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Current Group Members
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Abigail Jennifer G
Visiting Graduate Student, 11/23−02/24 Research project: "Actinide Macrocycle Complexes" Originally from: India (Chennai) Position after leaving the group/ current position: Ph.D. student, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India |
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Xiaobin Zhang
Ph.D. student, 09/16−12/23; M.Sc. student, 01/14−08/16 Research project: "Theoretical Actinide Molecular Sciences" Thesis title: "Theoretical Studies of the Nature of Actinide Bonds" Originally from: China (Fuzhou, Fujian) Position after leaving the group/ current position: Postdoc, Vitova group, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany. |
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Mariia Perebyinis
Undergraduate research student, 10/23−12/23 Research project: Actinide Chemistry Originally from: Ukraine |
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Kylian Alfonso Martin Varela
Undergraduate summer student (Mitacs Globalink intern), 06/23−09/23 Research project: Actinium−Lanthanum Separations Originally from: Mexico (Guanajuato) |
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Noah La
Undergraduate summer student, 05/23−08/23 (funded by the H.D. Gesser Undergraduate Summer Research Prize in Chemistry) Research project: Singlet Fission Materials Originally from: China | |
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José Rámón Gárate Ruiz
Undergraduate summer student (Mitacs Globalink intern), 06/23−08/23 Research project: Benchmarking of Excited State Calculations Originally from: Mexico (Guanajuato) |
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Anish Kumar
Undergraduate summer student (Mitacs Globalink intern), 05/23−07/23 Research project: Two-Dimensional Materials Originally from: India |
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Keighlynn Veilleux
Undergraduate project student (B.Sc. Hon.; co-supervised with Dr. David Herbert), 09/22−04/23 Research project: "Computational Characterization of Singlet Fission Chromophores" Originally from: Canada (Winnipeg, MB) Position after leaving the group/ current position: Graduate student, University of Manitoba (Herbert group) |
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Spoorti Gattu
Undergraduate summer student (Mitacs Globalink intern), 05/22−08/22; undergraduate project student (B.Sc. Hon., with Birla Institute of Technology and Science) 09/22−04/23 Research project: "Adsorption of Actinides onto Two-Dimensional (2D) Materials" Originally from: India (Hyderabad) Position after leaving the group/ current position: Ph.D. student, University of Pennsylvania, USA |
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Tasnim Rahman
Undergraduate summer student 05/22−08/22 (funded by a University of Manitoba Undergraduate Research Award) Research project: "Computational Redox Chemistry" Originally from: Canada (Winnipeg, MB) | |
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Maitreyo Biswas
Undergraduate summer student (Mitacs Globalink intern), 05/22−08/22 Research project: "Two-Dimensional (2D) Materials" Originally from: India (Kharagpur) Current position: Ph.D. student, Purdue University, USA |
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Rushik Desai
Undergraduate summer student (Mitacs Globalink intern), 05/22−08/22 Research project: "Two-Dimensional (2D) Materials" Originally from: India (Gandhinagar) |
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Meagan Oakley
Postdoctoral fellow 04/21−02/22; Research project: "Theoretical Actinide Molecular Science" Originally from: Canada (Prince Edward Island) Position after leaving the group: NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Manchester, UK Current position: Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw Fellow, University of Manchester, UK |
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Josef Tomeček
Undergraduate summer student (Mitacs Globalink intern), 06/21−08/21 Research project: "Computational Actinium Chemistry" Originally from: Czechia (Slavicin) Position after leaving the group: undergraduate student, Imperial College London. UK Current position: Ph.D. student, University of Manchester, UK (Kaltsoyannis group) |
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Emmalee Mosher
Undergraduate summer student 05/21−08/21 Research project: "Periodic Trends Along the Actinide Series" Originally from: Canada (Winnipeg, MB) Position after leaving the group: undergraduate student, University of Manitoba |
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Varathan Elumalai
Postdoctoral fellow 04/19−03/21 Research project: "Theoretical Actinide Molecular Science" Originally from: India (Chennai) Position after leaving the group/ current position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, SRM Institute of Science and Technology (formerly SRM University), Kattankulathur, Chenna, India |
