![The Schipper Group, University of Waterloo](/schipper-group/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/uploads/images/schipper-banner.jpg?itok=ZjYdLPKr)
Group members
Derek J. Schipper
![Derek Schipper](/schipper-group/sites/default/files/uploads/images/schipper.jpg)
Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair - Tier 2 - Organic Material Synthesis
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, Organic Materials, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor Timothy Swager, 2011-2013
PhD, Organic Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Professors Keith Fagnou and André Beauchemin, 2006-2011
BSc, Honours Chemistry, University of Prince Edward Island, 2002-2006
Office: C2 260B
Email: dschipper@uwaterloo.ca
Phone: 519-888-4567 x39524
Graduate Students
![Jianan Wang (PhD Candidate)](/schipper-group/sites/default/files/uploads/images/jianan2018.jpeg)
Jianan Wang (PhD Candidate)
BSc. University of Toronto, 2017
Start Date: Fall 2017
Office: C2 262 x36808
![Junhao (Gigi) Hu](/schipper-group/sites/default/files/uploads/images/gigi2021.jpeg)
Junhao (Gigi) Hu (PhD Candidate)
BSc. University of Waterloo, 2018
Start Date: Spring 2021
Office: C2 262 x36808
![Eduarda Omena Lauer](/schipper-group/sites/default/files/uploads/images/eduarda2023.jpeg)
Eduarda Omena (MSc Candidate)
BSc. Universidade Federal De Alagoas, 2017
MSc. Universidade Federal De Santa Catarina, 2019
Start Date: Winter 2023
Office: C2 262 x36808
![Riley Woods](/schipper-group/sites/default/files/uploads/images/riley2023.jpeg)
Riley Woods (MSc Candidate)
BSc. University of Waterloo, 2023
Start Date: Fall 2023
Office: C2 262 x36808
![Mila Abaeva](/schipper-group/sites/default/files/uploads/images/milaabaeva.jpeg)
Mila Abaeva (PhD Candidate)
BSc. University of Waterloo, 2020
Start Date: Fall 2020
Office: C2 262 x36808
![Mark Brutto](/schipper-group/sites/default/files/uploads/images/markbrutto2021.jpeg)
Mark Brutto (MSc Candidate)
BSc. University of Waterloo, 2022
Start Date: Fall 2022
Office: C2 262 x36808
![Ryan Scott](/schipper-group/sites/default/files/uploads/images/ryan2022.jpeg)
Ryan Scott (MSc Candidate)
BSc. University of Waterloo, 2023
Start Date: Fall 2023
Office: C2 262 x36808
Undergraduate Students
![Man with glasses](/schipper-group/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/uploads/images/tanzim2024.jpg?itok=Ndgx9Ml_)
Tanzim Chowdhury CHEM 494, Winter 2024
Graduates and Former PDFs
![Boris Nazareth MSc. Winter 2023](/schipper-group/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/uploads/images/borisupdated2023.jpeg?itok=guEP7M5j)
Boris Nazareth MSc., Winter 2023
![Javan Buratynski](/schipper-group/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/uploads/images/javanupdated2023.jpeg?itok=qWpuw2fc)
Javan Buratynski MSc., Winter 2023
![Dr. Rafael Mirabal](/schipper-group/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/uploads/images/raffgrad2021.jpg?itok=WXSLmYrc)
Dr. Rafael Mirabal PhD., Spring 2021
![Dr. Geoffrey Sinclair](/schipper-group/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/uploads/images/geoff2016.jpg?itok=vC4EbxZW)
Dr. Geoffrey Sinclair PhD., Fall 2020
![Dr. Monika Snowdon](/schipper-group/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/uploads/images/monika2016.png?itok=VAfwRtcN)
Dr. Monika Snowdon PhD., Fall 2020
![Sarah Srokosz](/schipper-group/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/uploads/images/sarah2019.jpg?itok=qMb4564j)
Sarah Srokosz MSc., Summer 2020
![Wayne Wang](/schipper-group/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/uploads/images/wayne2018.jpg?itok=Vy0lyNaZ)
Wayne Wang MSc., Spring 2020
![Dr. Parisa Ghods](/schipper-group/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/uploads/images/parisa2020.jpg?itok=yJV1uR0O)
Dr. Parisa Ghods PDF, Winter 2020
![Dr. Serxho Selmani](/schipper-group/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/uploads/images/serxho2020.jpg?itok=aFK2QkF9)
Dr. Serxho Selmani PhD., Fall 2019
![Sara Abuadas](/schipper-group/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/uploads/images/sara2019.jpg?itok=cz-Asuie)
Sara Abuadas MSc., Spring 2019
![Rob Claridge](/schipper-group/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/uploads/images/rob2018.png?itok=EWC4_YK2)
Rob Claridge MSc., Spring 2018
![Luke Vanderzwet](/schipper-group/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/uploads/images/luke2016.jpg?itok=RyDiNHCj)
