Univerity of Guelph
Plant Agriculture
Changing Lives, Improving Life BDDC

Graduate Students

PhD Candidates

 

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Isaac Reyes
Educational Background:

M.Sc. in Natural Recourses. University of La Frontera, Chile (2009)
M.Sc. Applied Biotechnology. University of La Frontera, Chile (2007)
Environmental Engineer. University of La Frontera, Chile (2005)
PhD Candidate, in Sciences of Natural Recourses. University of La Frontera, Chile
Visiting Scholar at BDDC

Research Interests:

Biofuels, Management and revaluation of industrial waste, Bioprocess Engineering
Current Projects: Investigations of Oils from Biodiesel

 

 

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Sara Bonham

M.Sc. Candidate School of Engineering Bioproducts Discovery and Development Centre (BDDC) University of Guelph
Educational Background:

B.Sc. Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry (2009, McGill University)
Research Interests:

Biodegradation and Compostability of Plastics and Green Composites for packaging, Protein based plastics,Bio-based food packaging, Bio-nanocomposites, Polymer blends and extrusion
Current Projects:

High barrier, antimicrobial, biodegradable films for food packaging applications using soy protein isolate, poly(butylene succinate) and bio based nano materials.

 

 

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Nima Zarrinbaksh

Ph.D Candidate School of Engineering Bioproducts Discovery and Development Centre (BDDC) University of Guelph.
Educational Background:

M.Sc. in Materials Characterization at Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran (2009)
B.Sc. in Materials Science and Engineering at Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran  (2006)

Research Interests:

Polymer Processing
Processing-structure-property correlation
Biopolymers
Current Projects:

PHBV-DDGS Composites

 

 

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Binu Kalita

M.Sc. Candidate School of Engineering Bioproducts Discovery and Development Centre (BDDC) University of Guelph.
Educational Background:

M.Sc. (Agricultural Biotechnology) Assam Agricultural University, India
Research Interests:

Development and commercialization of bioproducts
Current Projects:

Sustainability study of green composites from switchgrass

 

 

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Ramesh Petla

PhD Candidate, Visiting Scholar at BDDC

Educational Background:

 
Research Interests:

Nanomaterials and its energy applications, solid state Ionics, electrospinning, biomedical polymer fibres for Tissue and Drug delivery

Current Projects:

Electrospinning of biomedical polymer fibres

 

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Ryan de Boer
Educational Background: B.Sc Chemistry (University of Guelph 2009)
M.A.Sc Biological Engineering Candidate
Research Interests: Development of Soy-Based Thermoset Plastics
Current Projects: A New Class of Engineered Green Composites from Soy Meal/Soy Stalk Hybrid and Nano-structure Controlled Soy-based Bioresins

 

 

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Malaya Ranjan Nanda
Educational Background: M.Sc.
M.Phil.
Research Interests: Synthesis of Biodegradable Polymers
Current Projects: Synthesis and Kinetics of Biodegradable Polyester