Meet our Alumni

Moores Lab Alumni

Graduate Students - MSc

  1. Anaïs Hamelin (Msc), Sept. 2022 - Dec. 2024 - Now Quality Control Laboratory Supervisor at Celanese

  2. Austin Richard (MSc, co-supervision with Tomislav Friščić) Jan. 2020-Dec. 2022 - Now PhD Student at McGill University

  3. Nicolas Dumaresq (MSc U. Sherbrooke, co-supervision with Nadi Braidy), Jan. 2017 - Dec. 2018 - Now Researcher at Hydro Québec

  4. Thomas Di Nardo (MSc), Aug. 2016 – Aug. 2018 - Now Accelerator Program Participant, District 3 Innovation Centre

  5. Michael Malca (MSc, co-supervision with Tomislav Friščić), Sept. 2015 - Aug. 2017 - Now a PhD Candidate, McGill University

  6. Mary Bateman (MSc), Jan. 2013 - Mar. 2015 - Now Director of Operations and Business Development at Vera Inkjet

  7. Thomas Bastaille (Visiting MSc student from University of Nancy, France), Jan. 2014 – Jul. 2014 - Transmission Electron Microscopist, Institut Technique Des Gaz et de l'Air, France

  8. Eileen Petroff (MSc, co-supervision with Tomislav Friščić) Sept. 2012 – April 2013- Now Pharmacist, Jean Coutu

  9. Antoine Beauvais-Lacasse (MSc, co-supervision with Tomislav Friščić), Sept. 2011 - Apr. 2013 - Now Software Develogineering Lead, CloudRaker

  10. Samantha A. Stratton (MSc), Sept. 2009 – Sept. 2011 - Now Project Manager at Cheme Engineering

Graduate Students - PhD

  1. Sara Catingan Sept. 2020 - June 2026

  2. Ruby Liu (PhD, co-supervision with Saji George), Sept. 2020 - May 2025 - Now Postdoctoral Research Fellow at McGill University (Montréal, Québec, Canada)

  3. Galen Yang (PhD, co-supervision with Edmond Lam), Sept. 2020 - May 2025 - Now Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UBC (Vancouver, Britisth Columbia, Canada)

  4. Tony Jin (PhD), July 2018 - June 2023 - Now Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (Potsdam, Germany)

  5. Júlio César Terra (PhD), Jan. 2018 - Feb. 2023 - Now External Lecturer at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (Lausanne, Switzerland)

  6. Blaine Fiss (PhD, co-supervision with Tomislav Friščić), Sept. 2016 - May 2022 - Now Postdoctoral Research Associate at Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)

  7. Aude Bechu (PhD, co-supervision with Subhasis Ghoshal), Sept. 2017 - Feb. 2022 - Now Postdoctoral Research Associate at Technical University of Denmark (Lyngby, Denmark)

  8. Alexandra Gellé (PhD), Sept. 2016 - Aug. 2021 - Now Knowledge Broker in Renewable Energy at Nergica

  9. Luis Carlos De La Garza Becerra (PhD), Jan. 2015 - Apr. 2021 - Now Chemistry Analyst at CCrest Laboratories

  10. Alain Li (PhD, co-supervision with C.J. Li), Jan. 2014 - Mar. 2019- Now Scientist (biobased surfactants) at Clariant

  11. Nahla Araji (PhD, co-supervision with Gregory Chatel and Karine Vigier de Oliveira), Sept 2015 - Sept 2018 - Now Ingénieur développement analytique at Curium Pharma

  12. Madhu Kaushik (PhD), Jan. 2011 - May 2016 - Now Vice President at Vera Inkjet

  13. Monika Rak (PhD), Jan. 2009 - Dec. 2014 - Now Chief Technology Officer at agapyo

  14. Diogo Gontijo (Visiting PhD student from the Federal University of São Carlo, Brazil), Nov. 2012 – Oct. 2013 - Now Professor at Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais

  15. Reuben Hudson (PhD, co-supervision with C.J. Li), Sept. 2009 - Oct. 2013 - Now Assistant Professor at Colby College (Waterville, Maine, USA)

