Students, Postdocs, Assistants and Visitors

Ph.D.

2022-Present: Hafiza Mamoona Khalid
2021-Present: Leonardo Melo (3D printed point-of-use water disinfection technology through electrochemically deposited coat of metal)
2021-Present: Asif Ali (Synthesizing fast weathering silicate minerals and assessing their suitability to be produced at large scale and used in agriculture to capture CO₂ and benefit plants)
2020-2023: Reza Khalidy (Quantification of pedogenic carbonates formed due to enhanced weathering in agricultural soil and subsoil)
2019-Present: Francisco Araujo (Engaging Farmers in Sustainable Agricultural Practices: A Multi-Dimensional Framework)

I am looking for externally-funded doctoral students. If you would like to discuss a potential project and grant application, you are welcome to email me.

M.A.Sc.

2024-Present: Ayda Amidi
2022-Present: Talib Al-Hasani
2023-2024: Shadman Anto (Approaches for Carbon-Negative CO₂ Mineralization in Industrial Processes)
2023-2024: Md Badal Miah (Mining from Gangue Minerals: Process Intensification, Efficiency, and Mechanisms of Low-Energy Leaching)
2022-2023: Karam Abu El Haija (Rapid Photocatalytic Determination of Soil Organic Carbon Content: Validation and Verification of Protocols)
2019-2023: Jian Lin (Application of Hydrodynamic Focusing in Flow Cytometry and Solve Partial Differential Equations using Machine Learning)
2020-2022: Salma Chalouati (Using CO₂ to make innovative building materials: Intensification, energetical analysis, and life cycle assessment of mineral carbonation)
2019-2021: Nneka Odimba (Recovery of Critical Metals from Urban and Industrial Wastes: A Geochemical Modeling Investigation of (Bio)Hydrometallurgical Leaching and Bio-Precipitation)
2019-2021: Ye Eun Chai (Intensification of Accelerated Carbonation and Its Effect on the Reactivity of Mineral Phases)
2019-2021: Hugo Fantucci (Synergetic valorization of organic and mining waste towards production of carbon-neutral organomineral fertilizer via catalytic wet air oxidation)
2019-2020: Govind Thakor (Testing and Validation of Mobile Air Quality Monitor for Sensing and Delineating VOC Emissions)
2019: Sachin Beniwal

I am looking for externally-funded master's students. If you would like to discuss a potential project and grant application, you are welcome to email me.

M.Eng.

2024-Present: Masoume Hekmat
2021-2021: Tirth Rajeshbhai Patel (Agricultural plastic waste management)
2020-2021: A.S. Walid Ahmed (Impact of Covid-19 on Diurnal Temperature Range (DTR))
2020-2020: Kaivalya Patel (Beneficial use of Animal Hides)
2019-2020: Chioma Egwuatu
2019-2020: Maria Aguirre (Wet oxidation of grape pomace: towards production of GHG-neutral soil amendment)
2018-2019: Aashvi Dudhaiya (Characterization of physically fractionated Wollastonite - amended agricultural soils)
2018-2019: Piaoyu Hu (Validation of mobile air pollution monitor for urban point source)

If you are interested in applying for the M.Eng. program (self-funded), and would like to work on a project related to my Research Interests, you are welcome to email me. More information about the M.Eng. program can be found here.

Postdoctoral Fellows

2024-Present: Dr. Reza Khalidy
2022-Present: Dr. Arash Yousefdoost

I am looking for externally-funded postdoctoral fellows. If you would like to discuss a potential project and grant application, you are welcome to email me.

Visiting Researchers

2024: Danilo Waismann Losito (Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil)
2024: Prof. Amin Azdarpour (Islamic Azad University Marvdasht, Iran)
2023: Joyce Silva (Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil)
2023: Andrea Gabriela Monsalve Chacon (Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia)
2023: Jeffrey Basimalla (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India)
2023: Raphael Porto (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2022: Isabella Taborda Llano (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia)
2022: Varun Balakrishna (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India)
2022: Taofeeq Bello (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
2021: Maria Semmler (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany)
2021: Léna Massaro (Grenoble INP, France)
2019: Cibi Chakravarthy (National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, India)
2019: Salma Chalouati (Ecole Nationale D'Ingenieurs de Sfax, Tunisia)
2019: Eduardo Rodrigues (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
2018: Ning Zhang (Newcastle University, UK)

If you are interested in conducting part of your thesis or postdoctoral work at the University of Guelph, and you see a fit within my Research Interests, you are welcome to email me to discuss.

Summer Students/Research Assistants

2024: Md Badal Miah
2024: Jessica Dulay
2023: Kiera Hickie-Bentzen
2021-2022: Catarina Esposito Mendes
2021: Lydia Hoffmann
2020: Talib Al-Hasani
2018-2019: Hugo Fantucci

External Funding Opportunities

Contact:

Email: santosr@uoguelph.ca

Phone number: 1-519-824-4120 ext: 52902