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Yang Gao
Postdoctoral fellow 12/18−09/20 Research project: "Theoretical Actinide Molecular Science" Originally from: China (Chengdu, Jilin) Position after leaving the group: Postdoc, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Varennes QC (Montreal area) Current position: Associate Professor, Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China |
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Payal Grover
M.Sc. student, 01/18−11/19 Research project: "Adsorption of Actinides onto 2D Materials" Thesis title: "Computational Studies of Actinide Adsorption on Two-Dimensional Materials" Originally from: Panjab University, India Position after leaving the group/ current position: XRF Research Assistant, Micromatter Technologies Inc., Vancouver BC |
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Laura Ferch
Undergraduate summer student 05/19−08/19, undergraduate summer student 05/18−08/18, undergraduate summer student 05/17−08/17 (funded by the Dr. H.D. Gesser Undergraduate Summer Research Award, Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba); undergraduate summer student, 05/16−08/16 Research projects: "Surface Modeling"; "2D Materials"; "Singlet Fission" Originally from: Canada (Winnipeg, MB) Position after leaving the group: Undergraduate student, University of Manitoba Current position: Ph.D. student, University of Manitoba |
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Monica Sharma
Undergraduate summer student 05/19−08/19, undergraduate researcher 10/18−04/19 Research project: "2D Materials" Originally from: Canada (Winnipeg, MB) Position after leaving the group: Undergraduate student, University of Manitoba |
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Saumya Jayasundara
M.Sc. student, 09/16−08/19 Research project: "Conducting Polymers" Thesis title: "Computational Investigation of the Tunability of HOMO− LUMO Levels and Band Gaps in Conducting Polymers" Originally from: Sri Lanka Current position: Quality Assurance Coordinator, Canada Goose, Winnipeg |
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Nikalabh Dihingia
Undergraduate summer student (Mitacs Globalink intern), 05/19−08/19 Research project: "Adsorption of Actinides onto Two-Dimensional (2D) Materials" Originally from: India |
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Gautam Jha
Undergraduate summer student (Mitacs Globalink intern), 05/19−07/19 Research project: "Computational Modeling of the Interaction of Minor Actinides with Macrocycles" Originally from: India Position after leaving the group: Ph.D. student, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf (HZDR) and Technische Universität Dresden, Germany Current position: Postdoctoral fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA |
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Rebecca Santos
Undergraduate project student 01/19−04/19 Research project: "Interaction of Uranium with Eudistomins" Originally from: Canada (Winnipeg, MB) | |
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Prof. Seifollah Jalili
Visiting Scientist 07/18−08/18 Permanent position: K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran | |
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Tyler (Anh) Tran
Undergraduate summer student 05/18−08/18 (funded by a University of Manitoba Undergraduate Research Award) Research project: "2D Materials: Interactions Between Uranium and Borophene" Originally from: Vietnam Position after leaving the group: Undergraduate student, University of Manitoba |
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Gurpreet Kour
M.Sc. student, 01/16−02/18 Research project: "Theoretical Actinide Molecular Sciences: Bonding in Complexes of Early Actinides" Thesis title: "Computational studies of Mononuclear, Homobinuclear as well as Heterobinuclear Complexes of Early Actinides with the Schiff-Base Polypyrrolic Ligand in Comparison to the Known U(VI) Analogues" Originally from: India (Jammu) Position after leaving the group: Graduate student (Ph.D.), University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Current position: Research Fellow, RMIT University, Australia (group of Michelle Spenser) | ||||||||||
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Jeffery Perkins
M.Sc. student, 09/13−08/17 Research project: "Computational Screening of Dyes for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells" Originally from: Canada (Abbortsford, BC) 
Nishadh Rathod
| Undergraduate project student, 09/16−04/17 Research project: "Periodic Trends Among Later Actinides" Originally from: Canada (Winnipeg, MB) / India Position after leaving the group: Undergraduate student, University of Manitoba Current position: Graduate student (Ph.D.), University of Alberta 
Craig Peeples