  16. Kylie L. Luska (PhD), Sept. 2007 – Jun. 2012 - Now Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream at University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

Post-Doctoral Fellows

  1. Hamdam Gaminian, Jan. 2023 - March 2024

  2. Juliana Vidal, Nov. 2021 - Nov. 2022 - Now Higher Education Program Manager at Beyond Benign

  3. Michael Ferguson (co-supervised by T. Friscic), Nov. 2020 - Oct. 2022 - Now Research Fellow in Solid-state Theoretical Chemistry and Mechanochemistry at University of Birmingham

  4. Faezeh Hajiali, Jan. 2021 - Dec. 2021 - Now Materials Scientist at Hydron Energy Inc

  5. Boris Nijikovsky, May 2019 - April 2020 - Now Back-end Developer (Self-Employed)

  6. Lin Yang (co-supervised by Tomislav Friščić, Nik Provatas), July 2018 - June 2020

  7. Thomas Di Nardo, Aug. 2018 – Sept. 2019, Now Accelerator Program Participant, District 3 Innovation Centre

  8. Athena Fidelli (co-supervised by Tomislav Friščić, George Demopoulos), Jun. 2018 – Jun. 2019- Now Post-Doctoral Researcher, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

  9. Yanyan Zhang (co-supervised by Subhasis Ghoshal), Sep 2017 - Dec. 2020 - Now Assistant Professor, Westlake University, China.

  10. Madhu Kaushik, May 2016 – Dec. 2016 - Now Vice President Vera Inkjet

  11. Huizhi Bao (co-supervised by T. Friscic), Jan. 2014 – May 2016 - Now Markey Intelligence, Clariant, China

  12. Mitra Masnadi Khiabani (co-supervised by N. Braidy), Mar. 2013 - Mar. 2015 - Now Analytical Chemist, Toronto Research Chemicals

  13. Annie Castonguay (co-supervised by C.J. Li and D. Maysinger), Jan. 2013 – Feb. 2014 - Now Laboratory Manager, Université Laval

  14. Shingo Ishikawa (co-supervised by C.J. Li), Sept. 2011 – Mar. 2014 - Now Assistant Professor at Tokyo Medical University, Japan

  15. M. Ciprian Cirtiu, Oct. 2008 – July 2011 - Now Head of Metals Division, Institut de Santé Publique de Québec

  16. Tahereh Mousavand, May 2007-Jan. 2009 - Now Scientist, Hollingsword & Vosee

Undergraduate Students

  1. Eric Cheng May - Aug. 2026 - Now BSc student at McGill University

  2. Olivia Hengelbrok Sept. 2023 - Apr. 2026 - Now MSc Student in Health & Environment Student at Utrecht University

  3. Maeve Holm (Honours) Sept. 2024 - June 2025 - Now PhD Student at UBC

  4. Daniela Olivan Aug. - Dec. 2023 - Now PhD Student at McGill University

  5. Justine Sauvé-St-Pierre May 2022 - Dec. 2023 - Now PhD Student at McGill University

  6. Noah Ruin May 2023 - August 2023 - Now MSc Student in Medicinal Chemistry & Drug Discovery at Northeastern University

  7. Madison Santos (Centre for Green Chemistry summer student, NSERC-URSA) Apr. 2021 - Jul. 2023 - Now PhD Student at McGill University

  8. Jackson DeWolfe Nov. 2020 - Apr. 2023 - Now MSc Student at the University of University

  9. Sophia Frazzini May - Aug. 2022 - Now Associate Chemist at NYC Department of Environmental Protection

  10. Olivia Del Carlo May - Aug. 2022 - Now Underwriting Assistant at XS Assure

  11. Daniel Adler (CREATE SEED student) May - Aug. 2022 - Now BSc Student at McGill University

  12. Monica Kojic (NSERC-USRA, ICE exchange program student) May - Aug. 2020 - Now MSc Candidate at McGill University

  13. Malickah Hicks (Honours) Sep. 2019 – Apr. 2020- Now Research Associate at CellCarta

  14. Tracy Liu (Honours) May 2019 – Apr. 2020 - Now MD Candidate at McGill University

  15. Anthony Izzotti (Honours) May – Aug. 2019 - Now PDF at ICIQ (Institute of Chemical Research)

  16. Davis Kurdyla (co-supervised with Edmond Lam, NRC) May – Aug. 2019- Now Technical Officer, NRC, Montreal

  17. Georgia Douglas (Center for Green Chemistry summer student) May – Aug. 2019, May - Aug. 2020 - Now PhD Student at University of Victoria

