Previous Students/Alumni

Obrovac Research Group

Previous Students/Alumni

Previous Graduate Students

Macgregor Macintosh Hometown: Victoria, BC mmacintosh@dal.ca Graduation Date: December 2024 Research Focus: Investigations of Iron and Titanium Substitution into Nickel-Rich Cathode Materials by All-Dry Synthesis.	听
Zilai Yan Ph.D Candidate Hometown: Yueyang, China Research Focus: SEI electrochemistry. Theoretical models for determination of cell lifetime. Contact: zilai.yan@Dal.ca	听
Scott Young Hometown: New Glasgow, NS Program: M.Sc Scott's Research: Negative electrodes for lithium ion batteries Contact: rb588309@dal.ca	听
Yijia (Annie) Liu Hometown: Jiangsu, China Program: Ph.D Annie's Research: Nanostructured Si-M alloys, reactive gas milling, C/Si-alloy nanocomposite materials, particle design. Contact: YijiaLiu@Dal.Ca	听
Simeng Cao Hometown: Hebei, China Program: Ph.D Joined: September, 2015 Simeng's Research: Silicon alloys for Li-ion batteries Contact simengcao@dal.ca	听
Ben Scott Hometown: Argyle, NS Program: M.Sc. Joined: September, 2016 Ben's Research: M枚ssbauer Spectroscopy, Anodes for Li-ion batteries and their applications Contact b.scott@dal.ca	听
Michael Charlton Hometown: Lower Sackville, NS. Program: M.Sc. Joined: September, 2017 Michael's Research: Organic cathode materials for metal-ion batteries and catalytic graphitization with light metals Contact michael.charlton@dal.ca	听
Congxiao Wei Hometown: China Program: M.Sc. Joined: October, 2016 Wei's research Li-ion batteries Contact c.wei@dal.ca	听
Haonan Yu Hometown: Harbin, China Program: M.Sc. Joined: September, 2016 Haonan's research High Temperature Sodium听Ion Batteries Contact hn420233@dal.ca	听
Ryan Fielden听听 Hometown: Newport, Nova Scotia Program: Ph.D. Joined: May, 2010 Graduate: April, 2017 Ryan's research Na-ion battery anodes	听
Zack Brown听听 Program: M.Sc. Joined: May, 2013 Graduate: July, 2015 Zack's research Na-ion battery听	听
Lauren MacEachern Program: M.Sc. Joined: September, 2012 Graduate: August, 2014 Lauren's research Thin film negative electrode materials for Li-ion batteries	听
John Thorne Program: Ph.D. Joined: September, 2010 Graduate: August, 2015 John's research Na-ion batteries听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听	听
Yukun (Leo) Wang Program: visiting Ph.D. Joined: January, 2016 Yukun's Research Si-based alloy anodes 听听听听	听
Lituo Zheng Program: Ph.D. Joined: September, 2013 Graduated: May, 2019 Lituo's research Sodium-ion batteries听	听
Leyi (Roy) Zhao Program: Ph.D. Joined: September, 2013 Graduated: May, 2019 Leyi's Research Catalytic Graphitization with light metals and its applications	听

Previous Postdoctoral Fellows & Research Associates

Dr.听Mohammad Tahmasebi
Mitacs Accelerate Industrial Postdoctoral Fellow
Hometown: Iran
Department of Chemistry - 9 1免费版下听
Mohammad.Tahmasebi@dal.ca

Joined: Nov, 2019-Feb, 2024

Research Focus:
Solid state synthesis of Li-ion battery cathode materials.

Engineered particle synthesis for Li-ion battery anode and cathode materials.

Dr. Roby Gauthier
Research Associate
Hometown: Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick
Department of Chemistry - 9 1免费版下听
Roby.Gauthier@dal.ca

Research Focus:
Modeling and study of amorphous materials and materials processing simulations

Lituo Zheng
Hometown: Fuzhou, Fujian, China

Joined: May 2019

Lituo's research
Li-ion batteries

Yidan Cao
Hometown: Hebei, China

Joined: October, 2016

Yidan's research
Li-ion batteries anodes

Xiuyun Zhao
Hometown: Hebei, China

Joined: May, 2013

Xiuyun's research
Li-ion batteries anodes听听

Zhijia (Justin) Du
Hometown: Shandong, China

Joined: May, 2013

Zhijia's research
Li-ion batteries anodes听听

Previous Visiting Professor

Lingjun Li
Hometown: Hunan, China
Program: Visiting Professor
Joined: October, 2015

Lingjun's research
Cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries

Contact
csullj@hotmail.com

Previous Summer Students

Christine Hoskin
Inorganic Chemistry Exchange Scholarship (ICE)
Hometown: Georgetown, Ontario

Research Focus:听
Cobalt-Free Nickel Rich Cathode Materials

Katherine Hobbs-Bray
Inorganic Chemistry Exchange Scholarship (ICE)

Research Focus:
Sustainable synthesis for advanced cathode materials in Li-ion batteries

Pierre Emmanuel Bes de Berc
Mitacs Summer Scholarship
Hometown: Tours, France

Research Focus:听
Synthesis of engineered cathode materials in Li-ion batteries听

Isabella Avelar
Hometown: Ouro Branco, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Program: Mitacs Summer Student
Joined: July, 2019

Jiaxin Wang
Hometown: Dalian, Liaoning, China
Program: Mitacs Summer Student, B. Eng. in Materials Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology
Joined: July, 2019

Victoria Downing
Hometown: Truro, Nova Scotia
Program: B.Sc. in Chemistry, Memorial University
Joined: May, 2015

Contact
vad716@mun.ca

Alexa Kirste
Hometown: Aztec, New Mexico
Program: B.Sc. in Chemistry, 9 1免费版下
Joined: January, 2016

Contact
A.Kirste@dal.ca

Jerry Li
Hometown: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Program: B.Eng, University of Toronto
Joined: May, 2016

Contact
jeirui.li@mail.utoronto.ca

Mariya Kalinina
Hometown: Kharkiv, Ukraine
Program: B.Sc. in Chemistry, Ryerson University
Joined: May, 2016

Contact
mariya.kalinina@ryerson.ca 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听

Shayne Gracious
Hometown: London, ON
Program: B.Sc. Honours Project
Joined: September, 2016

Contact
shaynegracious@dal.ca 听听听

Matthew Garayt
Hometown: Port Moody, BC
Program: Summer Student
Joined: April, 2019

Research: Novel manufacturing methods for positive and negative electrode materials.

Contact:
matthew.garay@live.ca

Ryan Bowers
Hometown: Dartmouth, NS
Program: Summer Student
Joined: April, 2019

Contact
ry297818@dal.ca 听听听听