Anu Adamson

Cohort 1-Winter 2022

Anu is completing her PhD degree in Chemistry, supervised by Dr. Michael Metzger & Dr. Jeff Dahn. She is currently undertaking an internship at Northvolt

Evan Casper

Cohort 1-Fall 2021

Evan graduated with Masters of Resource & Environmental Management (M.R.E.M), under the supervision of Dr. Michelle Adams. In Summer 2022, he undertook an LES Placement with Ecofitt. Currently, he works at Ecofitt as a Program Analyst.

Xingquan Chen

Cohort 1-Fall 2021

Xingquan will graduate with M.Sc. Electrical & Computer Engineering in Dec 2022, under the supervision of Dr. Micheal Cada & Dr Ghada Koleilat. In Fall 2022, he undertook an LES Placement at Thermo Dynamics.

Sarah Clarke

Cohort 1-Fall 2021

Sarah graduated with M.Sc Chemistry in Apr 2023, under the supervision of Dr. Erin Johnson. After graduation, she has joined ACENET as an Advanced Digital Skills Instructor.

Jay Deshmukh

Cohort 1-Fall 2021

Jay is completing his M.A.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering, supervised by Dr. Michael Metzger. He is currently undertaking an internship at Tesla.

Animesh Dutta

Cohort 1-Fall 2021

Animesh is completing his Ph.D. degree in Materials Engineering, supervised by Dr. Jeff Dahn. He is currently undertaking an internship at Tesla.

Ahmed Eldesoky

Cohort 1-Fall 2021

Ahmed is completing his PhD degree in the Department of Chemistry, supervised by Dr. Jeff Dahn.

Alireza Ghasemi

Cohort 1-Fall 2021

Alireza graduated with M.A.Sc. Chemical Engineering in Sep 2022, under the supervision of Dr. Ghada Koleilat. 

Patrick Giesbrecht

Cohort 1-Fall 2021

Patrick graduated with a Ph.D. in Chemistry, supervised by Dr. Michael S. Freund. 

Grant Shaver

Cohort 1-Fall 2021

Grant graduated with is a M.A. in Social Anthropology, under the supervision of Dr. Karen Foster.

Zachary Simunovic

Cohort 1-Fall 2021

Zachary graduated with M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, supervised by Dr. Jeff Dahn & Dr. Michael Metzger. In Winter 2022, he undertook an LES internship at Tesla.

Benjamin Smith

Cohort 1-Fall 2021

Ben graduated with M.Sc. Chemical Engineering in Apr 2022, under the supervision of Dr. Koleilat. In Winter 2022, he undertook an LES Placement at Efficiency Nova Scotia. Currently, he works at Efficiency NS as an Efficiency Specialist.

Kameron Steeves-Vigneault

Cohort 1-Fall 2021

Kameron graduated with M.Sc. Chemistry, supervised by Dr. Michael Freund.  

Svena Yu

Cohort 1-Winter 2022 

Svena is completing her Master’s in Chemical Engineering, supervised by Dr. Chong Yin and Dr. Jeff Dahn. 

Ben Tang

Cohort 1-Fall 2021

Ben Tang is completing his PhD degree in Chemical Engineering, supervised by Dr. Jeff Dahn.

Tina Taskovic

Cohort 1-Fall 2021

Tina is completing her Ph.D. in Chemistry, supervised by Dr. Jeff Dahn.

David Theuerkauf

Cohort 1-Fall 2021

David graduated with M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering in Sep 2022, under the supervision of Dr. Swan. Currently, he works at AVL as a Technical Sales Specialist in the "Battery Testing" team.

Andrew Walsh

Cohort 1-Fall 2021

Andrew is completing his PhD degree in the Department of Chemistry, supervised by Dr. Peng Zhang.

Rania Elsebai

Cohort 1-Fall 2021

Rania is currently an undergraduate Chemical Engineering student, under the supervision of Dr. Koleilat. Her research focuses on investigating the impact of chemical additive engineering treatments on the stability & performance of perovskite solar cells. She is passionate about research pertaining to renewable energy technologies & plans to pursue graduate studies in this field. 

Rania successfully completed the LES Undergraduate Training Program.

Vlad Chiriac

Cohort 2-Summer 2022

Vlad is currently an undergraduate Electrical & Computer Engineering student, under the supervision of Dr. Koleilat. His research focuses on perovskite solar cells. He loves problem solving and hopes that engineering keeps it interesting. On free time, his go-to activities are piano and video games.

Vlad successfully completed the LES Undergraduate Training Program.

Jay Deshmukh

Cohort 1-Fall 2021

Jay received his B.Sc. Chemical Engineering in May 2021. He is currently a M.A.Sc. candidate in chemical engineering, supervised by Dr. Freund. His research focuses on desalination batteries (novel energy-efficient & intercalation mechanism-based devices for water desalination) & energy storage.

Jay successfully completed the LES Undergraduate Training Program. Currently, he is an LES Graduate Trainee.

Avery Opalka

Cohort 1-Fall 2021

Avery is currently an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering student under the supervision of Dr. Swan. Her research will focus on the energy storage technologies being explored at the Renewable Energy Storage Laboratory at Dalhousie University. She intends to pursue a career in renewable energy following her undergraduate studies. Avery is from Halifax, and her goal is to stay in Nova Scotia and further its integration of renewable energy into the electricity grid in the coming years.

Avery successfully completed the LES Undergraduate Training Program.

Nicholas Kowalski

Cohort 2-Summer 2022

Nicholas is currently an undergraduate Mechanical Engineering student, under the supervision of Dr. Aiken & Dr. Dahn. He is developing new methods to monitor electrolyte expulsion for cylindrical cells that contain silicon.

Nicholas successfully completed the LES Undergraduate Training Program.

Douah Shakshouki

Cohort 1-Fall 2021

Douah is currently an undergraduate Electrical Engineering student, under the supervision of Dr. Koleilat. Her research focuses on a project involving wearable sensors. Douah is interested in various research areas including applications in renewable energy, communications, & biomedical engineering. 

Douah successfully completed the LES Undergraduate Training Program.

Emma Taniguchi

Cohort 1-Fall 2021

Emma is currently an undergraduate Environmental Science & Oceanography student, under the supervision of Dr. Adams. Her research focuses on the investigation of environmental racism in relation to the implementation of renewable energy. She is specifically looking into the spatial connection between the placement of hydropower dams & the displacement of Indigenous communities as a result. Emma hopes to bring to light the importance of equity in sustainable innovation, & to ensure future decisions are not made at the expense of vulnerable communities.  

Emma successfully completed the LES Undergraduate Training Program.