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PrincipAL Investigator
PrincipAL Investigator
Valerie Ward
Valerie Ward
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo
Director, Waterloo Centre for Microbial Research
Post-doctoral Fellowship, Chemical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018
PhD, Biochemical Engineering, Western University, 2016
MASc, Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2012
BSc, Biology, University of Waterloo, 2009
P.L.Eng (Non-practicing), EGBC 2022
Research PErsonnel
Research PErsonnel
Forth year design projects (Fydp)
Forth year design projects (Fydp)
2024 - Removal of nitrate and phosphate from agricultural run off in streams
2024 - CO2 tracking system
2023 - Microalgae fuel cells for wastewater treatment
2023 - Production of UV Protectants from cyanobacteria
2022 - Fermentation of sargassum into bioethanol
2022 - Microbial devulcanization of rubber
2020 - Conversion of hemp seed oil to biodiesel
2020 - Modeling and simulation of a photobioreactor
2020 - Rapid THC detection
2020 - Microplastic removal from Laundry effluent
2019 - Microneedle Tattoo Removal Device
2019 - Conversion of cotton waste textiles to bioethanol
ALUMNI
ALUMNI
PDF & Research Associates
PDF & Research Associates
Reza Roushan - Post-doctoral Fellow, 2022-2023 LinkedIn
Anirban Banerjee - Post-doctoral Fellow, 2021-2023 LinkedIn
Eric Blondeel - Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020-2021 LinkedIn
Reza Karaminia - Research Associate 2019-2020 LinkedIn
Masters Students
Masters Students
Parisa Ahmadi - MSc 2023-2024 LinkedIn
Jiaqing Li - MASc, 2022-2024 LinkedIn
Nicholas Rasmussen - MASc Student, 2022-2024 LinkedIn
Nazanin Yasoubi - MASc, 2021-2023 LinkedIn
Sara Kamali - MASc , 2020-2022 LinkedIn
Derek Kabernick - MASc, 2020-2022 LinkedIn
Caleb Seward - MASc, 2019-2021 LinkedIn
Sepandar Malekghasemi - MASc 2018-2020 LinkedIn
Jared Roth - MASc 2018-2020 LinkedIn
Alex Pritchard Oh - MASc, 2018-2020
Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate Students
Jessica Canalas, BSc Honor's Thesis, 2024-2025 LinkedIn
Bethany Chan, BSc Honor's Thesis, 2024-2025 LinkedIn
Julia Denali, BSc Honor's Thesis, 2024
Eileen Bates, BSc Honor's Thesis, 2022-2023 LinkedIn
Erin Grant-Allen, Coop Student, 2023
Eva Colic, URA, 2022-2023 LinkedIn
Simon Nguyen, URA, 2022
Craig Harrison, Coop Student, 2022 LinkedIn
Dae Djini - URA, 2022
Andreea Palage - BSc Honor's Thesis 2020-2021 LinkedIn
Dylan Perera - BSc Honor's Thesis & Summer Research Assistant 2020-2021 LinkedIn
Sarah Holowka - Coop Student 2021 LinkedIn
Kyle Vandermeulen - Coop Student 2021
Olamide Olatunbosun - Coop student/ URA, 2020 LinkedIn
Hannah Czech - Visiting Student, Undergraduate Thesis, 2020 LinkedIn
Fred Huang - Coop Student - Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo (2019)
Visiting Graduate Students
Visiting Graduate Students
Atika Tariq - PhD Student from Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon - 2023-2024
Owais Malik - PhD Student from COMSATS University Islamabad - 2019-2020
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