Luke Vanderzwet MSc., Winter 2017
![Tianyu Yang](/schipper-group/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/uploads/images/tianyu2016.jpg?itok=dxmg1_1z)
Tianyu Yang MSc., Summer 2016
![Dr. Mike Emmett](/schipper-group/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/uploads/images/mike2015.jpg?itok=w7g8BuXj)
Dr. Mike Emmett PDF, Fall 2015
Other Former Members
Tess Fortier - Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Fall 2023 - Winter 2024
Jasmin Nazarali - Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Fall 2023 - Winter 2024
Mingqing (Cassie) Song - Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Fall 2023 - Winter 2024
Saruba Srirajah - Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Spring 2023 - Fall 2023
Sumeet Kumar Das - MITACS, Spring 2023
Dion Grobe - NSERC USRA, Winter 2023
Ryan Scott - Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Fall 2022 - Winter 2023
Scott McNeil - Co-op Student, Winter 2020; Co-op Student, Fall 2020; Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Fall 2022 - Winter 2023
Yutong Han - Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Spring 2022 - Fall 2022
Guocheng Li - Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Spring 2022 - Fall 2022
Zhaoxiang Liu - Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Fall 2021 - Winter 2022
Lukas Glofcheskie - NSERC USRA, Winter 2019; NSERC USRA, Winter 2021; NSERC USRA, Spring 2021; Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Fall 2021 - Winter 2022
Jasmin Nazarali - Co-op Student, Winter 2021
Emily Verkuil - Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Fall 2020 - Winter 2021
Giulia Sellitto - Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Fall 2020 - Winter 2021
Jack Buchok - Co-op Student, Summer 2019; Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Fall 2020 - Winter 2021
Daniel Boada - Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Fall 2019 - Winter 2020
Joshua Oates - Newcastle University Exchange Student, Fall 2019 - Winter 2020
Ruihao Li - MITACS, Summer 2019
Chris Hopkins - Volunteer, Summer 2019
Andrew Kukor - NSERC USRA, Summer 2016; Co-op Student, Winter 2016; Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Fall 2018 - Winter 2019; NSERC USRA, Spring 2019
Shirley Wang - Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Fall 2018 - Winter 2019
Fabio Cuzzucoli - Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Fall 2018 - Winter 2019
Jianyu Zhai - Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Fall 2018 - Winter 2019
Nooran AbuMazen - NSERC USRA, Fall 2018
Cui Ting (Chloe) Zhao - Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Summer 2018 - Fall 2018
Peter Pham - NSERC USRA, Summer 2018
Bill Guo - Volunteer, Fall 2017 - Summer 2018
Lubna Diwan - Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Fall 2017 - Winter 2018
Iris Chan - Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Fall 2017 - Winter 2018
George Petrovski - Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Summer 2017 - Fall 2017
David Symons - Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Summer 2017 - Fall 2017
Meixing (May) Cheng - Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Winter 2017 - Summer 2017
Zaile (Felix) Zhuang - Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Winter 2017 - Summer 2017
Amelia Caza - Undergraduate Co-op Student, Winter 2017
Kevin Karl Imperial - Undergraduate Co-op Student, Winter 2017
Ryan Moreira - Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Fall 2016 - Winter 2017
Gillian Hawes - Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Fall 2016 - Winter 2017
Junhao (Gigi) Hu - Undergraduate Research Assistant, Summer 2016
Yue (Melody) Shen - Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Winter 2016 - Summer 2016
Alma Maqbool - Undergraduate Co-op Student, Winter 2016
Wei (Jacky) Chen - Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Fall 2015 - Winter 2016
Wei Li - Undergraduate Honours Thesis, Spring 2015 - Fall 2015
Matt Diamandas - Undergraduate Co-op Student, Winter 2015
Kevin Ma - Undergraduate Co-op Student, Winter 2015
Chris Baigent - Undergraduate Co-op Student, Winter and Fall 2014
Matt Kim - Undergraduate Volunteer, Summer 2014 and Fall 2014
Alina Bielak - Undergraduate Co-op Student, Summer 2014
Geoff DeVisser - Undergraduate Co-op Student, Summer 2014
Sushant Bhasin - Undergraduate Co-op Student, Winter 2014