Alumni
Master’s & PhD Graduates
Anu Adamson
Cohort 1-Winter 2022
Anu is completing her PhD degree in Chemistry, supervised by Dr. Michael Metzger & Dr. Jeff Dahn. She is currently undertaking an internship at Northvolt
Ethan Alter
Cohort 1-Winter 2022
Ethan is completing his MSc in Chemistry, supervised by Dr. Michael Metzger & Dr. Jeff Dahn.
Jahid Anowar
Cohort 2-Fall 2022
Jahid is completing his MASc in Chemical Engineering, supervised by Dr. Ghada Koleilat.
Mitch Ball
Cohort 1-Fall 2021
Mitch graduated with a M.Sc. Chemistry, supervised by Dr. Jeff Dahn.
Byrne Campbell
Cohort 1-Fall 2021
Byrne graduated with M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering in Dec 2021, under the supervision of Dr. Swan. After graduation, he has joined Equilibrium Engineering as an Energy Efficiency EIT.
Evan Casper
Cohort 1-Fall 2021
Evan graduated with Masters of Resource & Environmental Management (M.R.E.M), under the supervision of Dr. Michelle Adams. In Summer 2022, he undertook an LES Placement with Ecofitt. Currently, he works at Ecofitt as a Program Analyst.
Xingquan Chen
Cohort 1-Fall 2021
Xingquan will graduate with M.Sc. Electrical & Computer Engineering in Dec 2022, under the supervision of Dr. Micheal Cada & Dr Ghada Koleilat. In Fall 2022, he undertook an LES Placement at Thermo Dynamics.
Sarah Clarke
Cohort 1-Fall 2021
Sarah graduated with M.Sc Chemistry in Apr 2023, under the supervision of Dr. Erin Johnson. After graduation, she has joined ACENET as an Advanced Digital Skills Instructor.
Jay Deshmukh
Cohort 1-Fall 2021
Jay is completing his M.A.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering, supervised by Dr. Michael Metzger and Dr. Michael Freund. He recently completed a Cell Materials Engineer internship at Tesla.
Animesh Dutta
Cohort 1-Fall 2021
Animesh is completing his Ph.D. degree in Materials Engineering, supervised by Dr. Jeff Dahn. He is currently undertaking an internship at Tesla.
Ahmed Eldesoky
Cohort 1-Fall 2021
Ahmed graduated with a Ph.D. in Chemistry, supervised by Dr. Jeff Dahn. He is currently residing in California, where he is employed by Sila Nanotechnologies as a Senior Applications Engineer.
Alireza Ghasemi
Cohort 1-Fall 2021
Alireza graduated with M.A.Sc. Chemical Engineering in Sep 2022, under the supervision of Dr. Ghada Koleilat.
Patrick Giesbrecht
Cohort 1-Fall 2021
Patrick graduated with a Ph.D. in Chemistry, supervised by Dr. Michael S. Freund. He is currently residing in Germany, where he is conducting his Postdoctoral Research at Fritz-Haber-Institut.
Macgregor Macintosh
Cohort 3-Fall 2023
Macgregor is completing his M.Sc. in Chemistry, supervised by Dr. Mark Obrovac.
Elizabeth O. Oyekola
Cohort 1-Winter 2022
Elizabeth is completing her MASc in Mechanical Engineering, supervised by Dr. Lukas Swan.
Grant Shaver
Cohort 1-Fall 2021
Grant graduated with is a M.A. in Social Anthropology, under the supervision of Dr. Karen Foster.
Zachary Simunovic
Cohort 1-Fall 2021
Zachary graduated with M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, supervised by Dr. Jeff Dahn & Dr. Michael Metzger. In Winter 2022, he undertook an LES internship at Tesla.
Benjamin Smith
Cohort 1-Fall 2021
Ben graduated with M.Sc. Chemical Engineering in Apr 2022, under the supervision of Dr. Koleilat. In Winter 2022, he undertook an LES Placement at Efficiency Nova Scotia. Currently, he works at Efficiency NS as an Efficiency Specialist.
Kameron Steeves-Vigneault
Cohort 1-Fall 2021
Kameron is completing his M.Sc. in Chemistry, supervised by Dr. Michael Freund.
Svena Yu
Cohort 1-Winter 2022
Svena is completing her Master’s in Chemical Engineering, supervised by Dr. Chong Yin and Dr. Jeff Dahn.
Ben Tang
Cohort 1-Fall 2021
Ben Tang is completing his PhD degree in Chemical Engineering, supervised by Dr. Jeff Dahn.
Tina Taskovic
Cohort 1-Fall 2021
Tina is completing her Ph.D. in Chemistry, supervised by Dr. Jeff Dahn.
David Theuerkauf
Cohort 1-Fall 2021
David graduated with M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering in Sep 2022, under the supervision of Dr. Swan. Currently, he works at AVL as a Technical Sales Specialist in the "Battery Testing" team.
Andrew Walsh
Cohort 1-Fall 2021
Andrew is completing his PhD degree in the Department of Chemistry, supervised by Dr. Peng Zhang.
Undergrads
Rania Elsebai
Cohort 1-Fall 2021
Rania is currently an undergraduate Chemical Engineering student, under the supervision of Dr. Koleilat. Her research focuses on investigating the impact of chemical additive engineering treatments on the stability & performance of perovskite solar cells. She is passionate about research pertaining to renewable energy technologies & plans to pursue graduate studies in this field.
Rania successfully completed the LES Undergraduate Training Program.
Vlad Chiriac
Cohort 2-Summer 2022
Vlad is currently an undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering student, under the supervision of Dr. Koleilat. His research focuses on perovskite solar cells. He loves problem solving and hopes that engineering keeps it interesting. On free time, his go-to activities are piano and video games.
Vlad successfully completed the LES Undergraduate Training Program.
Jay Deshmukh
Cohort 1-Fall 2021
Jay received his B.Sc. Chemical Engineering in May 2021. He is currently a M.A.Sc. candidate in chemical engineering, supervised by Dr. Freund. His research focuses on desalination batteries (novel energy-efficient & intercalation mechanism-based devices for water desalination) & energy storage.
Jay successfully completed the LES Undergraduate Training Program. Currently, he is an LES Graduate Trainee.
Niranjan Jayanath
Cohort 4-Summer 2024
Niranjan is an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering student, supervised by Lukas Swan. His research focuses on investigating the geographical factors that influence the demand for EV charging services, and on simulating the utilization of EV charging networks in Nova Scotia.
He is passionate about continuous learning, and is excited to further his growth throughout his engineering program. He finds joy in painting and reading in his free time.
Niranjan successfully completed the LES Undergraduate Training Program.
Avery Opalka
Cohort 1-Fall 2021
Avery is currently an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering student under the supervision of Dr. Swan. Her research will focus on the energy storage technologies being explored at the Renewable Energy Storage Laboratory at Dalhousie University. She intends to pursue a career in renewable energy following her undergraduate studies. Avery is from Halifax, and her goal is to stay in Nova Scotia and further its integration of renewable energy into the electricity grid in the coming years.
Avery successfully completed the LES Undergraduate Training Program.
Nicholas Kowalski
Cohort 2-Summer 2022
Nicholas is currently an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering student, under the supervision of Dr. Aiken & Dr. Dahn. He is developing new methods to monitor electrolyte expulsion for cylindrical cells that contain silicon.
Nicholas successfully completed the LES Undergraduate Training Program.
Douah Shakshouki
Cohort 1-Fall 2021
Douah is currently an undergraduate Electrical Engineering student, under the supervision of Dr. Koleilat. Her research focuses on a project involving wearable sensors. Douah is interested in various research areas including applications in renewable energy, communications, & biomedical engineering.
Douah successfully completed the LES Undergraduate Training Program.
Emma Taniguchi
Cohort 1-Fall 2021
Emma is currently an undergraduate Environmental Science & Oceanography student, under the supervision of Dr. Adams. Her research focuses on the investigation of environmental racism in relation to the implementation of renewable energy. She is specifically looking into the spatial connection between the placement of hydropower dams & the displacement of Indigenous communities as a result. Emma hopes to bring to light the importance of equity in sustainable innovation, & to ensure future decisions are not made at the expense of vulnerable communities.
Emma successfully completed the LES Undergraduate Training Program.