People

Research Associate

Dr. Arash Mollahosseini (Sept 2023-present)

• Education: Ph.D. in Chemical engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

• Research Interest: Development of Novel Gas Separation and Water Treatment Membranes for R&D and Industrial Applications 

Students

PhD Student Researcher

1. Xinyu Wang (July 2023-present): Co-supervised by Prof. Mohtada Sadrzadeh in Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta

• Education: Bioengineering, Minoring in Management at McGill University

• Research Interest: CCUS (Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage) & Cryo-EM Study for Biomedical Applications 

2. Aria Khalili (Jan 2022-present): Co-supervised by Dr. Ken Harris and Prof. Mohtada Sadrzadeh in Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta

• Education: Master of Engineering Science in Mechanical and Materials Engineering at University of Western Ontario

• Research Interest: Developing New Characterization Methods for Soft Nanomaterials using Different Microscopic Techniques

MEng Student Researcher

1. Katherine Lin (Aug 2025-present): Co-supervised by Prof. Mohtada Sadrzadeh in Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta

• Education: Materials Engineering at University of Alberta

• Research Interest: Antimicrobial nanocomposite membranes & Cryo-EM Study for Biomedical Applications 

Undergraduate Student Researcher

1. Jaime Solante (May 2025-present)

• Education: Organic Chemistry, Minoring in Biology at MacEwan University

• Research Interest: Synthesis & polymerization of new monomers suggested by AI technology for CCUS 

2. Felicity Bautista (May 2025-present)

• Education: Organic Chemistry, Minoring in Psychology at MacEwan University

• Research Interest: Characterization & fabrication of MOF and nanocomposite membrane

Alumni

Undergraduate Student Researcher

1. Hailey Doyle (Jan-April, 2025)

• Education: Organic Chemistry at MacEwan University

• Research Interest: Synthesis of new monomers suggested by AI technology for CCUS & Fabrication of polymeric membrane

2. Erik Bartley (Jan-April, 2025)

• Education: Organic Chemistry, Minoring in Biology with a molecular/cellular focus at MacEwan University

• Research Interest: Synthesis of new monomers suggested by AI technology for CCUS & Fabrication of polymeric membrane

3. Katherine Lin (May-Dec, 2024)

• Education: Materials Engineering, University of Alberta

• Research Interest: Developing unroofing method for Microglia Cell with PLGA particles by Cryo-SEM , characterization of Tau protein & Hybrid MOFs structure by STEM and AFM

4. Xinyu Wang (May-Dec, 2022) 

• Education: Bioengineering, Minoring in Management at McGill University

• Research Interest: Cryo-EM Study for Biomedical Applications (VLP, Spike proteins, Lipid vesicles, Mast cells)

• Publications:

1. “Preclinical evaluation of manufacturable SARS-CoV-2 spike virus-like particles produced in Chinese Hamster Ovary cells” by Sergio P. Alpuche-Lazcano, Matthew Stuible, Bassel Akache, Anh Tran, John Kelly, Sabahudin Hrapovic, Anna Robotham, Arsalan Haqqani, Alexandra Star, Tyler M. Renner, Julie Blouin, Jean-Sébastien Maltais, Brian Cass, Kai Cui, Jae-Young Cho, Xinyu Wang, Daria Zoubchenok, Renu Dudani, Diana Duque, Michael J. McCluskie & Yves Durocher, Communications Medicine, Nature, 3, 116 (2023) (https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-023-00340-7)

5. Emily Grabovac (May-Aug, 2021)

• Education: the Combined Honours in Biophysics program at UBC, with the Master of Management Dual Degree

• Research Interest: Cryo-SEM study for CNC-Based Hydrogel structure, Characterization of Abeta protein structures by STEM and AFM

• Publications:

1. Unconjugated PLGA nanoparticles attenuate temperature-dependent β-amyloid aggregation and protect neurons against toxicity: implications for Alzheimer’s disease pathology (DOI: 10.1186/s12951-022-01269-0)

2. Cryo-Scanning Electron Microscopy Analysis for the Structural Evolution of Cellulose Nanocrystal-Based Hydrogels (DOI: 10.1093/micmic/ozad067.324)