| M. Sc. student; 01/12−08/16 Research project: "Development and Implementation of Continuum Solvation Models" Originally from: Canada (Winnipeg, MB) Position after leaving the group: Junior Software/IT Developer, Pricerazzi, Winnipeg Current position: Graduate student (Ph.D.), University of Alberta 
Michael Adeyemi
| Undergraduate summer student, 05/16−08/16 Research project: "Singlet Fission" Originally from: Nigeria Position after leaving the group: Undergraduate student, University of Manitoba 
Sonal Maroo
| Undergraduate summer student (Mitacs Globalink intern), 05/16−07/16 Research project: "Thorium Macrocycle Complexes" Originally from: India Position after leaving the group: Undergraduate student, St. Stephen's College, New Delhi, India Current position: Scientific Officer, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, India 
Wiljanne Vanderlee
| M.Sc. student, 05/16−07/16 Originally from: Canada (Fredricton, NB) |
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Dr. Thaneshwor P. Kaloni
Postdoc (in collaboration with the group of M. Freund), 03/14−11/15 Research projects: "Theoretical Studies of Polymer−Based Memory Structures"; "2D-Materials" Originally from: Nepal (Kathmandu) / Saudi Arabia (KAUST) Positions after leaving the group: Postdoctoral fellow, California State University, Northridge, USA; postdoctoral fellow, Department of Physics, University of Arkansas, USA Current position: Staff scientist, CNL, Chalk River, ON, Canada. |
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Wei Bin (Weibin) Kuang
Undergraduate summer student/ undergraduate research assistant, 06/15−09/15 Research project: "2D-Materials" Originally from: China (Foshan, Guangdong) Position after leaving the group: Undergraduate student, University of Manitoba |
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Akef T. Afaneh
Ph.D. student, 05/09−07/15; M.Sc. student, 05/08−04/09 Research projects: "Computational Studies of Aqueous Mercury Complexes; Mercury Sensing" Originally from: Jordan Position after leaving the group: Genviron Corporation, Winnipeg, MB Current position: Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Balqa Applied University, Jordan |
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Christophe Match
Undergraduate summer student, 05/14−08/14 (NSERC funded) Research project: "Singlet Fission" Originally from: Canada (Winnipeg, MB) Position after leaving the group: Undergraduate student, University of Manitoba Current position: Graduate student (M.Sc.), Department of Physics, University of Manitoba |
| Fernanda Palazzo Undergraduate summer student, 05/14−08/14 (Internship funded by CNPq, the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) Research project:"Chalcogenide-Uranium Bonds" Originally from: Brazil (São Paolo) Positions after leaving the group: Undergraduate exchange student, University of Manitoba; undergraduate student, Universidade Federal de São Paulo; Customer Service Specialist, Agilent Technologies, São Paulo Current position: Internal Sales Analyst − Cosmetics, Merck Group, São Paulo |
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Shaun MacLean
Undergraduate summer student, 06/13−08/13; Undergraduate project student 09/13−04/14 Research projects: "Dye Sensitized Solar Cells: Reaction Mechanisms for Dye Regeneration"; "Actinide Macrocycle Complexes" Originally from: Canada (Winnipeg, MB) Position after leaving the group: Undergraduate student, University of Manitoba Current position: Graduate student, University of Victoria |
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Scott McKay
Undergraduate Summer student, 05/12−08/12; Undergraduate project student, 09/12−04/13; Undergraduate summer student, 05/13−08/13 Research project: "Dye Sensitized Solar Cells: Reaction Mechanisms for Dye Regeneration" Originally from: Canada (Winnipeg, MB) Positions after leaving the group: Graduate student (M.Sc.), University of Toronto (Ontario); Research Associate, Odette Cancer Center−Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto Current position: Ph.D. student, Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin |
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Zoë Grabowski
Undergraduate summer student, 05/12−08/12; Undergraduate project student, 09/12−04/13; Undergraduate summer student, 05/13−08/13 Research project: "Actinide Chemistry" Originally from: Canada (Winnipeg, MB) Position after leaving the group/ current position: Graduate student (M.ASc.), Kermanshahi pour lab Dalhousie University |
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Wesley (Wes) Johnson
Undergraduate summer student, 05/13−08/13 Research project: "Dye Sensitized Solar Cells: Reaction Mechanisms for Dye Regeneration" Originally from: Canada (Winnipeg, MB) Position after leaving the group: Undergraduate student, University of Manitoba Current position: Laboratory technician, University of Manitoba |
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Jing Zhao
