Dr. Anton Korenevski (2008-2014) Production and Functionalization of Polysaccharide Nanoparticles
Present Position: Chief Scientist, Mirexus Biotechnologies
Dr. Erzsi Papp-Szabo (2008-2014) Chemical Modification of Polysaccharide Nanoparticles
Present Position: Independent consultant
Dr. Maximiliano Giuliani (2011-2014) Fluorescence Microscopy of MinD Oscillations
Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto
Dr. Adam Raegen (2011-2014) Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging of Enzymatic Degradation of Cellulose
Present Position: Independent consultant
Dr. Martin Kurylowicz (2010-2012) Effect of Nanoscale Surface Curvature on Surface-Bound Proteins
Present Position: NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, Mirexus Biotechnologies
Dr. Scott Allen (2010) Enzymatic Degradation of Cellulose
Present Position: Consultant, eBiz Professionals
Dr. Oleh Tanchak (2007-2009) Enzymatic Degradation of Cellulose
Present Position: Group Leader, Analytical Science, Iogen Corporation
Dr. Sarah Schooling (2007-2009) Membrane Vesicles From Bacterial Biofilms
Present Position: Research Associate, University of Guelph
Dr. Ahmed Touhami (2006-2009) Atomic Force Microscopy of Bacteria at Surfaces
Present Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Texas at Brownville
Dr. Virginia Vadillo-Rodriguez (2007-2009) Atomic Force Microscopy of Bacteria at Surfaces
Present Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Universidad de Extremadura, Spain
Dr. Jean-Bernard Fiche (2007-2009) Circular Dichroism of Protein Films
Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Nanoscience and Cryogenics, Universite Joseph Fourier, France
Dr. Oleg Stukalov (2003-2008) Atomic Force Microscopy of Bacteria at Surfaces
Present Position: COO, Mirexus Biotechnologies
Dr. Atsuko Negishi (2005-2006) Design and Construction of Optical Tweezers Experiment
Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph
Dr. Xiaoling Li (2005-2006) Protein Adsorption on Lipid Bilayers
Dr. Christian Gigault (1999-2000) Colloidal Crystals and Quartz Crystal Microbalance Studies
Present Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Ottawa
Dr. Kari Dalnoki-Veress (1998-1999) Polymer Thin Film Physics
Present Position: Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University
Dr. James Forrest (1995-1996) Polymer Thin Film Physics
Present Position: Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo
Ph.D. Students
Richard Parg (2022) Micropipette Deflection and Constrained Blister Measurements of Agar-Glass Adhesion
Hurmiz Shamana (2022) Effect of Chemical Modification on the Rheology of Aqueous Dispersions of Phytoglycogen Nanoparticles
Ben Baylis (2021) Morphology and Mechanical Stiffness of Soft Phytoglycogen Nanoparticles Revealed by AFM Force Spectroscopy
John Simmons (2021) Small Angle Neutron Scattering Studies of Native and Chemically Modified Phytoglycogen Nanoparticles
Erin Shelton (2020) Quantifying Bacterial Motion in Twitching Colonies and the Effect of the Agar-Glass Interface on Bacterial Twitching Motility
Jay Leitch (2014) (co-supervised with Jacek Lipkowski) Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy Studies of Thin Organic Films Adsorbed at Gold (111) Electrode Surfaces
Present Position: Undergraduate Laboratory Supervisor, University of Guelph
Shun Lu (2014) Atomic Force Microscopy Measurements of Type IV Pili and the Nanomechanical Response of Bacteria to Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides
Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Guelph
Luna Rahman (2012) The Role of Intrinsically Disordered Thellungiella salsuginea dehydrins TsDHN-1 and TsDHN-2 in Stabilization of Membranes and Cytoskeletal Actin Filaments
Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Guelph
Scott Allen (2010) Quantitative Kinetics and Angle Scanning Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging
Present Position: Consultant, eBiz Professionals
Thamara Laredo (2009) (co-supervised with Jacek Lipkowski) Electric Field-Driven Changes in the Orientation and Conformation of Gramicidin in a DMPCA Bilayer Supported on an Au(111) Electrode
Present Position: Assistant Professor, Lakehead University
Chris Murray (2006) The Effects of Heating and Chemical Acetylation on Ultrathin Chitin Films
Positions: Senior Staff Scientist, Monteco Ltd. (2006-2010); Assistant Professor, Lakehead University (2010-present)
Connie Roth (2004) Mobility on Different Length Scales in Thin Polymer Films
