Dr. Yilan Liu, LSS Principal Investigator
Current group members
Research Associate and Assistants
Dr. Jinjin Chen, LSS group manager
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.
Nazia Baig
Master degree, Research Assistant, co-supervised by Prof. C. Perry Chou
Nazia received her M.Sc. degree from the University of the Punjab, Lahore, in August 2018. She worked as a visiting lecturer for one semester at Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Engineering and Technology, Multan. In 2019, she worked as a Research Associate for one month at the University of the Punjab, Lahore. From 2019 to 2024, she served as a lecturer at the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore. She is currently a Research Assistant in the LSS group.
Brian Zubrzycki
Undergraduate student, part-time Research Assistant
Brian is a third-year undergraduate student in the Department of Biology at the University of Waterloo. Driven by his strong interest in microbial biotechnology, genetic engineering, and synthetic biology, he joined our group as a volunteer from April 24 to July 31, 2024. Recognizing his exceptional learning abilities, we have now appointed him as a part-time Research Assistant in our group.
PhD students
Bahareh Arab
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 began her PhD studies there in 2021.
Alireza Yari
Alireza completed his Bachelor's and Master’s degrees in Chemical Engineering at Sharif University of Technology in Iran from 2014-2021. During 2021-2023, he entered the food and pharmacy industry in Tehran, Iran. In Jan. 2024, he joined our LSS group. He is currently on a temporary break from his studies due to family commitments. He plans to resume his academic journey once his personal circumstances allow.
Master students
Ida Putu Wiweka Dharmasiddhi
Wiweka obtained his Bsc from University of Waterloo in Apr. 2023. He joined the LSS group in August 2023.
Ellie Zarnke
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.
Ching 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.
Tarun 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
Julia Li
Email: j2595li@uwaterloo.ca
Julia is a third year biology undergraduate student, pursuing a focus in biotechnology and molecular biology in her studies. During her previous co-op terms she developed a curiosity for microbial strain engineering and bioprocess engineering, which led her to join the LSS group in September 2024, supported by her President’s Research Award.
