Fluids and Electrochemical Engineering Lab

ChungHyuk Lee is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at TMU. He also holds membership at the Environmental Applied Science and Management program at TMU. He did his undergraduate studies at McGill University (Chem. Eng.), and his PhD at the University of Toronto (Mech. Eng.). Prior to joining TMU, he worked in government research agencies - at Los Alamos National Laboratory as a postdoctoral fellow , and at the National Research Council Canada as a research associate . He is the recipient of the US Department of Energy HFTO Postdoctoral Recognition Award, Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies Presidential Award for Next-Generation Science and Technology Leaders, and CLS Young Investigator Excellence Award.

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Byeongwook (Wook) Choi is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Chemical Engineering at TMU. He completed his undergraduate studies in Environmental Studies/German Interpretation and Translation at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and obtained his PhD in Environmental Engineering from the same institution. Before joining TMU, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST). His research primarily focuses on biological wastewater treatment, electrochemical water treatment, and artificial intelligence applications. Currently, his research is focused on energy production and desalination systems utilizing transpiration and Capacitive Deionization (CDI), as well as the recovery and recycling of platinum group metals (PGMs).

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Linlin Liu is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Chemical Engineering at TMU (joined winter 2025). She completed her BSc and MSc in Department of physics at Hebei University. She worked as a managing editor in an academic publisher MDPI for 5 years. After that, she started her PhD studies in chemistry department at Laval university and obtained her PhD in fall 2024. Her research primarily focused on electrochemistry, microfluidics, ATR-FTIR spectroscopy, microbial fuel cells, renewal energy, wastewater treatment, microbial electrolysis cells, microfabrication and analytical chemistry. Currently, she is focusing on studying nafion thin film properties and recycling fuel cell/electrolyzer materials. 

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Fazele Karimian Bahnamiri is a PhD student at FEEL (joined spring 2023). She completed her BSc at Babol Noshirvani University of Technology (Chem. Eng.) and MSc at University of Tehran (Chem. Eng.). She worked as a Researcher at University of Tehran exploring novel electrocatalysts for fuel cell cathodes. She is the recipient of the Toronto Metropolitan Graduate Scholarship, PhD Excellence Award and Toronto Hydro Corporation Student Award. Her current research focuses on device-level studies of electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide. She is interested in electrochemical energy storage and conversion systems.

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Yi Ren is a PhD student at FEEL. He completed his BEng at Hefei University of Technology (Chem. Eng.), and MEng at ShanghaiTech University (Mater. Sci. Eng.) exploring Cu-based catalysts for carbon dioxide electroreduction. Yi worked as an assistant engineer developing formulation of polyurethanes (Shanghai Carthane Co.Ltd). Currently, his research focuses on a cost-effective method for fabricating electrode structures for next generation hydrogen fuel cells. Yi is co-supervised by Prof. Dae Kun Hwang.

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Amira Mohamed is a PhD student at FEEL. She holds a B.Eng. degree and a PGDip certificate (Mech. Eng., Power) from Assiut University. She gained industry experience as a Research and Development Mechanical Engineer at Assiut University's Integrated Technology Transfer Unit. Her academic journey continued with a Master's degree (Mech. Eng., Green Energy) at Chungbuk National University, where she focused on electrolysis, fuel cells, machine learning, and data analysis. She is the recipient of the Toronto Metropolitan Graduate Scholarship and Toronto Hydro Corporation Student Award. Presently, Amira's research remains dedicated to these fields, positioning her as a promising contributor in the realm of sustainable technology. Amira is co-supervised by Prof. Simant Upreti.

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Dhanvin Lad is a MASc student at FEEL. He completed his Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree from Toronto Metropolitan University. Dhanvin has gained industrial experience as a Manufacturing Engineer at Woodbridge Foam Corporation. He primarily focused on process control and optimization in polyurethane foam manufacturing. He is the recipient of the Honourable George W. Vari Friendship Award. Dhanvin's current research focuses on advancing hydroxide exchange membrane water electrolyzers for affordable green hydrogen production.

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Masoud Khalili is a PhD student at FEEL. He did his undergraduate studies at Babol Noshirvani University of Technology (Chem. Eng.), and his master at the Sharif University of Technology with a focus in Ammonia-to-Hydrogen (Chem. Eng.). After graduation, he collaborated as a main-board with a local engineering company specialized in Water and Gas Pipelines. He also had scientific collaboration with Biofuel Research Lab at Silesian University of Technology remotely. His current research focuses on platinum electrochemical recovery from spent PEMFC membrane electrode assemblies. He is interested in promoting fundamental and engineering aspects of fuel cells and electrolyzers.

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H.M. Adam Harameen is a PhD student at FEEL. He holds a Master’s in Chemical Engineering from Kocaeli University, awarded through a Turkish government scholarship. His thesis on electrolyte membranes for PEM fuel cells was part of a TUBITAK project. After his Master’s, he worked as an R&D specialist and chemical engineer at EXITCOM Recycling, Turkey's largest e-waste and only battery recycling company. Adam’s current project is to develop sustainable and cost-effective technology to selectively recover PGMs from spent catalytic converters.

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David Shapiro is a MASc student in the Environmental Applied Science and Management program at TMU, and a member of FEEL. He did his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering (Mechatronics) at TMU. After completing his undergraduate degree he went on to work as a Mechanical Engineer Process Planner at Pratt & Whitney where he obtained his professional engineer's license. David’s current research focuses on enhancing water transport in bipolar membrane water electrolyzers.

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Bahareh Babakhani is a PhD student at FEEL. She completed her BEng and MEng in Chemical Engineering at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad and Toronto Metropolitan University, focusing on advanced materials for environmental applications. She worked as a process expert at Araman Company, gaining hands-on experience in quality control, analytical testing, and material characterization. Her academic background includes water treatment, sustainable process development, transport phenomena, and polymer science. Her current research focuses on the recovery of platinum group metals (PGMs) from industrial wastewater using adsorption-based methods. Bahareh is co-supervised by Prof. Nariman Yousefi.

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Dana Brown is a MASc student at FEEL. She completed her BASc in Chemical Engineering at the University of British Columbia. During that time, she studied green hydrogen production and gained industry experience in R&D of lithium ion batteries. Dana's current research focuses on developing recycling methods for catalyst-coated membranes from fuel cells and electrolyzer applications. Dana is co-supervised by Prof. Aimy Bazylak.

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Evangelos Kostarelos is an MEng Student (MRP stream) at FEEL. Evangelos completed his BEng in chemical engineering at Toronto Metropolitan University and has gained industrial experience as a Process Engineer in the bio-pharmaceutical industry. His current research involves reducing flooding effects in gas diffusion layers as a way of optimizing the product yield of carbon dioxide electrolyzers.

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