Previous Members

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

Michelle Baudais

1990

M.Sc. student

M.Sc., 1993

Unknown

Hang Shi

1991

Ph.D.

Ph.D., 1993

Battery Consultant, China

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

Wu Li

1990

M.Sc. Student

Ph.D., 1994

Unknown, Formerly Scientist, IFIRE, Toronto

Meijie Zhang

1994

PDF

PDF, 1996

Vice President for C-Nano in China

Simon Xue

1994

PDF

PDF, 1995

Chief Technical Officer, B and K Battery, Shenzhen, China

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., Dalhousie 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.  Ph.D. Student

(Chemistry)

Ph.D. 2000

Research Associate, Dalhousie 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

PDF, 1999

Faculty, U. Picardie,  France

None

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 Dalhousie 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

PDF (2002)

Staff Scientist,

3M Co., St. Paul, MN

None

Kevin Hewitt

2000

PDF

PDF, 2001

Faculty, Dalhousie Univ.

None

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

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

PDF

Oct 2010

Staff Scientist, A123 Systems, Boston.

None

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.  2014

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

PDF

2010

Former Research Scientist at E-One Moli Energy, Principal Scientist at STEMCELL Technologies

Jennifer Romero

2008

PDF

Aug. 2013

Research Scientist, Air Boss Defense, Montreal

None

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

PDF

Completed 2010

Unknown

CAPES, Brazil

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

PDF

Completed 2013

Battery Materials Scientist at Enovix, California

None

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

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

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

PDF

Completed Sept. 2015

PDF at Univ. Montpelier in France

None

Xiaowei Ma

Dec. 2013

PDF

Completed in 2019

PDF

None

Mengyun Nie

March 2014

PDF

Sept 2015

Research Scientist at A123, Boston

None

David Hall

Sept. 2014

PDF

Completed May 2016

Second PDF in our group

NSERC CREATE DREAMS

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 PhD  Student

PhD completed in 2021

Senior Scientist at TexPower

None

Alex Louli

Sept 2015

M.Sc. and PhD  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

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 PhD  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