Present Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Emory University
Christian Gigault (1999) Self-Assembled Polystyrene Microsphere Monolayers: Annealing Morphology and Ellipsometry
Present Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Ottawa
Kari Dalnoki-Veress (1998) Confinement Effects on Thin Polymer Films
Present Position: Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University
Zihuang Wang (1996) Brillouin Light Scattering Studies of Anisotropies in Magnetic Thin Films and Bulk Crystals
M.Sc. Students
Joseph D’Amico (2022) Tracking the Effect of Accelerated Aging on Cross-Linked Polyethylene Pipe using Fourier Transform Infrared Microscopy
V.J. Shiva Swaraj (2021) Protein structure-function relationship of commercial hempseed (Cannabis sativa L.) protein concentrates
Nicholas van Heijst (2021) Exploring the Binding Properties of Phytoglycogen in its Native and Acid-Hydrolyzed States
Melanie Hiles (2020) Classifying Formulations and Tracking Accelerated Aging of Crosslinked Polyethylene Pipes by Applying Machine Learning Concepts to Infrared Spectra
Joshua Sampson (2020) Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles via Laser Ablation in the Presence of Phytoglycogen
Kate Charlesworth (2019) The Creation of a Phytoglycogen-Functionalized SPR Sensor Surface and the Binding of Concanavalin A to Phytoglycogen
Hurmiz Shamana (2017) Rheology of Aqueous Dispersions of Phytoglycogen Nanoparticles
Josh Mogyoros (2016) Single Cell Force Spectroscopy of Bacteria
Richard Parg (2016) Viscoelastic Properties of Bacterial Cells
Erin Shelton (2015) Bacterial Twitching Motility
John (Atkinson) Simmons (2015) Neutron Scattering from Phytoglycogen Nanoparticles
Hilary Paulin (2013) Pattern Recognition in Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy Data
Robert Moscaritolo (2013) Quantifying Bacterial Crowd Surfing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Kyle Reiter (2012) Analysis of Enzymatic Degradation of Cellulose Microfibrils by Quantitative Surface Plasmon Resonance Imaging
Corey Kelly (2011) Min Protein Oscillations in Bacterial Cells
Monika Michalek (2008) Spincoated Thickness Gradient Polymer Films
Dan Glickman (2008) QCM and SPR Studey of the Enzymatic Degradation of Cellulose Thin Films
Jay Leitch (2006) (co-supervised with Jacek Lipkowski) Electrochemical and SNIFTIRS Studies on the Adsorption of the Model Anionic Surfactant Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS) at the Au(111) Electrode
Scott Allen (2004) Protein Adsorption Studies Using Surface Plasmon Resonance
Jason Thomas (2002) Preparation and Characterization of Spincoated Polymer Wedge Films
Christian Schultz-Nielsen (2001) Pattern Formation and Instabilities in Supported Trilayer Polymer Films
Chris Murray (2001) Dispersion Phenomena and the Glass Transition in Thin Polymer Films
Connie Roth (1999) Hole Formation in Freely-Standing Polystyrene Films
Christian Gigault (1993) Brillouin Light Scattering Studies of Magnetic Ultrathin Films and Superlattices
Liping Sun (1993) Elastic and Elasto-optic Properties of Thin Films of Polystyrene Spincoated onto Si(001)
Undergraduate Research Students
Ricky Summerlin (2022) Rheology of OSA-PG dispersions
Ashley Geddes (2022) Atomic force microscopy of acid hydrolyzed PG
Hugh MacFarlane (2022) Accelerated ageing of cross-linked polyethylene pipe
Jon Quintal (2021) Accelerated ageing of cross-linked polyethylene pipe
Ben Morling (2021) Dynamic self-consistent field theory simulations of PG nanoparticles
Ricky Summerlin (2021) Rheology of GTAC-PG dispersions
Callum Wareham (2020) Rheology of OSA-PG dispersions
Benjamin Morling (2020) Analysis of atomic force microscopy force-distance curves on PG nanoparticles
Benjamin Morling (2019) Accelerated ageing of cross-linked polyethylene pipe
Nicholas van Heijst (2019) Single particle translocation measurements of PG nanoparticles
Joseph D’Amico (2019) Accelerated ageing of cross-linked polyethylene pipe
Aidan Maxwell (2018) Surface plasmon resonance imaging using PG-functionalized sensors
Aidan Maxwell (2017) Dynamic light scattering of phytoglycogen nanoparticles
Leanne Sargent (2017) Crosslinking of polyethylene pipe
Shane Laverty (2016-2017) Swelling of ultrathin phytoglycogen nanoparticle films
Eric Bergmann (2016-2017) Laser ablation of metallic nanoparticles
Eric Bergmann (2016) Swelling of ultrathin phytoglycogen nanoparticle films
Fatimah Eashour (2015-2016) Fluorescence microscopy of bacterial cells