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Zhehan (Christina) Jia Undergraduate training (16 months): RA
(TRU-UREAP, May-Aug 2022); RA (Sept 2022-Aug 2023) BSc General (Chemistry, Mathematics), TRU (2023) Currently: MSc candidate in Chemistry,
UBC Okanagan Collaborating with our
group – finishing up publications |
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Max Walton-Raaby Undergraduate training (16 months): RA
(NSERC USRA, May-Aug 2021); Directed Studies (Sept 2021-April 2022); RA
(TRU-UREAP, May-Aug 2022) BSc Chemistry, TRU (2022) Currently: PhD candidate in Chemistry,
University of Waterloo – NSERC CGSM and PGSD Scholarships Collaborating with our
group – finishing up publications |
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Tyler Floen Undergraduate training (15 months): RA
(NSERC USRA, May-Aug 2021); Directed Studies (Sept 2021-April 2022); RA
(May-Jul 2022) BSc Chemistry, TRU (2022) Currently: Doctor of Pharmacy
candidate, UBC Collaborating with our
group – finishing up publications |
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Paul Bouthillier Undergraduate training (8 months): RA
(Jan-Apr 2022; NSERC USRA, May-Aug 2022). BSc Chemistry, TRU (2022) Currently: BEd candidate, TRU |
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Mackenzie Mertion Undergraduate training (10 months): RA
(May 2021-Feb 2022) Currently: BSc Pharmacy, U of
Saskatchewan |
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Seth Keenan Undergraduate training (9 months):
Directed Studies (Sept 2020-April 2021) BSc Chemistry, TRU (2021) Currently: Graduate student in
Chemistry, UBC |
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Guillermo García-Diez Undergraduate training (25 months): RA
(Dec 2018-Apr 2019); RA (TRU-UREAP, May-Aug 2019); Directed Studies (Sept
2019-April 2020); RA (May 2020-Jan 2021) Double Degree BSc Chemistry UAB-TRU
(2020) MSc Drug Discovery, Universidad
Complutense de Madrid, Spain (2021) Currently: PhD candidate, Universidad Complutense de
Madrid/CSIC, Spain Collaborating with our
group from Spain |
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Roger Monreal-Corona Undergraduate training (25 months): RA
(Dec 2018-Aug 2019); Directed Studies (Sept 2019-April 2020); RA (May
2020-Jan 2021) Double Degree BSc Chemistry UAB-TRU
(2020) MSc Advanced Catalysis and Molecular
Modelling, IQCC, Universitat de Girona, Spain (2021) Currently: PhD candidate, IQCC,
Universitat de Girona, Spain – FPU Scholarship Collaborating with our
group from Spain |
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Julia
Sonnleitner Undergraduate training (3 months):
Sept-Nov 2019 |
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Angela
Ippolito Undergraduate training (6 months): RA
(Nov-May 2017) BSc, Biology (Co-op), TRU (2021) Currently: ESL Auxiliar teaching position in Spain,
the North American Language and Culture Assistants program |
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Jesse
Biddlecombe Undergraduate training (5 months): RA
(Nov-Mar 2017) BSc, Biology, TRU (2019) MSc Environmental Science, TRU (2022) Currently: Physiotherapy, University
of British Columbia |
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Albert
G. Adserias-Rodríguez Undergraduate training (3 months): RA
(Jan-Mar 2017) Double Degree BSc Chemistry UAB-TRU
(2018) Currently: Graduate student in
Chemistry, Simon Fraser University |
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Emily Smith
Undergraduate training (2 months): Oct-Nov 2016
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Brett
Wilkinson Undergraduate training (2 months):
Oct-Nov 2016 |
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Shuangyie
Dai Undergraduate training (2 months):
Oct-Nov 2015 |
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Philip
Wong Undergraduate training (2 months):
Oct-Nov 2015 |
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Julie
McNut Undergraduate training (2 months):
Oct-Nov 2015 BSc Chemistry, TRU (2017) Currently: PhD student in Chemistry,
University of British Columbia |
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JinGyu
Lee Undergraduate training (12 months): Directed
Studies (Sept 2013-April 2014); RA (NSERC USRA, May-Aug 2014). BSc Chemistry, TRU (2014) Currently: PhD candidate in Chemistry,
University of Calgary |
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Connor
Sternig Undergraduate training (12 months):
Directed Studies (Sept 2013-April 2014); RA (NSERC USRA, May-Aug 2014). BSc Chemistry, TRU (2014) Mineral Assayer at Taseko (Gibraltar
Mine) BC. Currently: Chemical Technician at
Highland Valley Copper Mine, Kamloops, BC |
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Thomas
Giroday Undergraduate training (16 months):
Directed Studies (Sept 2012-April 2013); RA (TRU-UREAP, May-Aug 2013; NSERC
USRA, Jan-Apr 2014). BSc Chemistry, TRU (2013) Currently: High-school teacher in Kamloops |
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Hart
Plommer Undergraduate training (16 months): Directed
Studies (Sept-Apr 2013); RA (Sept-Dec 2011; NSERC USRA, May-Aug 2012);
collaboration continued after graduation. BSc Chemistry, TRU (2013) PhD Chemistry, Memorial University
(2019) – NSERC CGS Scholarship Currently: MITACS Postdoctoral Fellow
at UBC |
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Yulia
Egorova Undergraduate training (12 months):
Directed Studies (Jan-April 2012; Sept-Dec 2012); RA (TRU-UREAP, May-Aug
2012); collaboration continued after graduation. BSc Chemical Engineering, Mendeleyev
University of Chemical Technology of Russia (2010) BSc Environmental Chemistry, TRU
(2012) MSc Biological Oceanography, UBC
(2016) PhD Oceanography, UBC (2023) Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, UBC – starting a Postdoctoral
position at the University of Miami in Sept 2024 |
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Tiffany
Fransbergen Undergraduate
training (8 months): Co-op student (Jan-Aug 2010). BSc Chemistry, TRU Laboratory Analyst, ALS Canada Ltd Currently: Working in New Zealand |
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Samantha Keller Undergraduate training (10 months):
CHEM 409 (Jan-Apr 2007), RA (May 2007), Co-op student (NSERC USRA) (Jan-Aug
2008). BSc Chemistry, TRU PhD in Chemistry, University of
Calgary (2015) – NSERC CGS Scholarship Currently:
Working at TSGI in Calgary |
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Alexander Enfield Undergraduate training (8 months):
Directed Studies (Sep-May 2007). BSc Chemistry, TRU MSc Food Science, McGill University
(2010) Currently: Lab manager for an environmental lab in Calgary. |
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Travis Trudeau Undergraduate training (4 months): RA
(NSERC USRA) May-Aug 2006. BSc Chemistry, TRU (2006) MSc Chemistry, University of Victoria
(2009); MSc Bioinformatics, University of British Columbia; Medical School,
University of Western Ontario (2016); Family Medicine residency, CKHA (2018) Currently: Working as a Family Medicine doctor |
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Trevor N. Brown (Website) Undergraduate training (18 months):
Co-op (NSERC USRA) (Jan-Aug 2005), RA (TRU CUEF) (Sep-Jun 2006). BSc Chemistry, TRU (2006) PhD Chemistry, University of Toronto
(2011). Postdoctoral fellow at the Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany (2012-2014) Postdoctoral fellow in the Department
of Chemistry at Dalhousie University (2014-2015). Researcher with the Department of
Fisheries and Oceans at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth,
Nova Scotia. Currently: Collaborates extensively
with Jon Arnot, subcontracting for ARC Arnot Research and Consulting |
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Abdullah Mahboob Undergraduate training (6 months):
Co-op (NSERC USRA) (Jan-Apr 2006, May-Jun 2006) from Brock
University. BSc Biotechnology, PhD Biotechnology, Brock University. Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of
Chemistry, Nazarbayev University, Republic of Kazakhstan. |
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Justin Lee Undergraduate training (7 months): RA
(TRU CUEF) (May-Aug, Sep-Nov 2005). BSc Chemistry, TRU (2005) Currently: Project metallurgist at G&T Metallurgical, Kamloops, BC. |
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Leah Bunney Undergraduate training (4 months): RA
(TRU CUEF) (May-Aug 2005). BSc Chemistry, TRU (2005) Currently: High-school teacher in Summerland, BC. |
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Sachiko Takahashi Undergraduate training (5 months):
Aug-Dec 2004 BSc Chemistry, TRU (2005) Medical School, University of British
Columbia (2013); Neurology residence, London, ON (2018). Currently: Working as a Neurologist at
the LHSC University Hospital in London, Ontario. |
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graduate students |
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Anupom Roy Graduate training: co-supervision of
one project (PhD
supervisor: Prof. James Gauld)
PhD Chemistry, University of Windsor (2022) |
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Hart
Plommer Graduate training (7 months): Visiting
PhD student (Jan-Jul 2019). BSc Chemistry, TRU (2013) PhD Chemistry, Memorial University
(2019) – NSERC CGS Scholarship TRU instructor (2020-2021) Currently: MITACS Postdoctoral Fellow
at UBC |
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Rafael
Ramis-Cortes Graduate training (11 months): Visiting PhD student (2 months,
Sept-Oct 2018); at UIB (Jan-Aug, Nov 2018). PhD, MSc, BSc,
Chemistry, Universitat de les Illes
Balears (UIB), Spain Currently: Postdoctoral fellow at the Materials Physics Centre, in Bilbao, Spain |
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Mauricio
Centeno Graduate training (12 months, part
time): MSc Environmental Science candidate, TRU (part time 2014-2015; on leave
2016-2017: no longer in the program) BSc, Universidad Simón Bolívar,
Venezuela Currently: IT Support, New Gold Mine,
Kamloops |
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Adrián
Domínguez-Castro Graduate training (4 months): Visiting graduate student (Jan-Apr
2016; ELAP scholarship) BSc, Instituto Superior de Tecnologías
y Ciencias Aplicadas (INSTEC), Cuba Currently: PhD student, Faculty
of Physics, Universität
Bremen |
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Abdel
Hidalgo-Puertas Graduate training (TRU, 2009-2010;
UVic, 2010-2015) MSc
Chemistry, University of Victoria (2015) Thesis: Theoretical Studies on Perfluorinated Acids of Environmental
Significance BSc,
Universidad de La Habana, Cuba (2001) Currently:
Backend programmer for PlanHub in Montreal |
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Romina Castañeda-Arriaga Graduate training: Visiting PhD
student (3 months, Nov 2013-Jan 2014);
collaboration continued after the TRU visit. PhD, MSc, BSc, Chemistry, UNAM, Mexico Currently: Postdoctoral fellow at UAM, Mexico City |
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Boulanouar
Messaoudi Graduate training (2008-2013): I was
his PhD co-supervisor; Visiting PhD student (Jan–Mar 2012) PhD, MSc, BSc, Université de Tlemcen, Algeria. Currently: High School of Applied Science teacher,
Tlemcen, Algeria |
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Travis Trudeau Graduate training (8 months): MSc
(UVic) Sep-Apr 2007. BSc Chemistry, TRU MSc Chemistry, University of Victoria
(2009); MSc Bioinformatics, University of British Columbia; Medical School,
University of Western Ontario (2016); Family Medicine residency, CKHA (2018) Currently: Working as a Family Medicine doctor |
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Postdocs and Research Associates |
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Dr.
Hart Plommer Postdoctoral training: Visiting Researcher
(Oct 2019-Apr 2020, June-July 2021, Sept-Dec 2021, part time) BSc Chemistry, TRU (2013) PhD Chemistry, Memorial University
(2019) – NSERC CGSD Scholarship Instructor at TRU (2020-2021) Currently: MITACS Postdoctoral Fellow
at UBC Dr.
Rodrigo Casasnovas (Website) Postdoctoral training (5 months):
Jan-May 2018 (at UIB) PhD, MSc,
BSc, Universitat de les Illes
Balears (UIB), Spain Currently: Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry, UIB, Spain |
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Dr.
David Cantillo (Website) Postdoctoral training (3 months):
Visiting Researcher (Mar–May 2011). PhD, BSc, Universidad de Extremadura, Spain. Currently: Senior Lecturer, School of Chemistry and Molecular
Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Australia (since 2023) |
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Dr. Elena Formoso (Website) Postdoctoral
training (3 months): Oct-Dec 2010 (at
EHU). PhD, MSc, BSc,
Euskal Herriko
Unibertsitatea (EHU), Spain. Currently:
Associate Professor, Department of Physical Chemistry, EHU, Spain. |
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Dr. José Luis Gutiérrez-Coronado Postdoctoral
training (6 months): Visiting
Researcher (Oct 2009 – April 2010). PhD, BSc,
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. Currently: Faculty at Universidad Politécnica
Salesiana, Quito, Ecuador. |
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Dr. María de la Merced Montero-Campillo (Website) Postdoctoral
training: Visiting Researcher (2 months, May-June 2009); collaboration
continued after the TRU visit. PhD, MSc, BSc, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela,
Spain. Currently:
Research Associate, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain. |
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Wayne Pinette TRU IT Services (2004-2009). Wayne was our right hand solving any
software or hardware problem while he worked at TRU. We gratefully acknowledge his
contribution to our work. |
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