Ontario Tech University (OTU)
Please apply to OTU if you wish to be supervised by the following faculty:
Faculty of Science
Nisha Rani Agarwal, PhD, Assistant Professor, Physics: Development of novel techniques for nano-scale characterization of surface properties, including new emerging high-resolution (nanoscale regime) technologies and its integration with Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Raman spectroscopy.
Yuri Bolshan, PhD, Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Chemistry: Our research is focused on the development of novel reactions, medicinal chemistry, and synthesis of biologically active natural products.
Dario Bonetta, PhD, Associate Professor, Biology: Biologically based materials derived from plant and bacterial sources. Development of novel materials by genetic engineering of synthetic enzyme complexes.
Anatoli Chkrebtii, PhD, Professor, Physics: Quantum physics of the solid state and its surfaces. Theory of dynamical, electronic and optical properties of solids and their application to semiconductor growth and microelectronic devices. Solar cell optimization.
Hendrick De Haan, PhD, Associate Professor, Computational Biophysics: Modeling and simulation of biological molecules, and their interactions with nanotechnology.
Jean-Paul Desaulniers, PhD, Associate Professor, Chemical Biology: Synthesis of artificial nucleic-acid and peptide-based materials by chemical modification. Structure-function relationships of novel biomaterials.
Brad Easton, PhD, Professor, Chemistry: Novel materials for fuel cells and electrochemical systems. This includes new alloy electrocatalysts and novel electrode structures prepared from organosilane materials.
Franco Gaspari, PhD, Professor, Physics: Materials and devices research and development program in the areas of thin film amorphous silicon and carbon, and emerging nano-crystalline materials for application in the fields of renewable sustainable energy (photo-voltaic) and biomedical devices.
Fedor Naumkin, PhD, Associate Professor, Chemistry: Computational Nanoscience; ab initio-based studies of nanometer-scale polyatomic systems (intermolecular complexes, clusters, interfaces), their structural, electronic and related properties. Applications: new materials, catalysis and other processes, and molecular electronics.
Brian MacLean, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Chemistry, St. Francis Xavier University: Synthesis of conjugated organic polymers/metal-polymer hybrid materials, electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction and H2 evolution, electrochemical investigations of charge transport in conducting polymers.
Theresa Stotesbury, PhD, Assistant Professor, Chemistry: soft-material development and characterization, hydrogels for forensic tissue simulants, molecular characterization of forensic materials.
Isaac Tamblyn, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Physics: Theory of nanostructured materials and devices for renewable energy applications. Artificial photosynthesis and water splitting.
Liliana Trevani, PhD, Associate Professor, Chemistry: Physical chemistry of hydrothermal systems, design and development of electrochemical and spectroscopic tools for high temperature aqueous systems, synthesis of new materials using supercritical fluids. Applications: energy production and conversion, geochemistry.
Olena Zenkina, PhD, Associate Professor, Chemistry: Research interest include water splitting, oxidation catalysts design, SAMs for catalytic and bio-sensing applications.
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
Remon Pop-Iliev, PhD, Professor, Mechanical Engineering: Design and development of innovative technologies for the manufacture of cellular materials and composites. Hybrid electric vehicles. Composite robotic arms and joints.
Ghaus Rizvi, PhD, Professor: Reinforced wood composites with superior mechanical properties, development of extrusion processing, technology for manufacture of fine-celled plastic/wood. Fibre composite foams.
Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science
Matthew Kaye, PhD, Associate Professor: Nuclear materials, high temperature materials chemistry, applied thermodynamics, phase diagram modelling, nuclear safety.
Brian Ikeda, PhD, Associate Professor: Corrosion of materials in molten fluoride salts, electrochemical and physical degradation of fluorine anodes, corrosion of nuclear waste container materials, stress-assisted corrosion cracking of metals, localized corrosion of metals at elevated temperatures, long-term performance assessment of materials, radioactive waste management.
Adjunct Faculty
Brian MacLean, Chemistry
Organic/inorganic synthesis of polymerizable molecules/ transition metal complexes; electrochemistry; electrocatalysis.
Isaac Tamblyn, Assistant Professor, Physics
Theory of nanostructured materials and devices for renewable energy applications. Artificial photosynthesis and water splitting.
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