People

 

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Group Photo Spring 2024

Aditya, Bruce, Riley, Brayden, Madhu, Brian, Arkadii, Kishor, Amy, Guy, Diganta, and Vlad ( R to L) – Away on Assignment –> Karen and Jakob

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Prof. Vladimir K. Michaelis

Associate Professor
Canada Research Chair in Magnetic Resonance of Advanced Materials

e: vladimir.michaelis@ualberta.ca
E3-18 Chemistry Centre

Bio

BSc (Hon) – University of Manitoba (2006)
PhD (NSERC PGS) – University of Manitoba (2011), Prof. S. Kroeker
PDF (NSERC PDF, BANTING) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2011-2015), Prof. R. Griffin
Assistant Professor – University of Alberta (2016 – 2020)

THE TEAM

Dr. Guy Bernard

Research Associate

e: gbernard@ualberta.ca
E3-23B Chemistry Centre

Bio

BSc (Hon) – UManitoba
MSc – UManitoba, Prof. T. Schaefer
PhD – Dalhousie, Prof. R. Wasylishen

Riley Hooper

PhD Research Candidate

e: rhooper@ualberta.ca

Bio

ICE Particpant (Inorganic Chemistry Exchange)
NSERC USRA Recipient, Profs. V. Michaelis & J. Veinot (2017)
BSc – Western (2019)

 

Madhu Sudan Chaudhary

PhD Research Candidate

e: mc13@ualberta.ca
E3-14 Chemistry Centre

Bio

BSc (Hons.) – Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning
MSc – Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning
PhD – UAlberta (2019-present)

Diganta Sarkar

PhD Research Candidate

e: dsarkar@ualberta.ca

Bio

UARE Research Intern, Prof. V. Michaelis (2019)
BSc (Hons.) & MSc (Physics) – Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (2020)
PhD – UAlberta (2020-present)

Hobbies- Playing music, travelling, movies & sports

Arkadii Pominov

PhD Research Candidate

e:pominov@ualberta.ca

Kishor Das

PhD Research Candidate

e: kishor1@ualberta.ca
E3-14 Chemistry Centre

Bio

MSc – IIT Kharagpur (2023)

Amy Bacon

Undergraduate Research Intern

Bio

NSERC USRA Recipient, Prof. V. Michaelis (2023 & 2024)
Chem 299/399 Participant, Michaelis Group (2023-2024)

Jakob Meckes

Undergraduate Research Intern

Bio

NSERC USRA Recipient, Profs. Tykwinski & V. Michaelis (2023)

Brian Phan

MSc Research Candidate

Bio

Undergraduate Research Volunteer (Summer 2023)
Chem 401/403 Participant, Michaelis Group (2023-2024)

 

ALUMNI

Karen Caudillo

Visiting Undergraduate Researcher – Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico

Aditya Roychowdhury

Visiting Undergraduate Researcher – Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata

Brayden Glockzin

MSc Researcher

Dr. Xiaolong (Bruce) Liu

Visiting Scientist

Aldair Paz

Visiting Researcher –  Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Peru

Dylan Tkachuk

Undergraduate Researcher, Chem 403/399/299 Participant

Aiden Yu

Chem 299 Research Intern

Hiranmai Mohan

MITACS 2023 Research Exchange Intern

Muskaan Rawat

MITACS 2023 Research Exchange Intern

Alex Cross

Chem 299 Research Intern

Dr. Riley Endean

Mitacs Elevates Postdoctoral Researcher

Yuezheng (Frank) Liu

Visiting Undergraduate Researcher – Tianjin University

Scarlett Abrams

Visiting Undergraduate Researcher – Cardiff University, UK

  Katherine Miranda

  Visiting Undergraduate Researcher – Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Peru

Amit Bhattacharya

PhD Researcher 2022

Current Position: PDF at UCSB

Michelle Ha

PhD Researcher 2022

Brittney Klein

MSc Researcher 2022

Abhoy Karmakar

PhD Researcher 

Current Position: Cambridge University PDF

Amaya Silva

Chem 299 Research Intern

Katherine Lin

Undergraduate Researcher

Jacob Belding

Undergraduate Researcher

Current Position: PhD Candidate @ Cornell University

 

Bryce Allen

Undergraduate Researcher

Dr. Ania Sergeenko

Mitacs Elevates Postdoctoral Researcher

Aaron Mitchell

Undergraduate Researcher

Dr. Sean McDonald

Mitacs Accelerates Postdoctoral Researcher

Current Position: Brucker Ltd.

