Research Excellence Chair in Electrochemical Energy Materials
Professor of Chemistry, Ontario Tech University
electrochemistry
materials chemistry
fuel cells
electrochromic films
conductive metal oxides
carbon surface chemistry
Lithium ion batteries
breath alcohol sensors
hydrogen production
Accepting Graduate Students: I currently have openings for highly qualified graduate students starting September 2026 in the MSc. and PhD Materials Science programs (Materials Chemistry specialization). Stipends will be competitive with those offered at other Canadian Universities. Interested students are invited to contact me directly.
March 2026: Our work on using electrografting to create unique high-performance electrochromic materials was recently featured on the cover of Chemistry of Materials. Great work Salma!
January 2025: The Easton Lab welcomes new group members Elmira and John.
January 2024: The Easton Lab welcomes new group members Salma and Ghazaleh.
September 2023: The Easton Lab welcomes new group members Sharmin, Phira, Matteo and Kim.
January 2023: The Easton lab welcomes Marjan Saeidi as a new PhD student.
April 2022: Congrats to Rana Ahmad for successfully defending her MSc thesis. Best wishes at your new job at Trusscore!
June 2021: Congrats to Holly for being named the 2021 recipient of the ECS Canada Section Student Award.
May 2021: Our work on using EIS to understand how the counter electrode influences electrochromic device stability was recently featured on the cover of ChemElectroChem. Great work Rana!
March 2021: Prof. Easton is named the 2020 Recipient of the Ontario Tech Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision.
January 2021: Our work on M-N3/C catalysts for oxygen reduction was featured on the cover of ChemElectroChem. Great work Holly!
July 2020: Congrats to Keenan for winning an award for his outstanding talk at SOUSCC.
October 2019: PhD student Holly Fruehwald wins first prize in the Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells & Electrolyzers poster competition at the 236th ECS Meeting in Atlanta.
March 2019: Our university is now known as Ontario Tech University.