University of Toronto
Stephan Research Group

We hope to stay in touch with all former group members, graduate students, undergraduates, summer students, postdoctoral fellows, research associates and visiting researchers. If your name is missing or your information needs updating; please email us.

Former Graduate Students

Stephanie Granville     (2010-2011)    (Toronto, ON)
Sanja Resonavic  
(2011, MSc)     (Toronto, ON)

Cheryl Tanur   (2011, MSc)     Project Development Coordinator, Contract Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Oakville, ON)
Stephen Geier    (2010, PhD)    PDF, University of California - Berkley (Berkley, CA)
Danny Hickie    (2009-2010)    University of Toronto (Toronto, ON)
Meghan Dureen     (2010, PhD)    Law Student, University of Toronto (Toronto, ON)
Erin Gwynne   
(2010, MSc)    Law Student, Queens University (Kingston, ON)
Kanwarpal Multani    (2010, MSc)    (Mississauga, ON)
Sharonna Greenberg    (2009, PhD)   Professor, Ryerson University  (Toronto, ON)
Travis Ancelet    (2009, MSc)    (New Zealand)
Osamah Alhomaidan (2008, PhD)    Research Scientist, SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Greg Welch        (2008, PhD)    PDF, University California (Santa Barbara, California)
Jenny McCahill     (2008, PhD)    PDF, University California (Santa Barbara, California)

Shamola Labeodan     (2008, MSc)    
Krishan Yadav     (2007, MSc)     Medical Student (UK)
Jason Masuda     (2005, PhD)     
Asst. Prof. St. Mary’s University, www.jasonmasuda.com  (Halifax, NS)
Sarah Hawkeswood     (2005, PhD)     B.Ed, U of Windsor (Windsor, ON)
Chad Beddie     (2004, PhD)     Health Canada
Lourisa Cabrera     (2004, MSc)    Ph.D. student (Mexico)
Emily Hollink     (2003, PhD)     Health Canada
Steve Clemens     (2003, MSc)    B.Ed. Program (Calgary, AB)
Ramadan Altwier     (2003, MSc)     Research Scientist, Lecturer      
Katie Chan     (2003, MSc)     QA Associate, Teva Canada (Markham, ON)
Liam Spencer    (2002, MSc)     Catalyst Synthesis Researcher, Dow Chemicals (Freeport, Texas)
Silke Courtenay     (2002, PhD)     Research Scientist HP Corp. (San Diego, California)
Aaron Hoskin     (2001, PhD)     Scientist, Natural Resources Canada
Christopher Ong    (2001, PhD)     
Global Production Manager, LANXESS Corp. (Orange, Texas)
Nancy Yue     (2000, MSc)     Ph.D. Student UWO
Jeff Stewart     (1999, PhD)     Patent Agent (Toronto, ON)
Andrea V. Firth     (1998, PhD)     Research Scientist, NRC (Ottawa, ON)
Tricia L. Breen     (1996, PhD)     Assoc. Prof. (NSERC UFA) University of Windsor (Windsor, ON)
Jainwei Ho    (1994, PhD)      Research Scientist (California)
Tim T. Nadasdi     (1993, PhD)     Research Scientist Exxon (New Jersey)
Dave G. Dick     (1991, PhD)     Faculty, College of the Rockies (Cranbrook, BC)
Teresa A. Wark     (1989, PhD)
Graham S. White     (1987, PhD)     Senior Chemist Evaluator, Health Canada
Lucio Gelmini     (1987, PhD)    
Chemistry Instructor,  Grant MacEwan University (Edmonton, AB)
Hilde P. Berends     (1986, MSc)     Waterloo School Board (Waterloo, ON)
Evelyn M. Kinsch     (1985, MSc)     Chef  (Waterloo, ON)


 

Former Postdoctoral Fellows

Johannes Dömer   (2012)    Manager of Scientific Outreach, Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy  (Waterloo, ON)
Renan Cariou    (2011)    Lead Scientist, Borealis Polymers Oy  (Helsinki, Finland)
Jason Morton    
(2011)    Research Scientist, SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Sharonna Greenberg
(2010)    Professor, Ryerson University (Toronto, ON)
Zachariah Heiden   
(2010)    Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory  (USA)
Clinton Lund   
(2010)    Research Scientist, LANXESS  (London, ON)
Louisa Stanlake   
(2010)    Research Scientist, Kelsan Technologies (Vancouver, BC)
Edwin Otten    
(2010)    Assitant Professor, Riksuniversiteit  (Groningen, The Netherlands)

Birgit Birkmann    (2010)    (Muenster, Germany)
Ian Blackmore    (2009)   Research Scientist, SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Matthias Ullrich     (2009)    Process Optimization Manager, Evonik Industries AG (Shanghai, China)
Alberto Ramos     (2009)    Research Scientist, Instituto Nacional del Carbón  (Oviedo, Spain)
Maria del Consuelo Mendoza Herrera    (2009)    Researcher, Universidad Autonoma de Puebla (Puebla, Mexico)
Raj Jain
    (2008)      Senior Scientist, (Silicon Valley, California)
Anjan Das     (2008)    Application Chemist, Northern Nanotechnologies

