Mailing Address:
Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University
1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L7, Canada

Principal Investigator

Li Xi（奚力）
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
School of Computational Science and Engineering
McMaster University

Postdoctoral Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dec. 2009 - Sep. 2013
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2009
B.Eng. Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University, 2004
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Office: JHE-345/C (see Office Hours)
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L7, Canada
Tel: +1 905 525 9140 extension 27020
Email: xili@mcmaster.ca

Faculty Profile at McMaster University
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Postdoctoral Fellow

Atieh Motaghi
Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemical Engineering (since September 2018)
Ph.D. Chemical and Biochemical Engineering,University of Western Ontario, 2018
M.Sc. Polymer Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Iran), 2011
B.Sc. Polymer Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Iran), 2002
Email: motagha@mcmaster.ca

Graduate Students

Lu Zhu
Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering (since September 2015)
M.Eng. Fluid Machinery & Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 2015
B.Eng. Process Equipment & Control Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 2012
Email: zhul13@mcmaster.ca
Dongyang Li
Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering  (since January 2016)
M.Eng. Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University (China), 2015
B.Eng. Chemical Engineering & Technology, Hunan University (China), 2012
Email: lid30@mcmaster.ca​
Naveen Kumar Vasudevan
Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering  (since January 2018; joined the group in January 2017)
M.A.Sc. Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, 2018
B.Tech. Chemical Engineering, Alagappa College of Technology, Anna University​ (India), 2015
Email: vasudevn@mcmaster.ca​
Oluseye "Seye" Adeyemi
Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering  (since January 2017; co-advised by Shiping Zhu)
M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Mississippi (USA), 2014
B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University (Nigeria​), 2010
Email: adeyemio@mcmaster.ca
Ali Heydari Beni
Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering  (since May 2018)
M.Eng. Environmental Engineering, University of Calgary, 2018
M.A.Sc. Process System Engineering, University of Regina, 2014
B.Sc. Chemical Engineering/Gas Processing and Transmission, Petroleum University of Technology (Iran), 2011
Email: heydaria@mcmaster.ca
Ziqi "Zeke" Gao
M.A.Sc. Student, Chemical Engineering  (since September 2018)
​B.Eng. Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, 2018
Email: gaoz24@mcmaster.ca
Feng Lu
Visiting Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering  (since September 2018)
Ph.D. Student, Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University (China) (since September 2015)
M.Eng. Materials Science and Engineering, Chongqing University (China), 2015
B.Eng. Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Technology (China), 2013
Email: luf14@mcmaster.ca​
Undergraduate Students
Jude El Hajj Sleiman
B.Eng. Student, Chemical Engineering  (joined the group in Sep. 2018)
Email: elhajjj@mcmaster.ca​
Connect: LinkedIn
Evan Krushelnycky
B.Eng. Student, Chemical Engineering  (joined the group in May 2017)
Email: daroser@mcmaster.ca​
Group Alumni
Kushal Panchal (May 2015 - Oct.2018)
M.A.Sc., Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, 2018
​B.Eng & Biosci. Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, McMaster University, 2017
​Immediate Position: Product Development Specialist - Industrial at Canadian General-Tower Ltd.
Xue Bai (Sep. 2014 - Apr. 2017)
M.A.Sc. Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, 2017
B.Eng. Materials Science & Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, 2014
​Immediate Position: research assistant at McMaster University
Shimiao Zhang (Sep. 2014 - Aug. 2016)
M.A.Sc. Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, 2016
B.Eng. Polymer Materials & Engineering, Zhejiang University (China), 2014
​Immediate Position: Ph.D. student at Georgia Institute of Technology
Former undergraduate researchers​
Avian Yuen (May 2018 - Aug. 2018; co-advised with Prashant Mhaskar) 
  • Immediate position: B.Eng. Student, McMaster U.
  • Last-known position:
Ezra Widajat (May 2018 - Aug. 2018)
  • Immediate position: B.Eng. student at McMaster U.
  • Last-known position:
Hemel Roy (May 2018 - Jul. 2018)
  • Immediate position: B.Eng. student at McMaster U.
  • Last-known position: 
Evan Ubene (May 2017 - Aug. 2017; co-advised with David Latulippe) 
  • Immediate position: B.Eng. Student, McMaster U.
  • Last-known position:
Oluwaseun "Seun" Romiluyi (May 2016 - Apr. 2017)
  • Immediate position: Ph.D. student at Cornell U.
  • Last-known position:
Ming Chen (May - Aug. 2016)
  • Immediate position: B.Eng. Student, McMaster U.
  • Last-known position:
​Melissa Lacroque (May - Aug. 2016;  co-advised with David Latulippe)
  • Immediate position: B.Eng. Student, McMaster U.
  • Last-known position: M.A.Sc. student at McMaster U.
Mikyaila "Mikki" Jaramillo (May - Aug. 2016)
  • Immediate position: B.Sc. Student, U. Notre Dame
  • Last-known position:
​Shashank K. Kashyap (May - Aug. 2016)
  • Immediate position: B.Tech. Student, NIT Karnataka, Surathkal (India)
  • Last-known position: M.S. Student, Purdue University
​Hank Hyunsu Ye (Jan. - Apr. 2016)
  • Immediate position: B.Eng. Student, U. Waterloo
  • Last-known position:
​​Yi Li (Oct. 2015 - Jan. 2016)
  • Immediate position: B.Eng. Student, McMaster U.
  • Last-known position:
Luiza Streck (Jun. - Aug., 2015)
  • Immediate position: B.Eng. Student, Universidade Regional de Blumenau (Brazil)​
  • Last-known position: Master's student, ​Technical University of Munich​