Senior Executive Team:
Noel Devaere
Email: noel.devaere@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: President
Research Field: Recycling the world's most challenging industrial wastewaters
Brohath Amrithraj
Email: brohath.amrithraj@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: Vice President of Communications and Marketing
Research Field: Development of nanomaterials for Al-ion batteries
Maryam Sadegh Mousavi
Email: maryam.mousavi@utoronto.ca
Position: Vice President of Students' Affairs
Research Field: Thermal conversion of biomass and aqueous chemistry
Arianna Skirzynska
Email: arianna.skirzynska@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: Vice President of Events
Research Field: Capturing patient heterogeneity in glioblastoma with an engineered tumor microenvironment for a high-content drug screening tool towards personalized oncology medicines.
Junior Executive Team:
Masum Billah
Email: masum.billah@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: Director of Events
Research Field: Using electrochemistry and microscopy to study localized corrosion behavior on copper for use as a corrosion barrier for used nuclear fuels.
Sima Zeinali Danalou
Email: sima.zeinali@mail.utorontno.ca
Position: Volunteer
Research Field: My current mission involves using microscopy imaging to establish a correlation between changes in the pore structure of reverse osmosis (RO) water desalination membranes under high pressure, and how these changes affect performance.
Olivia(Xiang) Li
Email: oliviax.li@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: Director of Revenue
Research Field: My research focuses on developing an anti-fibrotic hydrogel to mitigate scar formation for promoted axon regeneration during spinal cord injury repair.
Sophia Lu
Email: soph.lu@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: Director of Events
Research Field: Sophia's research interests are in developing localized drug delivery methods using hydrogel systems. Her current research involves peptide therapeutics for retinal degenerative diseases.
Owen Mototsune
Email: owen.mototsune@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: Director of Union Affairs
Research Field: I work with Professor Emma Master to use biological processes to turn biomass into bio-based products to replace those typically produced from fossil fuels and using unsustainable chemistries. More specifically, I work on applying fungal carbohydrate-active enzymes to produce carbohydrate-based crosslinkers.
Ayesha Patnaik
Email: ayesha.patnaik@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: Director of Mental Wellness
Research Field: As a Master's in Engineering student with an emphasis on Data Analytics, I have been engaged in diverse projects involving implementing and applying data science and machine learning across various domains.
I strongly believe in the significance of maintaining a healthy work-life balance and prioritizing mental wellness, and I invite you to explore the various events aimed at enhancing mental well-being that are organized by CEGSA and in collaboration with GECoS.
Saif Rjaibi
Email: saif.rjaibi@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: Graduate Student Mentorship Program Coordinator
Research Field: Developing a 3D in vitro model for studying skeletal muscle repair
Naman Sharma
Email: naman@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: Director of Revenue
Research Field: My areas of interest are in the metals and mining industry to extract critical metals like lithium and nickel and use them in the precursor cathode active materials (pCAM) found in lithium-ion batteries.
Niloofar Shirali
Email: niloofar.shirali@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: Lab Representative
Research Field: Advanced membranes for battery recycling
Dean Stipanic
Email: dean.stipanic@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: Head of FIKA
Research Field: I work on 1D nanomaterial-based membranes for applications in electrolysis and water filtration.
Emma Su
Email: emma.su@utoronto.ca
Position: MEng Representative
Research Field: Testing the lifetime and deterioration of organic solar cells
Runlin Yuan
Email: runlin.yuan@mail.utoronto.ca
Position: Website Management
Research Field: Utilizing the Canadian winter climate for sustainable Industrial wastewater treatment and recycling