Visiting graduate student; 10/12−01/13 Research project: "Gas-Phase Actinide Chemistry" Originally from: Beijing (China) Position after leaving the group/ current position: Assistant researcher, Beijing Center for Crystal Research and Development, Key Laboratory of Functional Crystals and Laser Technology, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Samuel O. Odoh
Ph.D. student, 03/09−12/12 Research project: "Theoretical Actinide Molecular Sciences" Originally from: Nigeria (Ibadan) Position after leaving the group: Postdoctoral fellow, EMSL, Richland (WA, USA) Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Reno (USA) [Homepage] |
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Lisa Rullik
Undergraduate summer student (DAAD RISE intern); 06/12−08/12 Research project: "Dye Sensitized Solar Cells: Reaction Mechanisms for Dye Regeneration" Originally from: Germany (Bremen) Position after leaving the group/ current position: Doctoral student (Ph.D.), Synchrotron Radiation Research, Department of Physics, University of Lund, Sweden |
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Justine Reyes
Undergraduate project student; 01/12−04/12 Research project: "Plutonium Hydroxide Complexes" Originally from: Canada (Winnipeg, MB) Position after leaving the group: Laboratory Technician, Bayer CropScience, Saskatoon (SK) Current position: Team Lead − DNA Extraction Lab, Bayer CropScience, Saskatoon (SK)
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Dr. Abu Asaduzzaman
Postdoc, 02/08−02/11; Research Associate 03/08−10/11 Research projects: "Computational Studies of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (Grätzel Cells)"; "Environmentally Relevant Mercury Complexes" Originally from: Bangladesh Positions after leaving the group: (i) Research Associate / Research Assistant Professor, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ, USA); (ii) Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Life and Physical Sciences, Lincoln University, Jefferson City (MO, USA) Current position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Penn State Harrisburg (PA, USA)
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Luke Zhang
Undergraduate summer student, 05/11−08/11 Research project: "Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells" Originally from: Canada (Nanaimo, BC; Calgary, AB) Position after leaving the group: Undergraduate student, University of Calgary
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Dr. Grigory A. Shamov
Senior Research Associate, 07/08−07/11 Research project: "Homogenous Catalysis: High-Throughput Computing"; "Benchmarking of Approximate DFT Methods" Originally from: Russia (Kazan) Current position: HPC Analyst and Technical Site Lead, Westgrid/Compute Canada, Winnipeg, MB [Homepage] |
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Craig Peeples
Undergraduate summer student, 05/10−08/10; undergraduate project student, 09/10−04/11 Research project: "Theoretical Actinide Molecular Sciences: Actinyl Peroxo Complexes" Originally from: Canada (Winnipeg, MB) | 
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Guy Chappellaz
Undergraduate summer student, 05/10−08/10 (NSERC funded) Research project: "Computational Studies of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells" Originally from: Canada (Winnipeg, MB) Position after leaving the group: Undergraduate student, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba Current position: High school chemistry teacher, Kelvin High School, Winnipeg, MB
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Dr. Qing-Jiang Pan
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Robel B. Teklebrhan
M.Sc. student, 01/06−08/09
Research project: "Computational Studies of Carbohydrate-Fused Hydroxyproline Derivatives"
Originally from:
Eritrea/ South Africa
Position after leaving the group:
Ph.D. student in Chemical Engineering, University of Alberta (Edmonton)
Current position:
Postdoctoral fellow, University of Alberta
Prof. Ching-Han Hu
Visiting Researcher (Sabbatical Visit), 07/08−01/09
Research project: "Computational Studies of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (Grätzel Cells): Dye Regeneration Mechanism"
Permanent position: Department of Chemistry, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan
Sean M. Walker
Undergraduate project student, 09/07−04/08; undergraduate summer student (NSERC funded), 04/07−08/07 and 05/08−08/08
Research projects: "Development of New Computational Analysis Tools for the NMR Chemical Shift"; "Quantum-Chemical Study of the Interaction of Uranyl Fluoride with a Coiled-Coil Protein"
Originally from:
Canada (Winnipeg, MB)
Position after leaving the group: Undergraduate student, University of Manitoba
Current position: M.Sc. student, Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, group of Jonathan Baugh
John E. C. Wren
Undergraduate project student, 09/07−04/08; undergraduate summer student, 04/07−08/07
Research projects: "Small Iodine Compounds"; "Neptunyl (VII) Complexes in Alkaline Solutions: 17O NMR"
Originally from:
