Dr. Yilan Liu, LSS Principal Investigator
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Current group members
Research Associate
Dr. Jinjin Chen
LSS group manager
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Jinjin got her PhD degree from Chinese Academy of Sciences in Jan. 2016. From 2016 to 2023, she worked in Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Nebraska and University of Toronto successively. Now she is a Research Associate in the LSS group.
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Bahareh Arab
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Bahareh earned her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology in 2017 and 2019, respectively. She joined the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ as a research assistant in 2020 and abtianed her PhD degree from University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵÌýin May 2025. Now, she is a PostDoc in LSS.
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PhD students
Chandler Ochs
PhD student, co-supervised byÌýProf. C. Perry Chou
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Chandler earned his B.Sc. in Computer Science and Biology from McGill University in May 2022. After that, he worked at the RI-MUHC from 2022 to 2024. In April 2025, he joined the LSS group as a research assistant and beganÌýhis PhD studies at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ in September 2025.
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Matthew Edghill
PhD student
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Matthew earned his B.Sc. from the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied ChemistryÌýin University of Toronto in May 2024. After that, he worked at the LMSE group from June 2024Ìýto June 2025. In July 2025, he joined the LSS group as a research assistant and will beginÌýhis PhD studies at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ in January 2026.
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Master students
Ellie Zarnke
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Ellie obtained her BSc at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ in Honours Science.ÌýShe received an Engineering Excellence Master’s Fellowship and an Engineering Dean’s Entrance Award, andÌýjoined the LSS in May 2024.
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Ching Lan
Masters Student, co-supervised by Prof. C. Perry Chou
Email:Ìýching.lan@uwaterloo.ca
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Ching graduated from the Department of Food Science at National Taiwan Ocean University. SheÌýreceived the Graduate Research Studentship and the International Master's Award of Excellence Fellowship. She joined the LSS group in SeptemberÌý2024.
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Tarun Nair
Masters Student, co-supervised by Prof.ÌýElisabeth Prince
Email: t3nair@uwaterloo.ca
Tarun received his BASc in Chemical Engineering at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ in April 2024. He joined the LSS group in September 2024.
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Undergradute students
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Alumni
1.ÌýEzgi Soylemezoglu----Research Assistant, June-Aug. 2023.
2. Jin Li----Research Assistant, Oct. 2023-Jun. 2024.
3. Nazia Baig----Research Assistant, Sept. 2024-Nov. 2024.
4. Brian Zubrzycki----Research Assistant, Sept. 2024-Dec.2024; June 2025-Agu.2025.
5.ÌýIda Putu Wiweka Dharmasiddhi----Master's. Sept 2023-Aug.2025.
6.ÌýJulia Li----Coop,May 2025-Aug.2025.
Ìý7.ÌýÌýTaixi Liu----Coop,May 2025-Aug.2025.
