wu Li  | 
1990  | 
M.Sc. Student  | 
Ph.D., 1994  | 
Unknown, Formerly Scientist, IFIRE, Toronto  | 
Ìý  | 
Meijie Zhang  | 
1994  | 
PDF, 1996  | 
Vice President for C-Nano in China  | 
Ìý  | 
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Simon Xue  | 
1994  | 
PDF, 1995  | 
Chief Technical Officer, B and K Battery, Shenzhen, China  | 
Ìý  | 
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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., Âé¶¹Éç 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.Ìý Ph.D. Student (Chemistry)  | 
Ph.D. 2000  | 
Research Associate, Âé¶¹Éç 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,Ìý 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 Âé¶¹Éç 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, Âé¶¹Éç 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 Ìý  | 
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. Ìý2014  | 
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  | 
Ìý  | 
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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  | 
Ìý  | 
| David Wang | Sept 2012 | 2014 | Manager at CATL | Ìý | |
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  | 
Ìý  | 
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 PhDÌý Student  | 
PhD completed in 2021  | 
Senior Scientist at TexPower  | 
None  | 
Alex Louli  | 
Sept 2015  | 
M.Sc. and PhDÌý 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 PhDÌý 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  | 
Ìý  | 
| Marc Cormier | Ìý | Ph.D. Student | Ph.D. completed in 2022 | Ìý | Ìý | 
| Ahmed Eldesoky | Ìý | Ph.D. Student | Ph.D. completed in 2023 | Ìý | Ìý | 
| Connor Aiken | Ìý | Ph.D. Student | Ph.D. completed in 2023 | Ìý | Ìý | 
| Mitch Ball | Ìý | MSc. Student | MSc. completed in 2023 | Ìý | Ìý | 
| Hussein Hijazi | Ìý | Completed 2023 | Ìý | Ìý | |
| Ning Zhang | Ìý | Completed 2024 | Ìý | Ìý | |
| Chenxi Geng | Ìý | Ph.D. Student | Ph.D. completed in 2024 | Ìý | Ìý | 
| Tina Taskovic | Ìý | Ph.D. Student | Ph. D. completed in 2024 | Ìý | Ìý | 
| Ines Hamam | Ìý | Ph.D. Student | Ph.D. completed in 2024 | Ìý | Ìý | 
| Ethan Alter | Ìý | MSc. Student | Completed 2024 | Ìý | Ìý | 
| Divya Rathore | Ìý | Ph.D. Student | Completed 2024 | Ìý | Ìý | 
| Emily Butler | Ìý | MSc.Ìý | 2025 | Ìý | Ìý | 
| Eniko Zsoldos | Ìý | Ph.D. | 2025 | Ìý | Ìý | 
| Anu Adamson | Ìý | Ph.D. | 2025 | Ìý | Ìý | 
| Reid Dressler | Ìý | Ph.D. | 2025 | Ìý | Ìý | 
| Meredith Tulloch | Ìý | MSc. | 2025 | Ìý | Ìý |