Birss Group
Current Members
Research Associates
Scott Paulson
Research Associate
Email: spaulson@ucalgary.ca
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Project: Develop useful relationships between materials and electrochemically driven processes, with applications for sensors, fuel cells, corrosion, and structural materials
Post-doctoral Fellows
Paul K. Addo
Post-doctoral Fellow
Email: pkaddo@ucalgary.ca
Project: Employ oxide based catalyst to develop high efficiency sulfur and coke tolerant reversible solid oxide fuel cells
Beatriz Molero-Sanchez
Post-doctoral Fellow
Email: bmoleros@ucalgary.ca
Linkedin: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/beatriz-molero-sanchez-265aba103
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Beatriz_Molero_Sanchez
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Project: Develop a highly efficient oxygen electrode material for reversible solid oxide fuel cells
Haris Masood Ansari
Post-doctoral Fellow
Email: haris.ansari@ucalgary.ca
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harismansari/
Project: Performance enhancement of SOEC electrode materials using novel nanomaterials and nanoengineering approaches
Xia (Linda) Tong
Post-doctoral Fellow
Email: tongx@ucalgary.ca
Linkedin:
Project: Synthesis, surface-functionalization and characterization of nanoporous carbon materials
Manila Ozhukil Valappil
Post-doctoral Fellow
Email: manila.ozhukilvalapp@ucalgary.ca
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=mAjxp4IAAAAJ&hl=en
Project: Synthesis and electrochemical evaluation of supported CO2 reduction catalysts
Lin Qi
Post-doctoral Fellow
Email: lin.qi@ucalgary.ca
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lin-qi-8ba23a167/
Project: Development and Investigation of Toll-like Receptor (TLR) Biosensors built on N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Self-Assembled Monolayer
Graduate Students
Jialang (Christine) Li
PhD Student
Email: jialang.li@ucalgary.ca
Project: Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
Oliver Calderon
PhD Student
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Simon Trudel
Email: oliver.calderon1@ucalgary.ca
Project: X-ray absorption studies of CO2 reduction catalysts
Irfan Aydogdu
PhD Student
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Sathish Ponnurangaman, Chemical Engineering
Email: irfan.aydogdu1@ucalgary.ca
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Project: Developing force field for SOEC electrode materials by means of quantum chemistry methods and molecular dynamics (MD).
Raunak Singh
M.Sc. Student
Email: rausingh@ucalgary.ca
Project: Designing an electrochemical biosensor using Toll-like receptors (TLR) to detect pathogens in aqueous media
Samantha Luong
M.Sc. Student
Email: luongs@ucalgary.ca
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Project: Develop low resistance monolayers that can adsorb on gold electrodes and attach to specific proteins to create novel biosensors
Sara Bouzidi
M.Sc. Student
Email: sara.bouzidi@ucalgary.ca
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Project: CO2 reduction/CO oxidation on Ni- and Co-doped LCFCr catalyst materials in high temperature reversible solid oxide cells
Laboratory Assistant
April Woods
Laboratory Assistant
Email: april.woods@ucalgary.ca
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/aprilmwoods
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Project: THC electrochemical investigation and sensor development
Milad Shamsi
Ph.D. Student
Email: milad.shamsi@ucalgary.ca
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CvbL9xEAAAAJ&hl=en
Project: Development of electrochemical pathogen sensors