Dr. Iorhemen’s research team at UNBC includes the following:
Graduate Students
Jibrael Odoom (MASc student) is doing research focusing on oily wastewater treatment. He is under the co-supervision of Dr. Jianbing Li.
Adedoyin Adekunle (MASc student) is researching the recovery of curdlan from aerobic granular sludge.
Manveer Kaur (MASc student) is conducting research on the recovery of xanthan gum from aerobic granular sludge.
Erik Groenenberg (MASc student) is investigating constructed wetland performance in cold climates for the treatment of municipal wastewater. He is co-supervised by Dr. June Garcia-Becerra.
Adedamola Ali (MASc student) is researching biofilters for the removal of contaminants from rural and remote community water sources.
Reim Soliman (MASc student) is integrating aerobic granular sludge with biofiltration for brewery wastewater treatment.
Mehdi Mohammadpour (MASc student) is researching how the amino acids tyrosine and phenylalanine can be removed from aerobic granular sludge.
Undergraduate Students
None currently.
Alumni
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.