Senior Executive Team:
Arianna Skirzynska
Email: arianna.skirzynska@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: President
Research Interest: Capturing patient heterogeneity in glioblastoma with an engineered tumor microenvironment for a high-content drug screening tool towards personalized oncology medicines.
Sophia Lu
Email: soph.lu@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: VP Events
Research Interest: My research involves engineering a hydrogel delivery system for the sustained release of a protein therapeutic with the goal of photoreceptor preservation in patients affected by retinal degenerative disease.
Hobbies: I love skiing, baking and anything aesthetic :)
Sepehr Hoomani Rad
Email: sepehr.hoomanirad@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: VP Events
Research Interest: I have a strong passion for fluid mechanics as well as related fields like heat and mass transfer.
Hobbies: Hiking, Ping Pong, Cooking, Movies
Noel Devaere
Email: noel.devaere@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: VP Finance
Research Interest: Recycling the world’s most challenging industrial wastewater
Brohath Amrithraj
Email: brohath.amrithraj@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: VP Communications
Research Interest: Cost-effective aluminium-ion batteries as a potential alternative to lithium-ion batteries.
Hobbies: Tennis, Piano, Books
Junior Executive Team:
Yagna Madhavan
Email: yagna.madhavan@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: Director of Events (Social) & Fika Friday
Research Interest: Water treatment technologies, Process simulation, Application of analytics in process engineering.
Hobbies: Dancing(Hip Hop and Bollywood)
Christopher Ling
Email: cwf.ling@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: Director of Events (Departmental)
Research Interest: Creating in vitro models of lung diseases with co-cultured cells
Hobbies: Cooking, dragon boat, video games
Juan Doratt Mendoza
Email: juan.doratt@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: Director of Professional Development
Research Interest: My research interest lies in antimicrobial resistance, formulation engineering with emphasis on encapsulation and delivery of biologics (proteins, peptides, DNA, and RNA), and sustainable, biodegradable materials for the regulated industries (pharmaceutical, medical devices, food, cosmetics, and agriculture).
Hobbies: Listening to music, watching movies and series, water sports, and hanging out with family and friends are my go-to whenever I want to take a break
Kalpak Chakraborty
Email: kalpak.chakraborty@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: Director of Professional Development
Research Interest: Kinetic Consequences of Polar Aprotic Solvent Environments on Brønsted Acid Sites in Phenol Deuteration
Hobbies: Photography, Anime, true crime novels, cinematography
Ayesha Patnaik
Email: ayesha.patnaik@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: Director of Mental Wellness
Research Interest: Applications of Machine Learning and Data Science in Finance
Hobbies: Music, Photography, Badminton
Michelle Nurse
Email: michelle.nurse@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: Director of Mental Wellness
Research Interest: Using a high-throughput, high-content imaging platform to study heterogeneity in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and identify drug-resistant subpopulations
Hobbies: Baking, cooking, climbing, gym, watching K-dramas and reality TV
Olivia Li
Email: oliviax.li@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: Director of Revenue
Research Interest: My research focuses on developing an antifibrotic hydrogel encapsulating colloidal aggregates for spinal cord injury repair.
Hobbies: Riding motorcycles, jet-ski
Naman Sharma
Email: naman@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: Director of Revenue
Research Interest: Recycling of Lithium Ion batteries
Hobbies: Badminton, TT and soccer
Owen Mototsune
Email: owen.mototsune@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: Director of Union Affairs
Research Interest: Enzymatic modification of lignocellulose to make bio-based crosslinkers for resin and textile applications
Hobbies: Rock climbing, live music, craft beer, bird watching
Jocelyn Riet
Position: Director of Union Affairs
Maya Banowati Rahmawan
Email: maya.rahmawan@mai.utoronto.ca
Position: M.Eng Representative
Research Interest: Lithium-ion battery manufacturing and recycling
Hobbies: Golf, board games, weight lifting, pilates, spinning
Audrey Dossou
Position: M.Eng Representative
Appointed Member:
Runlin Yuan
Email: runlin.yuan@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: Webmaster
Research Interest: Mining and hydrometallurgical wastewater treatment using freezing concentration
Hobbies: Music, Badminton, Movie, Video Games
Amir Hossein Mohammad Zadeh
Email: a.mohammadzadeh.mail.utornto.ca
Position: Webmaster
Research Interest: Currently my research focuses on the selective extraction of lithium from the cathode.
Hobbies: Chess, Movie
Mahla Mahmoudi
Email: mahla.mahmoudi@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: Social Media Master
Research Interest: I am a first-year PhD student under the supervision of Dr. Gisele Azimi, and I work on urban mining of rare-earth elements from end-of-life e-waste with the aim of tackling environmental issues.
Hobbies: Listening to music, Dancing, Binge-watching my favorite series (This Is Us), Hitting the gym, gardening, and socializing with friends :)
Dean Stipanic
Email: dean.stipanic@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: Fika Friday
Research Interest: I work on 1D nanomaterial-based membranes for applications in electrolysis and water filtration.