Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Sherif Ismail
Postdoctoral Fellow, September 2023-Present
Education: Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology, 2019
Dr. Sherif Ismail is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alberta, with a strong academic foundation, holding a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering. With extensive experience in industry collaboration, Dr. Ismail’s research focuses on sustainable solutions for converting waste into valuable resources, such as biofuels, and advancing the treatment of emerging pollutants in wastewater. He has made significant progress in optimizing processes like hydrothermal liquefaction and anaerobic digestion to enhance biogas production and resource recovery. His work on nitrogen biotransformation, including Anammox and Dissimilatory Nitrate Reduction to Ammonium (DNRA), has contributed to improving nutrient removal efficiency in wastewater treatment systems. Dr. Ismail’s research aims to develop energy-efficient and sustainable strategies to address today’s pressing environmental challenges.
Dr. Alsayed Mostafa
Postdoctoral Fellow, July 2023-Present
Education: Ph.D. in Smart-city Engineering, Inha University, South Korea, 2022
Dr. Simran Kaur Dhillon
Postdoctoral Fellow, September 2023-Present
Education: Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India, 2023
Graduate Students
Tae Chung
Ph.D. Student, Winter 2021-Present
Education: M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering, 2020
B.Sc. in Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, 2018
Awards: Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship-Doctoral (CGS D), Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship, Alberta Innovates Graduate Scholarship, President’s Doctoral Prize of Distinction
Monisha Alam
Ph.D. Student, Fall 2021-Present
Education: M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta
Award: NSERC PGS, President’s Doctoral Prize of Distinction
Romana Saila
Ph.D. Student, Fall 2022-Present
Education: M.Eng. in Water Resources, University of Alberta
Yadong Fan
Ph.D. Candidate (Co-supervised with Dr. Dominic Sauvageau)
Education: M.Sc., Environmental Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, China
Sami Khaskheli
Ph.D. Student, Spring 2023-Present
Education: MS in Environmental Engineering from the US Pakistan Center of Advance Studies in Water (USPCASW), Mehran UET Jamshoro, Pakistan; B. E in Mechanical Engineering from Mehran University of Engineering & Technology Jamshoro, Pakistan.
Award: Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan Overseas Scholarship, The University of Alberta Graduate Recruitment Scholarship.
Anindya Amal Chakrabarty
M.Sc. Student, Environmental Engineering, Winter 2023-Present
Education: B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh.
Samruddhi Shekhar Sali
M. Eng. Student, Environmental Engineering, Fall 2024-Present
Research Assistant
Parisa Niknejad
Research Assistant, October 2023-Present
Education: MSc, Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta