Past Group Members (2005-2022)
Post-Doctorate Fellows
2020 Laura Minet, Ph.D. CLAIR Lab
2017-2019 Jennifer K. Adams, Ph.D. Research Page
2013-2017 Congqiao (Bella) Yang, Ph.D.
2017-2018 Joseph Okeme, Ph.D. Research Page
2017 Lisa Melymuk, Ph.D. (visiting from Czech Republic) Research Page
2016-2017 Jasmin Schuster, Ph.D. (visiting from Environment Canada)
2015-2016 Chelsea Rochman, Ph.D. (visiting from United States) Rochman Lab
2015-2016 Roxana Sühring, Ph.D. (visiting from Germany) Sühring Lab
2010-2013 Emma Goosey, Ph.D.
2007-2009 Cristian Mugnai, Ph.D. (visiting from Italy)
2006-2010 Matthew Robson, Ph.D.
2005-2006 Marco Belmont, Ph.D.
2017-2019 Jennifer K. Adams, Ph.D. Research Page
2013-2017 Congqiao (Bella) Yang, Ph.D.
2017-2018 Joseph Okeme, Ph.D. Research Page
2017 Lisa Melymuk, Ph.D. (visiting from Czech Republic) Research Page
2016-2017 Jasmin Schuster, Ph.D. (visiting from Environment Canada)
2015-2016 Chelsea Rochman, Ph.D. (visiting from United States) Rochman Lab
2015-2016 Roxana Sühring, Ph.D. (visiting from Germany) Sühring Lab
2010-2013 Emma Goosey, Ph.D.
2007-2009 Cristian Mugnai, Ph.D. (visiting from Italy)
2006-2010 Matthew Robson, Ph.D.
2005-2006 Marco Belmont, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Students
2024 Sara Vaezafshar, Ph.D. Exposure to Organophosphate Ester Flame Retardants Among Emergency Services in Ontario, Canada
2022 Samantha Athey, Ph.D. Microplastics and other Anthropogenic Contaminants: from Source to Sink in the Canadian Environment
2022 Jacob Kvasnicka, Ph.D. Joint Influence of Human Activities and Indoor Micro-environments on Contaminant Exposure: A Mass-
Balance Modeling Investigation
2021 Timothy F. Rodgers. OPEs, What Do We Do? Modeling Emissions, Fate, and Mitigation of Organophosphate Esters in Urban
Systems
2021 Linh Viet Nguyen. Assessing occupational exposure to flame retardants and plasticizers using silicone passive samplers and
other measurement methods
2020 Yuchao Wan. Impacts of Household Characteristics, Activities and Building Characteristics on Indoor Concentrations of Semi-
volatile Organic Compounds
2017 Joseph Okeme. Development of passive samplers for measuring indoor air concentrations, and measurement of physical and
chemical properties of semi-volatile organic compounds.
2016 Aman Saini. Fabrics and semi-volatile organic compounds: towards understanding accumulation and release.
2015 Golnoush Abbasi. Stocks and flows of PBDEs in products from use to waste in the U.S. and Canada.
2014 Jennifer Sawyer. Evaluating the transfer and accumulation of polyunsaturated fatty acids in freshwater food webs: a
modeling approach.
2013 Sri Chaudhuri. Measuring and understanding the indoor fate of, and exposure to phthalate esters.
2012 Susan Csiszar. Estimating urban scale semi-volatile organic compound emissions and fate using a coupled multimedia and
atmospheric transport model.
2012 Lisa Melymuk. Semi-volatile organic contaminants in the urban atmosphere: spatial and seasonal distributions and implications
for contaminant transport.
2011 Nilima Gandhi. Improvements in hazard and Life Cycle Impact Assessment method for metal in freshwaters: addressing issues of
metal speciation, fate, exposure and ecotoxicity.