Guangcai Bai     (2008)
Preston Chase    (2007)     Senior Development Scientist, Green Centre (Kingston, ON)
Ioan Ghesner     (2005-06)     (Calgary, AB)
Chuanbao Zhu     (2005-2006)     (Windsor, ON)
Carsten Cornilssen     (2004-06)     Research Chemist,  Sudchmie (Germany)
Andrew Fenwick     (2004-05)    
Director of Laboratory Services, Multi-Pure/Carbon Block Technology. (Las Vegas, NV)
Peter Voth     (2004-05)     Germany
Gema Martinez     (2004-05)     Research Chemist,  Spain
Pingrong Wei     (2001-04)     
Director of X-ray Diffraction Facility, Unviersity of Georgia (Georgia)
Chris Fraser     (2003-04)     Research Chemist, Knowlton Packg.
Todd Graham     (2000-03)     (Windsor, ON)                     
Denise Walsh     (2001-03)     University College Dublin
Jim Kickham     (1999-2002)     Research Chemist, Jameison (Windsor, ON)
Charles Carrez     (1998-2001)      
Luc LePichon     (1998-2000)     PDF, Rennes
Fred Guérin     (1999-2000)     Plant Manager, Bayer (Texas)
Eva Witt    (1999)     German Patent Office
P. McKarns     (1998)     Research Scientist  Celenese (USA)
Nola  Etkin     (1995-97)     Associate Professor UPEI
Chris Fermin     (1994-96)     Chemist (Philippines)
Rick  Heyn     (1994)     Research Chemist SINTEF (Norway)
Z. Hou     (1992-93)     Research Director at RIKEN (Japan)
Yujin Huang     (1991-93)     Research chemist (California)



Former Research Associates

Zachariah Heiden    (2011)    Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (USA)
Clinton Lund    (2011)    Research Scientist, LANXESS  (London, ON)
Todd Graham     (2010)    (Windsor, ON)
Ian Blackmore     (2010)    Research Scientist, SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Preston Chase   (2008-2009)     Senior Development Scientist, Green Centre (Kingston, ON)



Former Technicians


Ebru Ekici     (2004-06)     (Germany)
Rodica Leu     (2003-06)     Technician (Windsor, ON)



Visiting Graduate Students and Researchers

Lutz Greb     (2011)    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany  
Yohan Gautier  
(2011)   
Universite de Rennes, France
Anne Kraft   (2011)   Universität Freiburg, Germany
Daniel Winkelhaus    (2011)    Universität Bielefeld, Germany
Ilona Peuser    (2010)    
Universitat Muenster, Germany
Tanja Voß     (2009)    Universitat Muenster, Germany
Marcus Klahn
    (2009)     Germany

Huaizhu Ma     (1997-98)     Anhui Normal University
Katrin Klass     (1997)     BASF Ludwigshafen
Dirk Hamsen     (1996)     Muenchen
Rosa Fandos Paris     (1994)     Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Toledo
Wayne Tikkinnen     (1992)     University of Los Angeles


Undergraduate Students

2012        Esther Riga (Universitat Mainz)            Jon del Castillo (U Toronto)                    Roman Belli (U Toronto)

2011        Lina Tran
(U Toronto)                           
Frederick Chiu (U Toronto)                   Conor Pranckevicius (U Toronto)
                 Christoph Kreitner (Universitat Mainz) Sarah Hughes (U Toronto)

2010        Michael Schedler (Universitat Mainz) Eva Ouyang (U Toronto)                          Robert Di Lorenzo (U Toronto) 
                 Silke Froemel (Universitat Muenster) Frederick Chiu (U Toronto)
              Mikheil Gogiashvili (Universitat Muenster)
             Tayseer Mahdi (Ryerson University)   Fatme Dahcheh (U Toronto)                   Sanja Resanovic (Ryerson University)
                 
Conor Pranckevicius (U Toronto)

2009        Veronika Beer (Universitat Mainz)    Cheryl Tanur (U Guelph)                           Mike Jones (U Toronto)
                  Mengzhou Li (U Toronto)                    Peter Sues (U Toronto)                            
Juliette Berthe (École Polytechnique)
                  Eva Ouyang (U Toronto)                      Adam McKinty (U Alberta)                       
                  
2008       
Erin Gwynne (Mt. Allison)                    Xiaoxi Zhao (U Toronto)                            Kelvin Seto (U Toronto)
                 Miranda Skjel (U Victoria)                      Christoph Glotzbach (Muenster)               Lukas Reck (École Normale Supérieure)

2007       
Andreas Notzon (Muenster)                 Laura Ezeife (Windsor)                                Greg Gibson (U Victoria)
                
Thoresten Holtrichter-RõƁmann (Muenster)                                                              Titel Jurca (Ottawa)

2006       
Toria Piga (U Victoria)                           Jennifer Fang (UBC)                                    Hanna Thorup (U Victoria)

2005       
Kelsey Dewar (U Victoria)                     Roberto Prieto (U Victoria)    

2004       
Paul Siu (U Victoria)                                Gigi Chan (U Victoria)                                 Gary Kalaci (U Windsor)

2003
        Louisa Stanlake (U Victoria)                Roopa Patel (Windsor)                               Pei Chun Hang (U Windsor)
                  Chris Lopez (U Windsor)                      Harsha Malempati (U Windsor)