  18. Chany Ahn (SURA student) May. – Aug. 2019 - Now Associate Salesforce Developer at Sharethrough

  19. Gareth Price (Honours and NSERC-USRA) Jan. 2018– Apr. 2019 - Now OPAL-RT Field Application Engineer for UK & Ireland

  20. Andreanne Segalla (CREATE in Green Chemistry student 2017, SURA 2018), Jun. 2016 – Dec. 2018 - Now Analyst at ALIAD Venture Capital

  21. Marion Oliver (Honours Mat. Eng) Sep – Dec 2018 - Now Analyst at Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC)

  22. Shimmon Hutchison (SEURA social equity) May – Aug. 2018 - Now Social Assistance Technician, Batshaw Youth and Family Center

  23. Beryl Yu Meng May - Aug. 2017 - Now Litigation Counsel at Aviva Trial Lawyers

  24. Lucius Hatherly May - Aug. 2017 - Now Data Engineering Consultant at Deloitte

  25. Blaine Fiss (NSERC-USRA) May. - Aug. 2016 - Now Postdoctoral Research Associate at Da

  26. Pierre-Olivier Felko (Honours, CREATE in Green Chemistry student) May. - Dec. 2016- Now Associate at Smart & Biggar

  27. Shaodi (Allen) Li (Honours, Center for Green Chemistry summer student) Jan. – Aug. 2016 - Now R&D Chemist at Sherwin-Williams

  28. Nora Abbassi-Mohadjel (Project course student) Oct. – Dec. 2015 - Now Health and Environmental Consultant, APEX Inc.

  29. Luca Poli (Honours, CREATE in Green Chemistry student) Sep. 2015 - Apr. 2016 - Now Enterprise Account Manager, DueDil, London

  30. Yuting Feng (Work study student) Jan. 2012-Aug 2015 - Now Research Scientist at Gilead Sciences

  31. Hava Friedman (Honours) May-Aug. 2014- Now Evaluator at Environment and Climate Change Canada

  32. Olivia Trautschold (NSERC-CREATE) May-Aug. 2014 - Now Research technologist, Los Alamos National Laboratory

  33. Monique Arvisais-Anhalt (visiting student in co-supervision with C.J. Li) Jun.–Jul. 2013- Now Medical School Student, SUNY Upstate University

  34. Vanessa Chazelle (honour student) Sept. 2012 – Aug. 2013 - Now Science Teacher, Parkland Magnet Middle School (USA)

  35. Francis Lussier (SURE student in co-supervision with Subhasis Ghoshal) May -Aug. 2012 - Now Lawyer, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

  36. Khadija Iqbal (Center for Green Chemistry student in co-supervision with C.J. Li) May-Aug. 2012 - Now Industrial Operations Associate, Sanofi Pasteur

  37. Karl Demmans (NSERC-USRA) May-Aug. 2011 (Honours, NSERC-USRA in co-supervision with T. Friščić) May-Aug. 2012; Nov. 2012 – Aug. 2013 - Now Application Scientist at Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs)

  38. Saher Siddiqui (Honours, co-supervision with T. Friščić) May-Aug. 2012 - Now Higher Education Professional

  39. Cyril Vallet (Honours) May-Aug. 2012 - Now Associate Analyst, Environment & Natural Resources, Abt Associates

  40. Michael Lerro (Work-study student) Oct. 2011 – May 2012 - Now MD/PhD candidate, University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health

  41. Charles Benoît Sept. 2011 – Apr. 2012 - Now Manager - Responsible Investment, Investissements PSP

  42. Cheryl Gomes May–Aug. 2011 - Now Water Process Engineer, Associated Engineering

  43. Antoine Rivière (Exchange student from Ecole Polytechnique, France) Apr.-Jul. 2011 - Now Site Production Manager, Imerys

