People

YLDr. Yilan Liu, LSS Principal Investigator

Office: E6-4018 
 
Yilan pursued her PhD degree from Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2015. She worked as a Research Associate for 1 year in Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. She conducted her post-doctoral training at University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 2016 to 2018, and carried on her post-doctoral training and Research Associate working in University of Toronto from 2018 to 2022. In Jan. 2023, Yilan joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo as a faculty member and currently leads her LSS team.

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Current group members

Research Associate

jinjin

Dr. Jinjin Chen

LSS group manager

Office: E6-4112 

 

Jinjin got her PhD degree from Chinese Academy of Sciences in Jan. 2016. From 2016 to 2023, she worked in Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Nebraska and University of Toronto successively. Now she is a Research Associate in the LSS group.

 

 

BaharehBahareh Arab

PostDoc, co-supervised by Prof. C. Perry Chou
 
Office: E6-4106 

 

Bahareh earned her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Chemical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology in 2017 and 2019, respectively. She joined the University of Waterloo as a research assistant in 2020 and abtianed her PhD degree from University of Waterloo in May 2025. Now, she is a PostDoc in LSS.

 

 

PhD students

Chandler OchsChandler Ochs

PhD student, co-supervised by Prof. C. Perry Chou

Office: E6-4108 

 

Chandler earned his B.Sc. in Computer Science and Biology from McGill University in May 2022. After that, he worked at the RI-MUHC from 2022 to 2024. In April 2025, he joined the LSS group as a research assistant and began his PhD studies at the University of Waterloo in September 2025.

 

MatthewMatthew Edghill

PhD student

Office: E6-4106 

 

Matthew earned his B.Sc. from the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry in University of Toronto in May 2024. After that, he worked at the LMSE group from June 2024 to June 2025. In July 2025, he joined the LSS group as a research assistant and will begin his PhD studies at the University of Waterloo in January 2026.

 

 

Master students

EllieEllie Zarnke

Masters Student, co-supervised by Prof. Valerie Ward
 
Office: E6-4106

 

Ellie obtained her BSc at the University of Waterloo in Honours Science. She received an Engineering Excellence Master’s Fellowship and an Engineering Dean’s Entrance Award, and joined the LSS in May 2024.

 

 

 

ChingChing Lan

Masters Student, co-supervised by Prof. C. Perry Chou

Email: ching.lan@uwaterloo.ca

 

Ching graduated from the Department of Food Science at National Taiwan Ocean University. She received the Graduate Research Studentship and the International Master's Award of Excellence Fellowship. She joined the LSS group in September 2024.

 

 

TarunTarun Nair

Masters Student, co-supervised by Prof. Elisabeth Prince

Email: t3nair@uwaterloo.ca

Tarun received his BASc in Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo in April 2024. He joined the LSS group in September 2024.

 

 

 

Undergradute students

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Alumni

1. Ezgi Soylemezoglu----Research Assistant, June-Aug. 2023.

2. Jin Li----Research Assistant, Oct. 2023-Jun. 2024.

3. Nazia Baig----Research Assistant, Sept. 2024-Nov. 2024.

4. Brian Zubrzycki----Research Assistant, Sept. 2024-Dec.2024; June 2025-Agu.2025.

5. Ida Putu Wiweka Dharmasiddhi----Master's. Sept 2023-Aug.2025.

6. Julia Li----Coop,May 2025-Aug.2025.

 7.  Taixi Liu----Coop,May 2025-Aug.2025.