At the Sargent Group, we're proud of our alumni and the numerous places around the globe they've gone after their contributions here.
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Faculty
Ali Seifitokaldani
Institution: McGill University
Position: Assistant Professor
Term in Group: 2016-2018, FRQNT Postdoctoral Fellow
Ali Seifitokaldani
Anna Klinkova
Institution: University of Waterloo
Position: Assistant Professor
Term in Group: 2015-2017, Postdoctoral Fellow
Favourite Paper: Rational Design of Efficient Palladium Catalysts for Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide to Formate
Anna Klinkova
Bo Zhang
Institution: Fudan University
Position: Professor in the Department of Macromolecular Science
Term in Group: 2015-2017, Postdoctoral Fellow
Bo Zhang
Cao Thang Dinh
Institution: Queen’s University
Position: Assistant Professor
Term in Group: 2016-2019, Postdoc
Cao Thang Dinh
Chih Shan Tan
Institution: National Chiao Tung University
Position: Assistant Professor of Electronics
Term in Group: 2017-2018, Postdoctoral Fellow
Chih Shan Tan
Dae-Hyun Nam
Institution: Department of Energy Science & Engineering, DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology)
Position: Assistant Professor
Dae-Hyun Nam
Dayan Ban
Institution: University of Waterloo
Position: Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dayan Ban
Dingjiang Xue
Institution: Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Position: Professor
Dingjiang Xue
Emanuel Istrate
Institution: Victoria College, University of Toronto
Position: Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream; Academic Program Coordinator at the Impact Centre
Emanuel Istrate
Fanglin Che
Institution: University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Position: Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
Work in Group: Postdoctoral Fellow
Fanglin Che
Fengjia Fan
Institution: University of Science and Technology of China
Position: Professor of Modern Physics
Term in Group: 2013-2017, Postdoctoral Fellow
Fengjia Fan
Fengwang Li
Institution: University of Sydney
Position: Lecturer, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Term in Group: 2018-2020, Postdoctoral Fellow
Fengwang Li
Gerasimos Konstantatos
Institution: Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain
Position: Associate Professor, ICFO
Gerasimos Konstantatos
Ghada Koleilat
Institution: Dalhousie University
Position: Assistant Professor
Term in Group: 2006-2012, MASc and PhD
Ghada Koleilat
Gi-Hwan Kim
Institution: Gyeongsang National University
Position: Assistant Professor
Term in Group: 2014-2015, Postdoctoral Fellow
Gi-Hwan Kim
Golam Kibria
Institution: University of Calgary
Position: Assistant Professor
Term in Group: 2016-2018, Banting Fellow
Golam Kibria
Hairen Tan
Institution: Nanjing University, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Position: Professor
Term in Group: 2015-2018, Postdoc
Hairen Tan
Hongyan Liang
Institution: Tianjin University
Position: Professor
Term in Group: 2015-2017, Postdoctoral Fellow
Hongyan Liang
Huan Liu
Institution: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Position: Professor
Term in Group: 2009-2011, Postdoctoral Fellow
Favourite Paper: Electron acceptor materials engineering in colloidal quantum dot solar cells.Advanced Materials, 23 (2011) 3832-3837.
Huan Liu
Irene Goldthorpe
Institution: University of Waterloo, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Position: Associate Professor
Irene Goldthorpe
Jea Woong Jo
Institution: Department of Energy and Materials Engineering, Dongguk University
Position: Assistant Professor
Jea Woong Jo
Jiang Tang
Institution: Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics
Position: Professor and Deputy Director
Term in Group: 2007-2011, PhD and Postdoc
Jiang Tang
Jixian (Bruce) Xu
Institution: University of Science and Technology of China
Position: Professor
Term in Group: 2012-2017, PhD
Jixian (Bruce) Xu
Jongmin Choi
Institution: Department of Energy Science and Engineering, DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology)
Position: Assistant Professor
Jongmin Choi
Joyce Poon
Institution: University of Toronto, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Position: Professor
Joyce Poon
Jun Xing
Institution: Qingdao University of Science & Technology, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
Position: Professor
Term in Group: 2017, Postdoctoral Fellow
Favourite Paper: Color-stable highly luminescent sky-blue perovskite light-emitting diodes
Jun Xing
Kevin (Zhenyu) Yang
Institution: School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University
Position: Professor
Term in Group: 2014-2018, Postdoctoral Fellow