Canada (Winnipeg, MB)
Position after leaving the group
Ph.D. student in chemistry, University of Manitoba
Joel J. Berard
M.Sc. student, 09/05−03/08
Research project: "Theoretical Actinide Molecular Sciences: Computational Studies of Actinyl Complexes"
Originally from:
Canada (Winnipeg, MB)
Position after leaving the group:
Ph.D. student in geology, University of Manitoba
Mohammad A. Namdar-Ghanbari
M.Sc. student (full time/ part time), 09/05−03/08
Research project: "Theoretical Actinide Molecular Sciences: Actinyl Complexation in Basic Solution and in Zeolites"
Originally from:
Iran
Position after leaving the group:
Ph.D. student, USA
Nicholas B. Svenda
Undergraduate summer student, 04/07−08/07
Research project: "Theoretical Actinide Molecular Sciences: Actinyl Hydroxide Complexes"
Originally from:
Canada (Winnipeg, MB)
Position after leaving the group:
Chemist, Drug Analysis Service − Health Canada, Winnipeg MB;
M.Sc. student in engineering, University of Manitoba
Ibrahim Sow
Undergraduate summer student, 05/07−08/07
(Funded by the Faculty of Science, University of Manitoba)
Research project: "Computational Study of Chalcogen Atom Coordination in Lithium Amide Complexes"
Position after leaving the group: Undergraduate student, University of Manitoba
Alexander Dibrov
Undergraduate project student, 03/07−05/07
Originally from:
Russia (Moscow)/ Canada (Winnipeg, MB)
Position after leaving the group:
Medical/Doctoral student, University of Toronto
08/2006: Robel, Mohammad, Anna, Vladimir (left picture);
Joel, Mohammad (right picture)
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Dr. Vladimir A. Pomogaev
Postdoc, 02/06−09/06
Research project: "Development of a Band-Structure Method for the Calculation of NMR and ESR Parameters"
Originally from:
Russia (Tomsk)
Position after leaving the group:
Postdoctoral Fellow, Kuyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Current position:
Senior Researcher, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Anna V. Pomogaeva
Research Assistant, 02/06−09/06
Research projects: "Development of a Band-Structure Method for the Calculation of NMR and ESR Parameters; Simulations of Materials"
Originally from:
Russia (Tomsk)
Position after leaving the group:
Ph.D. student, Kuyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Dr. Grigory A. Shamov
Postdoc, 03/04−02/06
Research project: "Theoretical Actinide Molecular Sciences"
Originally from:
Russia (Kazan)
Position after leaving the group:
Research Associate, Technische Universität München (Munich), Germany; Senior Research Associate, Division of Informational Technologies, Kazan Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Science, Kazan, Russia
Thach N. Vo
Undergraduate summer student, 05/05−08/05
(Partially funded by HRDC)
Research project: "Theoretical Actinide Molecular Sciences"
Originally from:
Vietnam / Canada (Winnipeg, MB)
Position after leaving the group:
M.Sc. student, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
Current position:
Quality Control Laboratory Technician, Cangene Corporation, Winnipeg, MB
Dr. Anthony R. O'Dea
Postdoc, 11/03−11/04
Research project: "Development of a
Band-Structure Method for the Calculation of NMR and ESR Parameters"
Originally from:
Australia
Current position:
Analyst Programmer, SRA Information Technology, Adelaide, Australia
Audrey Carrasco
Undergraduate summer student, 06/04−08/04
(Partially funded by HRDC)
Research project: "Theoretical Investigations of Lithium Sulfenamides and Related Compounds"
Originally from:
Pakistan / Canada (Ontario)
Position after leaving the group:
Medical/Doctoral Student, St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies
Dr. Robert C. Mawhinney
Postdoc, 09/02−08/03, Montreal
Research project:
"Electronic-Structure Calculations for NMR Quantum Computing"
Originally from:
Canada
Position after leaving the group:
Postdoc, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
Current position:
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON [Homepage]
Svetlana Popenova
M.Sc. student, 09/02−06/03, Montreal
Research project: "Theoretical
Studies of Lithium Amides: Effects of Solvation, Aggregation and Complexation"
Originally from:
Russia / Canada (Montreal)
Position after leaving the group:
Graduate student, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
Current position: Product Development Specialist, Canadian Technical Tape Ltd., Montreal, QC
Marco Pineda-Castro
Undergraduate student, Concordia
University Science College project, 05/02−12/02, Montreal
Research project:
"Solvation Effects on the Electronic Structure and 19F NMR of
Uranium (VI) Chloride Fluorides UF6-nCln, n = 0−6"
Originally from:
Mexico / Canada (Montreal, QC)
Anhthong Le
Undergraduate summer student, 05/02−08/02, Montreal
Research project:
"Exploratory Electronic-Structure Calculations for NMR Quantum Computing"
Originally from:
Vietnam / Canada (Montreal, QC)
Last update: July 18, 2024
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