Meet The Current Members of Our Team

Research Associates

Scott Paulson
Research Associate
Project: Develop useful relationships between materials and electrochemically driven processes, with applications for sensors, fuel cells, corrosion, and structural materials
Email: spaulson@ucalgary.ca
Post-doctoral Associates

Azam Sayadi
Post-doctoral Associate
Project: Development of electrochemical biosensors for heart biomarkers
Industry partner: CardiAI
Email: azam.sayadi@ucalgary.ca
Post Doctoral Fellows

Arash Yahyazadeh
Post Doctoral Fellow
Project: Steam methane reforming reaction using solid oxide fuel cell (SOFCs) for hydrogen and electricity production
Email: arash.yahyazadeh@ucalgary.ca

Sandeep Bhattacharya
Post-doctoral Fellow - Momentum Materials Solutions

Fereshteh Vajhadin
MITACS Post-doctoral Fellow
Project: Electrochemical Cardiac Biomarker Sensor Development

Batuhan Bal
Post-doctoral Fellow
Project: Improving the performance of solid oxide electrolysis and fuel cells
Email: batuhan.bal@ucalgary.ca

Ahmed Hashem Ali
Post-doctoral Fellow
Project: Electrochemical Reduction of CO₂ in Aqueous Media Using Advanced Membrane-Electrode Assemblies (MEAs)
Email: ahmed.ali6@ucalgary.ca
Graduate Students

Jialang (Christine) Li
PhD Student
Project: Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction
Email: jialang.li@ucalgary.ca

Fatemeh Sadat Mousavizadeh Mojarad
PhD Student
Co-supervisor: Dr. Michelle Dolgos
Project: Nanoporous Carbon Materials as Hosts for Electrochemical CO₂ Reduction Catalysts

Adam Bass
PhD Student
Project: Steam methane reforming reaction using solid oxide fuel cell (SOFCs) for hydrogen and electricity production
Email: adam.bass2@ucalgary.ca

Oliver Calderon
PhD Student
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Simon Trudel
Project: X-ray absorption studies of CO2 reduction catalysts
Email: oliver.calderon1@ucalgary.ca

Irfan Aydogdu
PhD Student
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Sathish Ponnurangaman, Chemical Engineering
Project: Developing force field for SOEC electrode materials by means of quantum chemistry methods and molecular dynamics (MD)
Email: irfan.aydogdu1@ucalgary.ca

Mykhailo Pidburtnyi