2007 Elisabeth Galarneau. Particle-gas partitioning of PAH: analysis and modelling.
2022 Samantha Athey, Ph.D. Microplastics and other Anthropogenic Contaminants: from Source to Sink in the Canadian Environment
2022 Jacob Kvasnicka, Ph.D. Joint Influence of Human Activities and Indoor Micro-environments on Contaminant Exposure: A Mass-
Balance Modeling Investigation
2021 Timothy F. Rodgers. OPEs, What Do We Do? Modeling Emissions, Fate, and Mitigation of Organophosphate Esters in Urban
Systems
2021 Linh Viet Nguyen. Assessing occupational exposure to flame retardants and plasticizers using silicone passive samplers and
other measurement methods
2020 Yuchao Wan. Impacts of Household Characteristics, Activities and Building Characteristics on Indoor Concentrations of Semi-
volatile Organic Compounds
2017 Joseph Okeme. Development of passive samplers for measuring indoor air concentrations, and measurement of physical and
chemical properties of semi-volatile organic compounds.
2016 Aman Saini. Fabrics and semi-volatile organic compounds: towards understanding accumulation and release.
2015 Golnoush Abbasi. Stocks and flows of PBDEs in products from use to waste in the U.S. and Canada.
2014 Jennifer Sawyer. Evaluating the transfer and accumulation of polyunsaturated fatty acids in freshwater food webs: a
modeling approach.
2013 Sri Chaudhuri. Measuring and understanding the indoor fate of, and exposure to phthalate esters.
2012 Susan Csiszar. Estimating urban scale semi-volatile organic compound emissions and fate using a coupled multimedia and
atmospheric transport model.
2012 Lisa Melymuk. Semi-volatile organic contaminants in the urban atmosphere: spatial and seasonal distributions and implications
for contaminant transport.
2011 Nilima Gandhi. Improvements in hazard and Life Cycle Impact Assessment method for metal in freshwaters: addressing issues of
metal speciation, fate, exposure and ecotoxicity.
2007 Elisabeth Galarneau. Particle-gas partitioning of PAH: analysis and modelling.
Masters Students
2024 Sarah Lavoie-Bernstein, M. A. Sc. Comparing Sampling Methods for Measuring Atmospheric Microplastics in Rural and Urban Sites, using Laser Direct Infrared Spectroscopy (LDIR)
2024 Elizaveta Zvereva, M.Sc.
2022 Jasmine Thea Yu. Advancing Methods for and Identification of Microplastics to the Great Lakes and Other Freshwater
Environments
2022 Diwen Yang. Identifying endocrine disrupting chemicals that bind to human nuclear receptors.
2019 Rachelle Robitaille. Determining the air-water partition coefficient (Henry’s Law constants) of targeted SVOCs in oil sands tailings
ponds.
2018 Yaw Adjei-Kyereme. Multimedia indoor modelling of organophosphate esters.
2016 Jimmy Truong. Organophosphate Esters (OPEs) as emerging contaminants in the environment: Indoor sources and transport to
receiving waters.
2014 Daniela Serodio. Physical-chemical properties and persistence of organic flame retardants.
2014 Anna Krol. Development and evaluation of the Indoor Multimedia Assessment Model.
2013 Sumera Yacoob. Examining Model Predictions of Zinc and Copper Aqueous Speciation and Freshwater Ecotoxicity: Case Study
of Ross Lake, Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada.
2008 Xianming Zhang. Measurement and modelling of indoor concentrations of PCBs and PBDEs.
2007 Lisa Melymuk. The multi-media movement of trace organic contaminants in an urban and urbanizing watershed.
2007 Liana del Gobbo. Risks and benefits: Contaminant and omega 3 fatty acid concentrations in fish and seafood consumed by
the South-East Asian community.
2007 Susan Csiszar. The fate of PCBs and PBDEs in urban areas: application of the Multimedia Urban Model.
2007 Julie Sommerfreund. Evaluation of contaminant fate in the Venice Lagoon using a multi-segment fugacity/aquivalence model
and a probabilistic uncertainty analysis.
2006 Roshanak Razavi. Contaminant fate in the Bay of Quinte: a modeling assessment.
2024 Elizaveta Zvereva, M.Sc.
2022 Jasmine Thea Yu. Advancing Methods for and Identification of Microplastics to the Great Lakes and Other Freshwater
Environments
2022 Diwen Yang. Identifying endocrine disrupting chemicals that bind to human nuclear receptors.
2019 Rachelle Robitaille. Determining the air-water partition coefficient (Henry’s Law constants) of targeted SVOCs in oil sands tailings
ponds.
2018 Yaw Adjei-Kyereme. Multimedia indoor modelling of organophosphate esters.
2016 Jimmy Truong. Organophosphate Esters (OPEs) as emerging contaminants in the environment: Indoor sources and transport to
receiving waters.
2014 Daniela Serodio. Physical-chemical properties and persistence of organic flame retardants.
2014 Anna Krol. Development and evaluation of the Indoor Multimedia Assessment Model.
2013 Sumera Yacoob. Examining Model Predictions of Zinc and Copper Aqueous Speciation and Freshwater Ecotoxicity: Case Study
of Ross Lake, Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada.
2008 Xianming Zhang. Measurement and modelling of indoor concentrations of PCBs and PBDEs.
2007 Lisa Melymuk. The multi-media movement of trace organic contaminants in an urban and urbanizing watershed.
2007 Liana del Gobbo. Risks and benefits: Contaminant and omega 3 fatty acid concentrations in fish and seafood consumed by
the South-East Asian community.
2007 Susan Csiszar. The fate of PCBs and PBDEs in urban areas: application of the Multimedia Urban Model.
2007 Julie Sommerfreund. Evaluation of contaminant fate in the Venice Lagoon using a multi-segment fugacity/aquivalence model
and a probabilistic uncertainty analysis.
2006 Roshanak Razavi. Contaminant fate in the Bay of Quinte: a modeling assessment.
Research Associates
2022 - 2024 Sylvia Wolk, undergraduate research assistant
2022 - 2023 Jasmine Thea Yu, research associate
2019 - 2022 Anna Shalin, undergraduate research assistant
2018 - 2019 Emma Flanagan Martin, undergraduate research assistant
2017 - 2019 Emily Palaganas, undergraduate research assistant
2016 - 2017 Eva Webster, Ph.D. research associate
2014 - 2016 Clara Thaysen, undergraduate research assistant.
2014 - 2015 Suman Dahl, part-time graduate assistant.
2022 - 2023 Jasmine Thea Yu, research associate
2019 - 2022 Anna Shalin, undergraduate research assistant
2018 - 2019 Emma Flanagan Martin, undergraduate research assistant
2017 - 2019 Emily Palaganas, undergraduate research assistant
2016 - 2017 Eva Webster, Ph.D. research associate
2014 - 2016 Clara Thaysen, undergraduate research assistant.
2014 - 2015 Suman Dahl, part-time graduate assistant.
Visiting Graduate Students, Professors
2019 - present Yan Wang, visiting Professor from China
2018 - 2019 Andrea Perís, Visiting researcher from Spain
2018 Jakub Urík, Visiting Ph.D. from Czech Republic
2016 María Lorenzo Martínez, Visiting Ph.D. from Spain
2015 Noelia Domínguez Morueco, Visiting Ph.D. from Spain
2014 - 2015 Atousa Abdollahi, Ph.D. Visiting Professor from Iran
2018 - 2019 Andrea Perís, Visiting researcher from Spain
2018 Jakub Urík, Visiting Ph.D. from Czech Republic
2016 María Lorenzo Martínez, Visiting Ph.D. from Spain
2015 Noelia Domínguez Morueco, Visiting Ph.D. from Spain
2014 - 2015 Atousa Abdollahi, Ph.D. Visiting Professor from Iran
