Current group members

 

Mark Machado

MASc.

09/06-08/08

Engineering living radical polymerization

Mohammad Hajabed

MASc.

09/06-08/08

Non-biofouling surfaces

Rachel Gong

MASc.

09/05-08/07

Polymer modification of metal surfaces

Feng Wei

Ph.D.

09/02-08/05

ATRP grafting for non-biofouling materials

(cosuped by Zhu & Brash)

Santiago Faucher

Ph.D.

09/02-08/06

Recyclability of supported ATRP systems

Hualong Pan

Ph.D.

09/03-08/07

Semiconductive polymers for plastic transistors

(cosuped by Xu & Zhu)

Jerry Renxu Chen

Ph.D.

05/04-04/06

ATRP for microelectronic dielectric materials

Shane Gao

Ph.D.

05/05-04/09

Living radical polymeriz. grafting fundamentals

Jack Guo

Ph.D.

05/05-04/08

Non-biofouling contact lenses

(cosuped by Sheardown & Zhu)

Ping Liu

Ph.D.

09/05-08/09

Semiconductive polymer materials

Mary Jin

Ph.D.

01/06-12/08

Polyurethane surface modification

Helen Gu

Ph.D.

09/06-08/10

Polymer diffusion in nano particles

Sara Alibeik

Ph.D.

09/06-08/10

Polymer Biomaterials

(cosuped by Brash & Zhu)

 

Emeritus group members

 

Jen Mahon

MASc

05/04-08/06

GPC analysis of polyelectrolytes

Phil Whitney

MASc

09/03-08/05

Controlled EPR domains in PP matrix

Ni Zhao

MASc

09/02-08/04

Study on interfaces of plastic transistors

continue Ph.D. in Cambridge, UK

(cosuped by Botton & Zhu)

Xiaoping Jin

MASc

09/01-11/03

DNA/polyelectrolyte complex for gene delivery

Patheon Pharmaceuticals, Mississauga, ON

Gregor Matzke

MASc

09/99-08/02

Polymethylacrylamide macromonomer

Xerox Research Canada

Shin-Joon Park

MASc

09/98-04/00

E/P metallocene copolymerization

Brantford Chemicals, ON

Bill Huang

MASc

09/97-04/99

Metallocene syndio polystyrene

Halltech Inc. Toronto

Dajing Yan

MASc

09/96-04/98

Rheology of metallocene LCB polyethylene Inframat Corp. North Haven, CT

Julie McLachlan

MASc

01/96-10/97

Graft polyelectrolytes for flocculation

Du Pont Kingston

(cosuped by Zhu & Pelton)

Weifeng Zhang

MASc

09/95-08/97

Curing of unsaturated polyester resins

Medarex, Annandale, NJ

Weixia Zhou

MASc

09/95-08/97

Peroxide modification of polyolefins

Micron, ID

Min Ma

MASc

09/94-09/96

Water-soluble polymers for sludge dewatering Pluris Tasman Networks, SF, CA

Hormoz Eslami

Ph.D.

10/02-08/06

Emulsion ATRP and adhesives

Aileen Wang

Ph.D.

09/01-06/05

Diffusion-controlled ATRP

Imperial Oil, Sania, ON

Fahad AlObaidi

Ph.D.

09/99-08/04

Polyethylene by Ni/diimine & metallocene SABIC, Saudi Arabia

Zhibin Ye

Ph.D.

09/99-06/04

Novel polyolefins by single-site catalysts

Assist. Prof. Laurentian Univ., ON.

Ed Kolodka

Ph.D.

09/97-12/02

LCB metallocene polyolefins

Assist. Prof. Univ. North Dakota

Youqing Shen

Ph.D.

09/99-12/01

ATRP and its continuous processes

Assist. Prof. Univ. Wyoming

Sam Zeng

Ph.D.

02/98-12/01

ATRP comb-branched polyelectrolytes

Polymer Sources Inc. Dorval Quebec

(cosuped by Zhu & Pelton)

Leming Gu

Ph.D.

09/96-10/01

polyvinylformamide and polyvinylamine

Bayer R&D Woodbridge CT

(cosuped by Zhu & Hrymak)

Hua Guo

Ph.D.

09/91-12/95

Emulsion polymerization with crosslinking

GE R&D Centre NY

(cosuped by Hamielec & Zhu)

Zhiqiang Fan

PDF

11/99-04/00

Column reactors for ATRP

Prof. Zhejiang University China

Youqing Shen

PDF

05/98-08/99

Living anionic polymerization

Akzo-Nobel Casco Cobourg ON

(cosuped by Zhu & Pelton)

Ramesh Subraman

PDF

11/97-05/99

Reactive extrusion of flocculants

Assist. Prof. Laurentian Univ. ON

(cosuped by Zhu, Hrymak & Pelton)

Wenjun Wang

PDF

04/97-03/99

Continuous solution ethylene polymerization

Nexwood Toronto ON

(cosuped by Zhu & Hamielec)

Keshavlal Rathi

PDF

05/97-11/97

Modeling fibre network

EASI/GM Troy MI

(cosuped by Zhu & Wood)

Zhiyi Zhang

PDF

02/96-05/96

Polyester composites

NRC, Ottawa, ON

Dean Li

PDF

01/96-07/97

Water-soluble flocculants

Empire Plastics, OH

(cosuped by Zhu & Pelton)

Jesus Vela-Estrada

PDF

06/95-09/95

Water-based coating

Novacor R&D Calgary

Seyed Mohaghegh

V.Sci.

06/03-12/03

Polycondensation kinetics

Polymer Institute, Teheran, Iran

Esa Kokko

V.Sci.

03/00-02/01

CSTR ethylene polymerization

Helsinki Univ. Tech., Finland

Chengfa Jiang

V.Sci.

09/99-08/00

ATRP hydrogels

Prof. Sichun University, China

Qiang Yu

V.Sci.

02/97-01/98; 10/99-10/00

ESR study on ATRP

Prof. JIPT Changzhou China

Wenjun Wang

Res. Assoc.

04/99-08/01

High-temperature polyethylene reactor system

Coverright, Toronto