Kevin (Zhenyu) Yang
Leyla Soleimani
Institution: McMaster University
Position: Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair
Term in Group: 2006-2010, PhD
Leyla Soleimani
Mahla Poudineh
Institution: University of Waterloo
Position: Assistant Professor
Term in Group: PhD, 2016
Favourite Paper: Tracking the dynamics of circulating tumour cell phenotypes using nanoparticle-mediated magnetic ranking (Nature Nanotechnology, 2017)
Mahla Poudineh
Makhsud Saidaminov
Institution: University of Victoria
Position: Assistant Professor
Makhsud Saidaminov
Miao Zhong
Institution: Nanjing University, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Position: Professor
Term in Group: 2017-2019, Postdoctoral Fellow
Miao Zhong
Michael Adachi
Institution: School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University
Position: Assistant Professor
Michael Adachi
Min Liu
Institution: Central South University, China, Department of Physics
Position: Professor
Min Liu
Mingjian Yuan
Institution: Nanaki University, Department of Chemistry
Position: Professor
Term in Group: 2012-2016, Postdoctoral Fellow
Favourite Paper: Perovskite Energy Funnels for Efficient Light-Emitting Diodes. Nature. Nanotechnology, 2016, 11, 872
Mingjian Yuan
Ning Zhijun
Institution: ShanghaiTech University
Position: Assistant Professor
Term in Group:
Ning Zhijun
Philipp Stadler
Institution: Johannes Kepler University, Linz
Position: Assistant Professor
Philipp Stadler
Pongsakorn Kanjanaboos
Institution: Mahidol University
Position: Assistant Professor
Pongsakorn Kanjanaboos
Rafal Sliz
Institution: University of Oulu
Position: Adjunct Professor
Term in Group: 2017-2018, Postdoctoral Fellow
Rafal Sliz
Riccardo Comin
Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
Term in Group: 2014 – 2016, Postdoctoral Fellow
Riccardo Comin
Sasha Voznyy
Institution: University of Toronto, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences
Position: Assistant Professor
Term in Group: 2011-2018
Favourite Paper: Machine Learning Accelerates Discovery of Optimal Colloidal Quantum Dot Synthesis
Sasha Voznyy
Se-Woong Baek
Institution: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul (Korea), Korea University
Position: Assistant Professor
Se-Woong Baek
Sergei Musikhin
Institution: Institute of Physics, Nanotechnology and Telecommunications, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Position: Associate Professor
Sergei Musikhin
Susanna Thon
Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Position: Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Term in Group: 2011-2013, Postdoctoral Fellow
Susanna Thon
Taotao Zhuang
Institution: University of Science and Technology of China
Position: Professor
Taotao Zhuang
Winnie Ye
Institution: Carleton University, Department of Electronics
Position: Professor and Canada Research Chair
Term in Group: 2000-2002, Masters’
Winnie Ye
Xihua Wang
Institution: University of Alberta, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Position: Associate Professor
Term in Group: 2009-2012, Postdoctoral Fellow
Favourite Paper: Tandem colloidal quantum dot solar cells employing a graded recombination layer
Xihua Wang
Xinzheng Lan
Institution: School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Position: Professor
Term in Group: 2014-2016, Postdoctoral Fellow
Xinzheng Lan
Xiyan Li
Institution: Nankai University
Position: Professor
Term in Group: 2015-2019
Xiyan Li
Ying Wang
Institution: Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Chemistry
Position: Assistant Professor
Term in Group: 2018-2019, Postdoctoral Fellow
Ying Wang
Yongbiao Zhao
Institution: Yunnan University
Position: Associate Professor
Term in Group: 2015-2019, Postdoctoral Fellow
Yongbiao Zhao
Yuan Gao
Yuan Gao completed his undergraduate study in Physics at Shandong University, China. He did his Ph.D. between Aug. 2011 to Apr. 2016 at School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore under the supervision of Prof. Hilmi Volkan Demir. His main research interests are colloidal quantum dot synthesis, lasing and the laser spectroscopic study. Between 2016 and 2019, he joined the Sargent Group.
Yuan Gao
Yuguang (Chris) Li
Chris completed his B.S. degree at the University of California, Davis in 2010. He subsequently worked in industries for three years before joining Penn State for graduate school. He received his Ph.D. degree (2018) with Dr. Tom Mallouk and his dissertation focuses on the design of efficient CO2 electrocatalysts and electrolyzer. Chris joined the Sargent group from July 2018 to 2019, and worked on electrochemical reduction to generate renewable energy fuels. He is now a faculty member at the University of Buffalo.
