My research is in the areas of geoenvironmental and environmental engineering that are situated at the interface between environmental chemistry, biotechnology and environmental materials. My research programs focus on fundamentally understanding physicochemical and biological processes in engineered and natural environmental systems impacted by organic and/or inorganic contaminants, and developing cost-effective, environmentally sound remediation, water treatment and waste recycling technologies.
Key words:
Waste-to-valuables technology, Hybrid bioremediation and desalination, Natural and engineered minerals, Biofiltration, Frozen contaminated soils, Petroleum hydrocarbons, Metal-contaminated groundwater, Cold climates, High salinity, Microbial community, Zeolites, Soil respiration modelling, Mine waste recycling
Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, McGill University, Canada
M.Sc. Geoenvironmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada
B.Sc. Civil Engineering, Hanyang University, South Korea
Hybrid bioremediation and desalination
Waste-to-valuables conversion technology development
Natural and engineered mineral materials for environmental remediation and resource recovery
Cold- and salt-tolerant bioremediation in cold climates
Associate Editor: Environmental Engineering Research
Grant reviewer (national and international): NSERC, Mitacs, Chilean National Science and Technology Commission, etc.
Journal reviewers: ES&T, Chemosphere, Science of the Total Environment, Journal of Hazardous Materials, etc.
Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE): CSCE Saskatoon Section Liaison (2014-2017), CSCE Environmental Engineering Division (2014-present), CSCE Conference Session Chair (2017, 2019), CSCE Conference Paper Reviewer (2017, 2019, 2020).
Dr. Eskandar Poorasgari (Living Skies Postdoctoral Fellow, in progress)
Makid Maskawat Marjub (PhD student, in progress)
Akhila Thomas Choondal (PhD student, in progress)
Daniel Hamilton (Ph.D. student, co-supervised by Dr. Kerry McPhedran, in progress)
Fousiya Rahim (MSc student in progress)
Lily Delamare (MSc student in progress)
Crystal Rinas, MSc, P.Eng. (Research Engineer, in progress)
Dr. Patel Manvendra (Living Skies Postdoctoral Fellow, completed)
Brandon Stoner (MSc student, completed)
Tasnim Nayeema (M.Sc. student, completed)
Stephanie Lipoth (MSc student, completed)
Aji Johny (MSc student, completed)
Mohammad Beiranvand (MEng student, completed)
Rohin Reddy Kunduru (MEng student, completed)
Mario Gonzalex (Undergradaute, completed)
Will Palaty (Undergraduate, completed, Goodfellow Dean's Undergraduate Research Awardee)
Reid Schaworski (Undergraduate researcher, Goodfellow Dean's Undergraduate Research Awardee, completed)
Ashton Shashank (Undergraduate researcher, completed)
Jihun Kim (Ph.D. student, completed)
Rosalyn Morhart (Undergraduate researcher, competed)
Alyxandria Paulson (Undergraduate, Goodfellow Dean's Undergraduate Research Awardee, completed)
Adam Van Aert (Undergraduate, completed)
Stephanie Lipoth (Undergraduate, completed)
Rachel Weller (Undergraduate, completed)
Darshdeep Singh (MEng, Completed, B&B Truss)
Blain Paul (Postdoc/Research Associate, Completed, ECO-VISION / Lecturer of U of S)
Aslan Hwanhwi Lee (Postdoc, Completed, Postdoc at Seoul National University, South Korea)
Raquibul Alam (Postdoc, Completed, co-supervised by Dr. Kerry McPhedran)
Ashley Siemens (M.Sc. Completed, Trace Associates)
Sandeep Dangeti (M.Sc., co-supervised by Dr. Joyce McBeth, Completed, Delco Water)
Nick Lefrancois (Technician and M.Eng., Completed, WSP Global)
Nick Gibb (M.Sc., Completed, Natural Resource Canada)
Nicola Harris (M.Sc., co-supervised by Dr. Joyce McBeth, Completed, Motor Coach Industries)
Milne, Julia (Undergraduate, Completed, Canadian Armed Forces)
Emily Rogal (Undergraduate, Completed, Saskatchewan Research Council)
Dr. Terry Fonstad (University of Saskatchewan)
Dr. Darren Korber (University of Saskatchewan)
Dr. Jordyn Broadbent (Environment Climate Change Canada)
Dr. Aizhong Ding (Environmental Engineering, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China)
Dr. John Headley (National Hydrology Research Centre, Environment and Climate Change Canada)
Dr. Roshani Babak (Delco Water)
Dr. Joyce McBeth (Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan)
Dr. Kerry McPhedran (Environmental Engineering, University of Saskatchewan)
Dr. James Dynes (Canadian Light Source)
Dr. Jafar Soltan (Chemical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan)