Group Members

Principal Investigators

Taco Niet, P.Eng., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, School of Sustainable Energy Engineering

Andrew Wright, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professor, Pacific Water Research Centre

Researchers

Connor Mcgookin, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher, Sustainable Energy Engineering, March 2023 -

Tewodros Walle Mekonnen

Ph.D. Student, Sustainable Energy Engineering, Jan 2021 -

Narges Sefid

Ph.D. Student, Sustainable Energy Engineering, Jan 2022 -

Elias Islam

Master's Student, Sustainable Energy Engineering, Sep 2022 - 

Luis Victor-Gallardo

Ph.D. Student, Sustainable Energy Engineering, Summer 2023 -

Lorenzo Cassetti

Researcher, Sept 2023 -

Chepkoech Ronnice

Visiting Student. Dec 2023 - 

Kamaria Kuling

Ph.D. Student, Sustainable Energy Engineering, Jan 2020 -  , SFU Living Lab Scholar

Sina Motalebi

Ph.D. Student, Sustainable Energy Engineering, Sep 2020 -

Pierre McWhannel

Ph.D. Student, Sustainable Energy Engineering, Jan 2022 -

Trevor Barnes

Ph.D. Student, Sustainable Energy Engineering, Sep 2022 -

Junoh Bede Kim

PhD Student, Sustainable Energy Engineering, Jan 2024 -

Ashok Sunder Rajan

Research Intern, Jan 2022 -

Geoffrey Mwango

Visiting Student, Dec 2023 - 

Vivian Chow

Work-Study Student, Communication, Jan 2024 - April 2024 (Spring 2024)

Past Group Members

Thomas Budd

Ph.D. Candidate, Sustainable Energy Engineering, Jan 2020 - , Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions Scholar & BC Graduate Scholar

Yalda Saedi

Master's Student, Sustainable Energy Engineering, Jan 2022 -

Claudio Barriera

Visiting Scholar, Sept 2023-

Owen Ma

Work-Study Student, Sept 2023 - Dec 2023 (Fall 2023)

Kyle Mui

Co-op Student, Mathematics and Computing Science, Jan 2023 - Aug 2023 (Summer 2023)

Michelle Chow 

Work-study Student, Communication, May 2023 - Aug 2023 (Summer 2023)

Reza Hassani

Work-Study Student, Sustainable Energy Engineering, January 2023 - April 2023 (Spring 2023)

Nastaran Arianpoo, Ph.D.

Research Associate, Pacific Water Research Centre, Jan 2020 -

Nathaniel King

Coop Student, Sustainable Energy Engineering, May 2022 - Sep 2022

Agnese Beltramo

Visiting Scholar, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, Apr - Jun 2022

Nicholas Ng

Coop Student, Communications, Jan 2022 - Apr 2022

Landon Reeves

Honours Thesis Student, Engineering Physics, Apr 2021 - Apr 2022

Sammy Kaspar

Coop Student, Computer Engineering, Jan 2021 - Apr 2021

Sepehr Rezvanifard

Coop Student, Mechatronic Systems Engineering, Jun 2020 - Sep 2020

Lakshay Sethi

Work-study Student, Computer Science, May 2023 - Aug 2023 (Summer 2023)

Mohammad Al-Sheboul

Work-Study Student, Sustainable Energy Engineering, January 2023 - April 2023 (Spring 2023)

Dwi Novitasari

Visiting Scholar, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia, November 2022 – April 2023

Emir Fejzić

Visiting Scholar, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, Apr 2022 - Jun 2022

Mariana Rodriguez Arce

Visiting Scholar, University of Costa Rica, Jan 2022 - Jun 2022

Hemanta Bhandari

Visiting Scholar, Tribhuvan University, Oct 2021 - Jan 2022

Mikhail Linsangen

Coop Student, Sustainable Energy Engineering, Jan 2021 - Apr 2021

Felipe Patarroyo Singh

Coop Student, Sustainable Energy Engineering, Jan - Apr 2021

Hannah Chan

Coop Student, Sustainable Energy Engineering, Sep 2020 - Dec 2020

Taryn Chang

Coop Student, Sustainable Energy Engineering, Sep - Dec 2020