Yuguang (Chris) Li
Industry
Aaron Barkhouse
Company: SunPower Corporation
Position: Engineering Manager – New Materials and Architectures
Term in Group: 2008-2009, Postdoctoral Fellow
Aaron Barkhouse
Ahmed Maria
Company: Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)
Position: Director – Transmission Planning
Term in Group: 2002-2004, MASc
Ahmed Maria
Amirreza Kiani
Company: RBC
Position: Senior Manager, Strategy
Term in Group: 2013-2017, PhD
Favourite Achievement: I’m very proud to be one of the lab’s pioneers in the small bandgap CQD research that resulted in the QD Solar Inc and CQD-silicon integration projects. One of the early papers in the field is an APL paper I co-authored, “Single-step colloidal quantum dot films for infrared solar harvesting,” that paved the way for fabricating efficient small bandgap thin films.
Amirreza Kiani
Andras Pattantyus
Company: STMicroelectronics
Position: QD R&D Manager
Term in Group: 2007-2010, Postdoctoral Fellow
Andras Pattantyus
André Labelle
Company: Angstrom Engineering
Position: Test and Process Specialist
Term in Group: 2010-2015, PhD
André Labelle
Andrei Buin
Company: D&D Integrative Care
Position: Software Developer
Andrei Buin
Andrew Stok
Company: Oracle
Position: Director of Development
Term in Group: 1999-2003, PhD
Andrew Stok
Aravind Ramaraju
Aravind graduated from the University of Waterloo with a B.A.Sc. in Nanotechnology Engineering and completed his masters’ degree looking at utilizing computational techniques and machine learning to assist in the discovery of new materials for light-emitting devices.
Aravind Ramaraju
Ben Scheffel
Company: Angstrom Engineering
Position: Test and Process Specialist
Term in Group: 2017-2019, MASc.
Ben Scheffel
Bradford Taft
Company: MiNDERA
Position: Director of Research and Development
Bradford Taft
Brandon Sutherland
Company: Joule
Position: Scientific Editor
Term in Group: 2012-2017, PhD and Postdoctoral Fellow
Brandon Sutherland
Chris Wong
Company: BMO
Position: Senior Technical Specialist
Term in Group: 2012-2014, MASc
Chris Wong
Damir Jamakosmanovic
Company: ScinterX
Position: Precision Electro-mechanical Technician for Gravity Instrumentation
Damir Jamakosmanovic
Dan Sellan
Company: SunLife Financial
Position: AVP Strategy, Canada
Term in Group: 2007-2012, PhD
Dan Sellan
Daniel Paz Soldan
Company: Mapbox
Position: Senior Software Engineer
Term in Group: 2011-2013, MASc
Daniel Paz Soldan
David Zhitomirsky
Company: E-Ink
David Zhitomirsky
Eddie Ng
Company: Google
Position: Data Scientist
Term in Group: 2005-2010, PhD
Eddie Ng
Ethan Klem
Company: SWIR Vision Systems
Position: Chief Technology Officer
Term in Group: 2003-2008, PhD
Ethan Klem
Fred Chang
Company: IMAX
Position: Research Scientist
Term in Group: 1999-2006, MASc
Fred Chang
Fumino Yushino
Company: Electro Scientific Industries, Inc.
Position: Applications Research Engineer
Fumino Yushino
Gabriel Moreno-Bautista
Company: L3HARRIS WESCAM
Position: Electro-Optical Designer
Term in Group: 2013-2015, MASc
Gabriel Moreno-Bautista
Geoff Darling
Company: Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets
Position: Head of Portfolio and NCIB Trading
Degree: MASc
Geoff Darling
Graham Carey
Company: Emerald Technology Ventures
Position: Sector Specialist, Energy and Advanced Materials
Term in Group: 2011-2015, PhD
Graham Carey
Grant Walters
Company: University Health Network
Position: Research Strategy Development Specialist
Term in Group: 2014-2019, PhD
Grant Walters
Harnik Shukla
Company: Knobbe Martens
Position: Partner
Term in Group: 2006-2008, MASc
Harnik Shukla
Ian Adams
Company: L3 WESCAM
Position: Research and Development Engineer
Term in Group: 2005-2007, MASc.
Ian Adams
Jennifer Flexman
Company: Babylon Health
Position: Director, Business Development
Term in Group: Director of Research, Development, and Commercialization in the Sargent and Kelley Groups – 2011-2013
Jennifer Flexman
Jin Hee Kang
Company: Samsung
Position: Senior Engineer, Digital Media & Communications (DMC) R&D Center
Jin Hee Kang
Keith Johnston
Company: Eguana Technologies
Position: Director of Engineering
Term in Group: 2006-2008
Keith Johnston
Kristopher Bicanic
Company: Opalux, Inc.
