Research Students Supervised
Current Students
PhD
- Hanxueyu (Harper) Yan, University of Victoria, 2023-
- Amir Mehrafsa, University of Victoria, 2019- (with Dr. Alex Thomo)
Master’s (Thesis-only)
- Nguiagaing Seuga Marcel Youri, University of Victoria, 2026-
- Paurav H Param, University of Victoria, 2026-
- Hoksolinvan Chhun, University of Victoria, 2025-
- Gaganjot Kaur, University of Victoria, 2024- (with Dr. Alex Thomo)
- Khizra Hanif, University of Victoria, 2023-
- Nazanin Shamshiri, University of Victoria, 2021-
(Sara Alifetrat scheduled to start Sept 2026)
(Sara Mohammadi scheduled to start Sept 2026)
Undergraduate Scholars (Honour’s and Awards Only)
- Viktoriia Horobets, National Technical University of Ukraine, Honour’s Thesis, Spring 2026
- Gerry Peng, University of Victoria, JCURA Scholar, Fall 2025
- Johnathan Warawa, University of Victoria, JCURA Scholar, Fall 2025
(Viktoriia Horobets scheduled to start a Mitacs Globalink internship in Summer 2026)
Previous Graduate Students
PhD
- Stella Maropaki, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2015-2019 (as postdoc with Dr. Kjetil Nørvåg)
- Malene Sjørslev Søholm, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2016-2019 (as postdoc with Dr. Kjetil Nørvåg)
- Michael Lind Mortensen, Aarhus University, 2013-2015 (as postdoc with Dr. Ira Assent)
- Kenneth Sejdenfaden Bøgh, Aarhus University, 2013-2015 (as postdoc with Dr. Ira Assent)
Master’s (Thesis-only)
- Ninad Tongay, University of Victoria, 2023-2025
- Yijie (Jax) Wu, University of Victoria, 2023-2025
- Aaditya Mukherjee, University of Victoria, 2022-2025 (with Dr. Mario Nascimento)
- Parisa Esmaeilian Ghahroudi, University of Victoria, 2021-2023
- Nima Fathollahi, University of Victoria, 2021-2023
- Ali Akber, University of Victoria, 2020-2022 (with Dr. Alex Thomo)
- Sushil Paneru, University of Victoria, 2020-2021
- Mateo Gray, University of Victoria, 2019-2021 (with Dr. Hosna Jabbari)
- Truls Rustad Fossum, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2015-2017 (as postdoc with Dr. Kjetil Nørvåg)
- Manuel Ciosici, Aarhus University, 2013-2015 (as postdoc with Dr. Ira Assent and Dr. Leon Derczynski)
- Malene Sjørslev Søholm, Aarhus University, 2013-2015 (as postdoc with Dr. Ira Assent)
- Mads Wølch Frandsen, Aarhus University, 2013-2014 (as postdoc with Dr. Ira Assent)
Undergraduate Scholars (Honour’s and Awards Only)
- Gerry Peng, University of Victoria, Honour’s Thesis, Fall 2025
- Tiange Zhang, Nankai University, Mitacs Globalink Research Fellow, Summer 2025
- Johnathan Warawa, University of Victoria, Research Award, Summer 2025
- Emily Martins, University of Victoria, Honour’s Thesis, Spring 2025
- Kantas Onur Kilic, University of Victoria, Honour’s Thesis, Spring 2025
- Paurav H Param, University of Victoria, Honour’s Thesis, Spring 2025
- Hoksolinvan Chhun, University of Victoria, Honour’s Thesis, Spring 2025
- Gurtej Randhawa, University of Victoria, JCURA Scholar, Fall 2024
- Enrique Brolo, University of Victoria, VKURA Scholar, Summer 2024
- Victor Kamel, University of Victoria, Honour’s Thesis, Spring 2024
- Victor Kamel, University of Victoria, NSERC USRA, Summer 2023
- Jorge Korgut Junior, INSA Lyon, Mitacs Globalink Research Fellow, Summer 2023
- Wenfei Yu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Honour’s Thesis, Spring & Summer 2023
- Victor Kamel, University of Victoria, JCURA Scholar, Fall 2022
- Nghia Dam, University of Victoria, Honour’s Thesis, Fall 2022
- Wenfei Yu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Mitacs Globalink Research Fellow, Summer 2022
- Anqi Xu, Dalian University of Technology, Mitacs Globalink Research Fellow, Summer 2021 (with Dr. Charles Perin)
- Graeme Prendergast, University of Victoria, Honour’s Thesis, Fall 2020
- Dusty Miller, University of Victoria, Honour’s Thesis, Spring 2020