Dr. Iorhemen’s research team at UNBC includes the following:
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Resty Nabaterega is researching resource recovery from wastewater streams.
Graduate Students
Mehdi Mohammadpour (MASc student) is researching the effect of organic loading rate, carbon to nitrogen ratio, and feeding strategy on the biosynthesis of tyrosine and tryptophan in aerobic granular sludge wastewater system.
Interns
Mohamed Amine Meryeh: MITACs global research intern working with our research team to support experimentation with aerobic granular sludge.
Undergraduate Students
None currently.
Alumni
Adedamola Ali (co-supervised with Dr. Ron Thring) – Enhancing biofiltration technology for the treatment of wildfire-impacted raw water (MASc 2025).
Reim Soliman – Interactions of operational parameters for brewery wastewater treatment using aerobic granular sludge (MASc 2025).
Adedoyin Adekunle – Optimization of curdlan biosynthesis in the granule matrix during wastewater treatment in aerobic granular sludge systems (MASc 2025).
Manveer Kaur – Optimization of xanthan biosynthesis in the granule matrix in aerobic granular sludge wastewater treatment systems sludge (MASc 2025).
Erik Groenenberg (co-supervised with Dr. Flor Garcia-Becerra) – Optimizing cold-climate treatment wetland performance: integrating machine learning analysis with experimental evaluation of Carex utriculata‘s functional resilience (MASc 2025).
Jibrael Odoom (co-supervised with Dr. Jianbing Li) – Application of modified walnut shell adsorbents in oily wastewater treatment (MASc 2025).
Moumita Mondal: MITACs global research intern who worked with our research team from July to October 2023 to support experimentation with aerobic granular sludge.
Rika Rao: Rika worked in the Summer work-integrated-learning opportunity. I co-supervised her with Dr. Deborah Roberts. Rika worked on organic matter and nutrient removal using aerobic granular sludge biotechnology.
Cordell Lord: 2nd-year undergraduate student in environmental engineering. Cordel worked on setting up and running the aerobic granular sludge (AGS) bioreactor to treat wastewater.
Kaelin Sundberg-Groot: 2nd-year undergraduate student in environmental engineering. Kaelin worked on setting up and running the aerobic granular sludge (AGS) bioreactor to treat wastewater.
William Challis: 2nd-year undergraduate student in environmental engineering. William worked on setting up and running the aerobic granular sludge (AGS) bioreactor to treat wastewater.