Position: Research Scientist
Term in Group: 2015-2017, PhD
Kristopher Bicanic
Kyle Kemp
Company: Carbon Engineering Ltd.
Position: Advanced Development Engineer
Term in Group: 2009-2013, PhD
Kyle Kemp
Luke Brzozowski
Company: University Health Network
Positions: Senior Director, Techna and Diagnostics Innovation; Executive Lead, UHN Research & Innovation Cores; President, CanProbe
Term in Group: 1999-2003, PhD
Favourite Achievement: Governor General’s Academic Gold Medal Award 2003 – 2004
Luke Brzozowski
Margaret Hines
Company: Nanocotechnologies
Position: Technical Business Development Director
Margaret Hines
Mathieu Allard
Company: Profound Medical
Position: Senior Director of Engineering, Science and Research
Term in Group: 1999-2004, PhD
Favourite Paper: Colloidal Crystals Grown on Patterned Surfaces (Advanced Materials)
Mathieu Allard
Misha Askerka
Company: Validere Technologies
Position: Analytics Manager
Time in Group: 2017-2019, Postdoctoral Fellow
Misha Askerka
Monika Yazdanian
Company: ToeFX
Position: CEO
Monika Yazdanian
Monorina Mukhopadhyay
Company: Wind River Systems
Position: Embedded Systems Engineer
Term in Group: 2015-2018, MASc.
Monorina Mukhopadhyay
Neil Barakat
Company: Uber
Position: Engineering Manager
Term in Group: 2001-2005, PhD
Neil Barakat
Peter Aldridge
Company: Blue Rock Therapeutics
Position: Product Engineering
Term in Group: 2014-2019, PhD
Peter Aldridge
Pouya Maraghechi
Company: Nokia
Position: Photonics Designer
Term in Group: 2012-2013, Postdoctoral Fellow
Pouya Maraghechi
Rafa Qunitero-Bermudez
Company: QD Solar
Position: Photovoltaic Research Scientist
Term in Group: 2015-2019, PhD
Rafa Qunitero-Bermudez
Rui Li
Company: Celestica, Smart Energy
Position: Reliability Engineer
Rui Li
Sam Cauchi
Company: Datacolor
Position: Sales Manager, Canada
Term in Group: 2003-2005, MASc.
Sam Cauchi
Sean Hinds
Employer: SWIR Vision Systems
Position: Chief Innovation Officer
Term in Group: 2005-2009, PhD
Sean Hinds
Stefan Myrskog
Company: Morgan Solar Inc.
Position: Chief Scientific Officer
Stefan Myrskog
Taulee Hsieh
Company: Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Position: Physician in Private Practice
Taulee Hsieh
Tina Safaei
Company: Plaza Ventures
Position: Associate
Term in Group: 2013-2017, PhD
Tina Safaei
Valerio Adinolfi
Company: Western Digital
Position: Principal Engineer
Term in Group: 2012-2016, PhD
Valerio Adinolfi
Vivek Mehta
Company: Manulife
Position: Vice President, Corporate Strategy
Vivek Mehta
Vlad Sukhovatkin
Company: XLV Diagnostics
Position: Chief Technology Officer
Term in Group: 2002-2011, Research Associate
Vlad Sukhovatkin
Academic and Research Professionals
Andrew Proppe
Andrew completed his B.Sc in Chemistry at Concordia University. Following his undergrad, he pursued graduate studies at Princeton University under the supervision of Greg Scholes. He then transferred to UofT to join the Sargent group. He is currently interested in the synthesis of CQDs and their applications in light harvesting. Since receiving his PhD, Andrew became a post-doctoral fellow at MIT.
Andrew Proppe
Chun Zhou
Chun Zhou is a Ph. D. student in Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences under the supervision of professor Long Zhang. Her research is focused on perovskite quantum dots lasers and superfluorescence. She joined professor Sargent’s group as a visiting student to working on quantum dots lasers from February 2019.
Chun Zhou
Dahye Won
Dahye Won received her Ph.D degree from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea in Aug. 2016. She worked at Clean Energy Research Center of Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) as a postdoctoral researcher from 2016 to 2018. Then, she has been working at KIST as a senior scientist since Sep. 2018. She joined the Sargent group from Sep. 2019 to Summer 2020.
Dahye Won
Dean MacNeil
Employer: National Research Council of Canada
Position: Senior Research Officer and Team Leader
Term in Group: 2005-2007, NSERC Post-doctoral Fellow
Favourite Achievement: Working on QD Solar cells with an amazing team and hearing the term “linker” outside of our group chats to describe dithiols.