  44. Kade Head-Marsden (Work-study student) Jan. –Aug. 2011 - Now Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis

  45. Julian Silverman (Honours) May -Aug. 2010 - Now Assistant Professor, Manhattan College

  46. Arek Keuchguerian May-Aug. 2009; Jan. 2010 – Apr. 2011 - Now Chemistry Professor, College Montmorency

  47. Rachel Choueiri May-Aug. 2009; May-Aug. 2010 - Now Co-Founder and Director, pine.ly

  48. Olivia Dinica Oct. 2008 – Mar. 2009 - Now Machine Learning Scientist, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH

  49. Alexandre F. Dunlop-Brière Sept. 2008 - Jun. 2009 - Now Senior scientist in petrochemistry, Borealis

  50. Samantha A. Stratton (NSERC-USRA) May-Aug. 2008 and 2009 - Now Project Manager, Cheme Engineering

  51. Scott McAuley May-Aug. 2007 - Now Equity Research Analyst, Healthcare and Biotechnology, Paradigm Capital

  52. Anita Sheung Wing Chan May-Aug. 2007 - Now Research Assistant, Carleton University

Visiting Graduate Students

  1. Marie Fontaine (Visiting MSc Student - ) Feb. - July 2026 - Now PhD Student at CEA Paris-Saclay

  2. Bérénice Baltzinger (Visiting MSc Student - École Polytechnique) Apr. - Jul. 2025 - Now MSc Student at Mines Paris - PSL

  3. Renzo Favaro (Visiting Student - CPE Lyon) Jul. 2024 - Jul. 2025 - Now MSc Student at Durham University

  4. Francisco Gamez (Visiting MSc Student - UANL) Sept. - Dec. 2024 - Now MSc Student at UANL

  5. Angelica Mucaria (Visiting PhD Student - Università di Bologna) May - Aug. 2024 - Now Raw Material Specialist at PROMETEON TYRE GROUP

  6. Cassandre Béchir (Visiting MSc Student - École de Biologie Industrielle) May - Aug. 2023 - Now Technicien de laboratoire at HITAM FRANCE

  7. Kiran Hidayat (Visiting MSc Student - Erasmus Mundus Scholar from Université Poitiers), Feb. - Jul. 2023 - Now PhD Student at Hamburg University of Technology

  8. Pravin Vejan (Visiting PhD Student from the University of Malaya), Feb. - Jul. 2023 - Now Chief Scientific Officer at Jewels Pet

  9. Thomas Le Mener (Visiting MSc student from Université de Rennes), Apr. - Jul. 2022 - Now PhD Student at Laboratoire Hétérochimie Fondamentale et Appliquée (LHFA)

  10. Maxime Lancel (Visiting PhD student from Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers), Nov. 2021 - Now Senior Scientist, Linium Biochemicals

  11. Amanda Martins (Visiting MSc student from Universidad Federal de Minas Gerais), Apr. - Aug. 2020 - Now a Chemist I at Clariant

  12. Rifki Surya (Visiting MSc student from Munich, Germany), Apr. – Aug. 2019 - Now Process Engineer at VTU Engineering

  13. Ariane Desgranges (Visiting MSc student from La Sorbonne University, France), Jan. – Jun. 2019 - Now Elastomer Designer, Michelin, France

  14. Sylvie Dasne (co-supervision with N. Basu, Env. Sciences), Sep. 2018 – Jul. 2019 - Now Science Officer, Environment and Climate Change Canada

  15. Paul Welter (Visiting MSc student from Ecole Polytechnique, France), Feb. – Aug. 2017 - Now Engineer, Arkéma

  16. Julio Cesar Terra (Visiting MSc student from the University of Minas Gerais, Brazil), Oct. 2016 – May 2017 - Now Postdoctoral Researcher at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (Lausanne, Switzerland)

  17. Thomas Bastaille (Visiting CREATE in Green Chemistry MSc student from the Université de Lorraine, France), Feb. – Jul. 2014 - Now Transmission Electron Microscopist, Institute Technique Des Gaz et de l’Air, France