Renewable Energy Generation, Storage and Policy

Heather Andreas
Professor, Chemistry

Physical chemistry; Analytical chemistry; Energy; Electrochemistry; Energy storage; Supercapacitors; Biosensors
Su-Ling Brooks
Professor, Process Engineering and Applied Science

Fermentations; Encapsulations; Extraction of natural products; Waste utilizations and treatment
Zhizhang Chen
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Electromagnetics; Antenna; Wireless technology; Energy transfer
Jeff Dahn
Professor, Physics and Atmospheric Science
Canada Research Chair
NSERC/Tesla Canada Industrial Research Chair

Materials; Energy; Lithium-ion batteries; Combinatorial and high throughput materials science; Advanced battery materials; Electrochemistry; Energy storage
Mita Dasog
Assistant Professor, Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Chair, Chemistry

Nanomaterials; Solar energy; Catalysis; Optoelectronics; Inorganic chemistry; Materials synthesis; Solid-state chemistry
Michael Freund
Professor, Chemistry
Harry Shirreff Chair of Chemical Research
Director, CTRI

Electrochemistry; Conjugated polymers; Solar fuels; Artificial photosynthesis; Organic electronics; Machine olfaction; Surface science
Floris Goerlandt
Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering
Canada Research Chair in Risk Management and Resource Optimization for Marine Industries

Risk analysis and management; Safety engineering; Safety management; Decision making under uncertainty; Data analytics; Marine environmental protection; Maritime safety; Disaster preparedness and response
Dominic Groulx
Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Solid-liquid phase change; Close contact melting; Phase change material; Two-phase flow; Application of the inverse heat transfer methods
Kimberley Hall
Professor, Physics and Atmospheric Science

Charge and spin dynamics in perovskite photovoltaic materials; Electron spin relaxation in III-V semiconductors; Many-body phenomena in semiconductor materials; Solid state quantum information using semiconductor quantum dots; Ultrafast dynamics and quantum control in semiconductors; Photophysical properties of diluted magnetic semiconductors; Photonic and spintronics devices
Quan Sophia He
Associate Professor, Engineering

Biomass conversion; Biofuels development; Nanocatalyst development and application; Separation of chiral compounds
Ian Hill
Professor, Physics and Atmospheric Science

Interface engineering; Organic electronics, Organic solar cells; Perovskite solar cells; Photoelectron spectroscopies; Printable electronics; Thin-film transistors; Surface and interface physics
Erin Johnson
Professor, Chemistry
Herzberg-Becke Chair in Theoretical Chemistry

Theoretical chemistry; Computational chemistry; Quantum chemistry; Density functional theory; Intermolecular interactions; Physical chemistry; Materials
Azadeh Kermanshahi pour
Associate Professor, Process Engineering and Applied Science

Sustainable processes for production of specialty and commodity chemicals from renewable resources; Remediation process development to control the environmental impact of organic contaminants
Ghada Koleilat
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Nanomaterials for energy conversion and sensing
Jesse Maassen
Assistant Professor, Physics and Atmospheric Science

Solid state physics; Materials science; Condensed matter physics; Electrical engineering; Engineering physics; Transport modeling; Materials simulation; Energy conversion devices

Ryan MacDonell
Assistant Professor, Chemistry

Theoretical study of photochemistry; Internal conversion and nonadiabtic dynamics

Michael Metzger
Assistant Professor, Physics and Atmospheric Science
Herzberg-Dahn Chair

Energy storage; Electrochemistry; Lithium-ion batteries; Lithium metal batteries; Desalination batteries
Mark Obrovac
Professor, Chemistry
NSERC/Novonix Industrial Research Chair in Metal Ion Batteries

Materials for energy storage; Materials synthesis; Advanced Li-ion battery materials; Metal-ion batteries; Magnesium batteries; Sodium ion batteries; Electrochemistry
Gurpreet Selopal
Assistant Professor, Engineering

Nanoengineering; Nanoelectronics; Photovoltaics; Green Hydrogen Production; Waste-water treatment; Solid State Batteries; Smart Agriculture; Biomedical Engineering
Lukas Swan
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Renewable energy (solar, wind, tidal); Energy storage (management, demand side management, lithium-ion and lead-acid chemistries); Electric vehicles, (battery energy storage, electric drive systems, charging infrastructure and management)
Chad Walker
Assistant Professor, School of Planning
Cross-appointed within SRES

Energy justice; Local support; Energy policy; Planning; Renewable energy; Local Smart Grids; Sustainable energy; Indigenous leadership; Truth and Reconciliation; Geography
Mary Anne White
Professor Emerita, Chemistry

Physical chemistry; Materials, Energy; Thermal properties of materials; Materials science; Energy storage
Penghao Xiao
Assistant Professor, Physics and Atmospheric Science

Battery materials; Electrocatalysis; Alloy oxidation/corrosion; Long time-scale dynamics; Density functional theory
Chongyin Yang
Assistant Professor, Physics and Atmospheric Science
Tesla Canada Chair

Li-ion battery; Electrochemistry; Rechargeable batteries; Energy materials
Peng Zhang
Professor, Chemistry

Synchrotron X-ray spectroscopy; Nanoparticles; Catalysis; Biomedicine; Nanotechnology; Materials