Dean MacNeil
Guankui Long
Employer: Nanyang Technological University
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Term in Group: 2016-2018, PhD
Guankui Long
Haifeng Yuan
Employer: KU Leuven
Position: Innovation Manager
Term in Group: 2017, Postdoctoral Fellow
Haifeng Yuan
Hinako Ebe
Hinako Ebe is Ph.D student in Yamagata University under the supervision of Prof. Junji Kido. Her research is focused on the Perovskite Quantum Dots LED. She became a visiting graduate student (IVGS) from October 2019 (to March 2020).
Hinako Ebe
Hucheng Song
Hucheng received his Ph.D. degree from the School of Electronic Engineering, Nanjing University, China. in 2016. After graduation, he got the National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents and started his postdoctoral research in Nanjing University. Then, he worked at Nanjing University as an associate researcher. He joined the Sargent group from May. 2019 to Summer 2020.
Hucheng Song
Illan Kramer
Employer: University of Toronto
Position: Director of International Research Partnerships
Term in Group: 2008-2015, PhD and Postdoc
Illan Kramer
Jin Young Kim
Institution: Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)
Position: Principal research scientist
Term in Group: 2012-2013, Postdoctoral Fellow
Favourite Paper: “Single-step fabrication of quantum funnels via centrifugal colloidal casting of nanoparticle films”, Nature Commun., 6:7772 (2015)
Jin Young Kim
Jun Li
Employer: Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Position: Marie Curie Fellow
Term in Group: 2017-2019, Postdoctoral Fellow
Jun Li
Junghwan Kim
Employer: Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)
Position: Senior Researcher
Term in Group: 2016-2018, Postdoctoral Fellow
Junghwan Kim
Lina Quan
Employer: UC Berkeley
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, LBNL
Term in Group: 2014-2018, Postdoctoral Fellow
Lina Quan
Mengxia Liu
Employer: University of Cambridge
Position: Research Associate
Term in Group: 2014-2018, PhD
Mengxia Liu
Mingchuan Luo
Email: mingchuan.luo@utoronto.ca
Mingchuan Luo received his Ph.D. degree from Beijing University of Chemical Technology in 2016 under the supervision of Prof. Hong Zhu. After graduation, he worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Peking University in Prof. Shaojun Guo’s group. Mingchuan joined the Sargent group from Jul. 2018 to Summer 2020, with research focusing on the development of promising electrocatalysts for renewable energy and environmental innovations. He now works with Marc Koper at Leiden University.
Mingchuan Luo
Olivier Ouellette
Employer: Laboratoire de Photonique et Interfaces, EPFL
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Term in Group: 2015-2019, PhD
Olivier Ouellette
Phil De Luna
Employer: National Research Council of Canada
Position: Program Director
Term in Group: 2015-2018, PhD
Phil De Luna
Randy Sabatini
Employer: University of Sydney
Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate in Semiconductor Devices
Randy Sabatini
Shokouh Farvid
Employer: UofT, Department of Forestry
Position: Research Fellow
Shokouh Farvid
Silvia Masala
Employer: CIRAM University of Naples
Position: Contracted Investigator
Term in Group: 2011-2014, Postdoctoral Fellow
Silvia Masala
Sung-Fu Hung
Sung-Fu received his Ph.D. degree in chemistry at National Taiwan University in 2018 under the supervision of Prof. Hao Ming Chen. His dissertation focused on the synthesis of electrocatalysts and photoelectrocatalysts and the in-/ex-situ analysis. His Ph.D. work has won the 2019 IUPAC-Solvay International Award for Young Chemists. Sung-Fu joined Sargent group from 2019 to 2020, and he is currently working on CO2 electroreduction to produce hydrocarbon fuels.
Sung-Fu Hung
Wendi Zhou
Employer: Fujitsu Co-Creation Research Laboratory at the University of Toronto
Position: Research Operations Coordinator
Term in Group: 2013-2018, PhD
Wendi Zhou
Xiwen Gong
Institution: Stanford University
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Term in Group: 2014-2018, PhD
Xiwen Gong
Xueli (Sherry) Zheng
Institution: Stanford University
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Term in Group: 2014-2017, Postdoctoral Fellow
Xueli (Sherry) Zheng
Yanwei Lum
Employer: Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE)
Position: Research Scientist
Term in Group: 2017-2019, Postdoctoral Fellow
Yanwei Lum
Yimeng Min
Institution: Cornell University
Position: PhD Student
Degree: MASc
Yimeng Min
Younghoon Kim
Employer: Daegu Institute of Science and Technology
Position: Senior Researcher
Term in Group: 2015-2017, Postdoctoral Fellow
