Faculty and Staff
Contact
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Thompson Engineering Building,
Room 477
Western University
Tel: 519-661-2131
Fax: 519-661-3498
cbechair@uwo.ca
Faculty
![Shahzad Barghi Shahzad Barghi](../img/people/faculty/barghi, shahzad.jpg)
Shahzad Barghi
Associate Professor and MEng Program DirectorResearch Interests / Specializations: Multiphase reactors, Biomass gasification, Titania and carbon nan-otube production, Fixed bed reactors, Reactive Drying, Wastewater treatment, Membrane bioreactor, Air pollution, Odor abatement, Process development and design
![Amarjeet Bassi Amarjeet Bassi](../img/people/faculty/bassi, armarjeet.jpg)
Amarjeet Bassi
Professor and ChairResearch Interests / Specializations: Bioenergy, Biofuels, Microalgae, Bioseparations, biosensors, bacteriorhodopsin, liquid solid circulating fluidized beds
![Franco Berruti Franco Berruti](../faculty/berruti_f/blocks/Franco_Berruti.jpg)
Franco Berruti
ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Gas-solid fluidized beds; chemical reactor engineering; heavy oil upgrading; cracking and coking reactions; thermal cracking of biomass and solid wastes; bio-oil; hydrodynamic modeling; gas-liquid feed jets
![Michael Boutilier Michael Boutilier](../faculty/boutilier_m/img/boutilier.jpg)
Michael Boutilier
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Nanostructured membranes, experimental fluid dynamics, nanotechnology
![Cedric Briens Cedric Briens](../img/people/faculty/briens,cedric.jpg)
Cedric Briens
Professor, NSERC/Syncrude Industrial Research ChairResearch Interests / Specializations: Fluidization and particulate operations
![Paul Charpentier Paul Charpentier](../img/people/faculty/Charpentier.jpg)
Paul Charpentier
ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Developing new “green nanotechnologies” for environmentally-friendly and alternative energy applications
![Hugo de Lasa Hugo de Lasa](../img/people/faculty/de lasa,hugo.jpg)
Hugo de Lasa
ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Catalysis, photocatalysis, chemical reactors, fluidization
![Lauren Flynn Lauren Flynn](../img/people/faculty/L.Flynn.Oct.2023v2.png)
Lauren Flynn
ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, adipose-derived stem cells
![Elizabeth Gillies Elizabeth Gillies](../faculty/gillies_e/blocks/Gilles.jpg)
Elizabeth Gillies
Professor, Canada Research Chair in Biomaterials SynthesisResearch Interests / Specializations: Biomaterials; nanomaterials; polymers; oligomers; dendrimers; organic synthesis; polymer synthesis; therapeutics; imaging; contrast agents; self-assembly; supramolecular chemistry
![Jose Herrera Jose Herrera](../faculty/herrera_j/img/herrera_thumbnail.jpg)
Jose Herrera
ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Bridge the gaps between materials science, surface science, heterogeneous catalysis and environmental engineering; and to understand the interactions between heterogeneous and homogeneous reactions and surface phenomena
![Andrew Hrymak Andrew Hrymak](../img/people/faculty/HRYMAK,ANDREW dean.jpg)
Andrew Hrymak
ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Problems with complex rheology, multiple phases and multiple length scales
![Dimitre Karamanev Dimitre Karamanev](../img/people/faculty/karamanev.jpg)
Dimitre Karamanev
ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Biochemical Engineering and Fluid Flow
![Naomi Klinghoffer Naomi Klinghoffer](../faculty/klinghoffer_n/img/klinghoffer-115x150-v2.png)
Naomi Klinghoffer
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Thermochemical conversion of biomass and waste, catalytic synthesis of renewable transportation fuels, catalytic conversion of hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide utilization
![Tianlong (Taylor) Liu Tianlong (Taylor) Liu](../img/people/faculty/Taylor-lui_115x163.jpg)
Tianlong (Taylor) Liu
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Artificial intelligence (AI) for chemical and biochemical processes, AI enhanced process control, Waste to energy applications, Wastewater treatment.