Xiaochuan Ma

Undergraduate Researcher

Maria Matlinska

Undergraduate Researcher, Chem 401/403 Participant

Srija Mukhopadhyay

Undergraduate Researcher

Current Position: MSc Candidate at Columbia University

Dr. Christina Gonzalez

MITACS Accelerates Postdoctoral Researcher

Current Position: Research Scientist at Nanocomposix

Thomas Davies

Undergraduate Researcher, CHEM 401 Participant

Kara Meginbir

Undergraduate Researcher, CHEM 299 Participant

Xiaoyue (Mary) Zhang

Undergraduate Researcher

Chris Worsnop Chryssikos

Undergraduate Researcher

Alexander Watson

Undergraduate Researcher

Mya Dodd

Undergraduate Researcher

Sukhmani Saggu

WISEST Researcher

Zhongren (Tony) Jin

Undergraduate Researcher

Current Position: MSc Candidate at McGill University

Yu (Kate) Qiu

Undergraduate Researcher

Keshia Gaudet

Undergraduate Researcher

Chuning Shang

Undergraduate Researcher

Current Position: PhD Candidate Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore

Rebecca Moore

WISEST Researcher

 

Satyam Agnihotri

Undergraduate Researcher

Current Position: MSc Candidate, McMaster University

Taylor Keirstead

Undergraduate Researcher

Enoc Basilio

Undergraduate Researcher

Current Position: PhD Candidate at KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)

Bryden Hughton

Undergraduate Researcher 2016

Current Position: Medical School USask.

Alexandra (Lexi) Geisler

Undergraduate Researcher 2016

Current Position: Internship at SYNCRUDE Canada

Atul Goyal

Undergraduate Researcher 2016

Current Position: PhD Candidate Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston 

Dr. Alexandra Faucher

Postdoctoral Research Associate 2016

Current Position: Librarian

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Group Photo Winter 2016
Michelle, Alex, Lexi, Vlad & Guy (L to R)


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Group Photo Summer 2016
Alex, Michelle, Bryden, Vlad, Guy & Atul (Inset, L to R)


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Group Photo Winter 2017
Enoc, Michelle, Abhoy, Vlad, Tony, & Guy (Inset, L to R)

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Group Photo Summer 2017
Satyam, Maria, Riley, Vlad, Guy, Michelle, Rebecca, Chuning & Abhoy (Inset, L to R, missing Tony)

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Group Photo Summer 2018

Maria, Mya, Michelle, Guy, Abhoy, Alex, Vlad, Amit, Chris & Mary (Inset, L to R, missing Tony)

 

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Group Photo Summer 2019

Guy, Vlad, Michelle, Srija, Amit, Xiaochuan, Abhoy & Diganta (Inset, L to R, missing Maria)

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Group Photo Summer 2020

Vlad, Brittney, Amit, Riley, Guy, Abhoy, Dylan, Madhu, Michelle and Aaron (L to R)

 

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Group Photo Summer 2022

Scarlett, Brayden, Amit, Arkadii, Riley, Madhu, Katherine, Diganta, Vlad, Brittney and Guy (L to R)

 

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Group Photo Summer 2023

Jakob, Guy, Madhu, Muskaan, Hiranmai (front row, L to R), Diganta, Alex, Brayden, Vlad (back row, R to L) – Away on Assignment –> Amy, Arkadii and Riley!!