![Kibret Mequanint Kibret Mequanint](../img/people/faculty/meguanint, kibret.jpg)
Kibret Mequanint
ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Tissue engineering; 3D scaffold fabrication; cell-material interaction and signaling; polyurethanes; bioreactor; extracellular matrix proteins, mass transfer
![George Nakhla George Nakhla](../img/people/faculty/Nakhla.jpg)
George Nakhla
ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Municipal and industrial wastewater treatment, biological nutrient removal, leachate treatment, treatment process modeling, treatment process optimization, hazardous wastes biotreatment, in-situ bioremediation, activated carbon adsorption
![Arghya Paul Arghya Paul](../img/people/faculty/a-paul.png)
Arghya Paul
Canada Research Chair, Associate Professor, Associate Chair (Graduate)Research Interests / Specializations: Bioactive materials, Hydrogels, Gene/Drug Delivery, Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Nanomedicine, Stem Cell Therapy
![Dominic Pjontek Dominic Pjontek](../faculty/pjontek_d/img/115x150.jpg)
Dominic Pjontek
Associate Professor and Associate Chair UndergraduateResearch Interests / Specializations: Gas-liquid-solid fluidized beds, bitumen and bio-oil upgrading, particle agglomeration in fluidized beds, hydroprocessing, and reactor engineering
![Anand Prakash Anand Prakash](../img/people/faculty/Prakash.jpg)
Anand Prakash
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Multiphase particulate systems; three-phase slurry bubble column reactors, ultrasonic techniques, sulfur removal, ammonia removal
![Ajay Ray Ajay Ray](../img/people/faculty/ray, ajay.jpg)
Ajay Ray
ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Reaction Engineering, Photocatalysis, Simulated Moving Bed Systems, Mathematical Modeling, Simulation and Multi-objective Optimization, Process Systems and Engineering, Integrated Reactor-Separator, Chemical Process Development
![Mita Ray Mita Ray](../img/people/faculty/Ray, Mita.jpg)
Mita Ray
ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Gas-solid Separation, Advanced Oxidation Processes, Particle Technology, Environmental Modeling
![Lars Rehmann Lars Rehmann](../img/people/faculty/rehmann, lars.jpg)
Lars Rehmann
ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Biochemical Engineering, Bioprocess Engineering, Green Process Engineering, Bioenergy, Biofuels, Lignocellulose Processing, Biopolymers, Bioreactor Design, In-situ Product Recovery, Environmental Engineering
![Amin Rizkalla Amin Rizkalla](../img/people/faculty/rizkalla, amin.jpg)
Amin Rizkalla
ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Biomaterials, synthesis, bioactive glass-ceramic, dental, crystallization, cement, nano-composite, sol-gel, mechanical, physical, chemical, coating, scaffold
![Sohrab Rohani Sohrab Rohani](../img/people/faculty/rohani, sohrab.jpg)
Sohrab Rohani
ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Crystallization includes detailed experimental study of the kinetics of nucleation, growth, agglomeration, and breakage in batch and continuous systems
![Lauren Tribe Lauren Tribe](../faculty/briens_l/img/115x150.jpg)
Lauren Tribe
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Downstream pharmaceutical particulate manufacturing operations; the research emphasis is on sensor development for improved monitoring and investigation of operation parameters on particulate characteristics including flowability
![Jin Zhang Jin Zhang](../img/people/faculty/zhang, jin.jpg)
Jin Zhang
ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Design, processing, surface modification, and characterization of nanocomposites for the applications in bioengineering, tissue regeneration, and sustainable energy
![Ying Zheng Ying Zheng](../img/people/faculty/Ying_Zheng.jpg)
Ying Zheng
Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1), Associate Chair (Research)Research Interests / Specializations: Development of novel catalysts and new intensified catalytic processes with applications in fuel upgrading, renewable energy, waste-to-energy/value-added products
![Jesse (Jingxu) Zhu Jesse (Jingxu) Zhu](../img/people/faculty/Zhu, Jesse_115x150.jpg)
Jesse (Jingxu) Zhu
Distinguished University Professor, Canada Research Chair in Particle Technology and its ApplicationsResearch Interests / Specializations: Fluidization, powder technology, ultrafine powders, reactor design, powder coating, pharmaceutical tablet coating, pulmonary drug delivery, biological processes, wastewater treatment.