Current Postgraduate Students
See also the list of previously awarded PhDs
PhD Candidates
Harry Cahyanto
Development of a novel catalyst for hydrogen generation from water-gas-shift reaction
Supervisor: Alex Yip
Jorge Campos
Harnessing photometanotrophic metabolism to convert methane to polymers
jorge.camposrodriguez@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Carlo Carere
Jhulimar Castro
Process modelling of green hydrogen production from biomass gasification and gas processing with CO2 capture.
jhulimar.castro@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Shusheng Pang
Sam Edens
A process for low-energy alkane/alkene separation
Supervisors: Matthew Cowan, Daniel Holland
Katie Ellis
Mechanical and biomedical modelling of highly invasive endometriotic tissue
khe71@uclive.ac.nzSupervisor: Rachael Wood
Kathryn Ford
High Temperature Molten Oxide Electrolysis to Produce Metals
kathryn.ford@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisors: Matt James Watson, Aaron Marshall, Catherine Bishop
Mathew Hawken
MRI Imaging of Fluid Flow through 3D Printed TPMS structures
mathew.hawken@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisors: Daniel Holland, Petrik Galvosas, Daniel Clarke
John Iminabo
Production of clean hydrogen gas via the catalytic reforming of producer gas from the steam gasification of radiata pine.
john.iminabo@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Shusheng Pang
Matthew Joe
Upcycling Coal Pitch into Carbon Fibre for use in Battery Electrodes
matthew.joe@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Heon Park
Luckmore Kadzungura
3-D printed porous media for process engineering
luckmore.kadzungura@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Ken Morison
Danish Laidin
Development of a denitrifying bio-electrochemical system to treat nitrate polluted groundwater in South Canterbury region
Supervisor: Carlo Carere
Lilian Lin
Development of Medical Sealant with Smart Fibres
lilian.lin@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Heon Park
Tianzhao Liu
Design and application of a zeolite-based three-way catalyst for CO2 reduction and H2 generation
tianzhao.liu@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Alex Yip
Sophie McArdle
Enhancing the Performance of a Vanadium Redox Flow Battery through Electrode Modifications
Jack Muir
Precipitation of calcium tartrate and other components in wine
ion.muir@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Pitambar Poudel
Preparation, characterization and testing of catalytic carbon for redox flow battery
pitambar.poudel@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Anna Pryor
Reduction in Methane Emissions from Dairy Barns by Microbial Oxidation in Biofilters
anna.pryor@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Harikrishnan (Harry) Raghavan
Fabrication of defect-free MOF membranes
Zeinab Rahnama
Heat transfer in complex structured porous media (3D printed porous media: heat exchangers)
zeinab.rahnama@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Daniel Holland
Simon Reid
Evaluation of 3D printed catalyst beds for hydrogen peroxide decomposition
simon.reid@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Matt James Watson
Matt Rennie
Physiological and Environmental Factors Affecting the Sap Flow of Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) Saplings Grown in New Zealand
matt.rennie@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisors: Matt James Watson, Justin Morgenroth
Dana Stone
Forming metal organic framework glasses into defect free membranes
Supervisors: Matthew Cowan, Alex Yip
Campbell Tiffin
Electrochemical reduction of CO2 into fuels: role of mass transport within porous electrodes
campbell.tiffin@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Aaron Marshall
Laura Titheridge
Development and optimisation of electrocatalytic layers for AEM water electrolysers
laura.titheridge@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Aaron Marshall
Waheed Waheed Ul Hasan
Design and modelling of absorber/stripper system for tars removal from producer gas.
waheed.waheedulhasan@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Shusheng Pang
Shallu Verma
Automated NMR Analysis of Illicit substances
shallu.verma@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Daniel Holland
Mingyang Xia
Effects of engineering processes on the flavour and function properties of pea protein
XueQi (Chichi) Zhang
Development and performance investigation on CO2 capture and oxygen-carrier materials for application in biomass steam gasification.
xueqi.zhang@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Shusheng Pang
ME Candidates
Sajith Kaniyadan Baiju
Ionic liquid anti-fouling coatings for marine environments
sajith.kaniyadanbaiju@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Matthew Cowan
Kenny Peat
Optimisation of nitrogen pressure swing adsorption process
kendrick.peat@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Matt James Watson
Josh McArdle
Hydrogen/iron production from olivine separation (Aspiring Materials)
josh.mcardle@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Matt James Watson
Connor McKay
Turning NZ dairy organic waste into H2 fuel using New Zealand extremophiles
connor.mckay@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Carlo Carere
Recently awarded PhD/ME thesis students
Sunday Nwoba
Utilization of RNA-Stable Isotope Probing in Identification of Methane-driven Denitrification Pathways
sunday.nwoba@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Peter Gostomski
Emma Buckeridge
Investigating light dependent methane loss in Galdieria
emma.buckeridge@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Carlo Carere
Megan Danczyk
Rheology of Granular Materials
megan.danczyk@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Daniel Holland
Emmanual Egbadon
Supervisor: Peter Gostomski
Navid Erfani
Improvement of Heat Transfer Inside Steam Methane Reformers Using Evolutionary Structural Optimization.
navid.erfani@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Matt James Watson
Megan Girdwood
Separation of Vanadium from Ironsands for use in Redox Flow Batteries
metan.girdwood@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Aaron Marshall
Jane Holt
Supervisor: Matt James Watson
Yejin (Jenny) Lee
Supervisor: Daniel Holland
Xuemin (Jason) Li
Supervisor: Alex Yip
Mutjalin Limlamthong
Synthesis of MFI zeolite via Inter-Zeolite Transformation
mutjalin.limlamthong@pg.canterbury.ac.nz
Rebecca Newport
High Temperature Molten Oxide Electrolysis to Produce Metals
rebecca.newport@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisors: Matt James Watson, Aaron Marshall, Catherine Bishop
Jamie Robinson
Investigation of Continuum Descriptions of Granular Flow
james.robinson@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Daniel Holland
Bismark Sarpong
Supervisor: Matt James Watson
Cassidy Van Vuuren
Characterization of the hydrogen reduction of NZ iron sand using thermal analysis techniques
Supervisors: Matt James Watson, Aaron Marshall
Recently submitted PhD/ME thesis students
Gavin Hedley
Process engineering for low energy olefin/paraffin separation
gavin.hedley@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Matthew Cowan
Johan Hamonnet
Electrocatalytic electrodes for redox flow batteries
johan.hamonnet@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Aaron Marshall
Mahnaz Shahverdi
Membrane Separation in the Dairy Industry
mahnaz.shahverdi@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Ken Morison
Michael Lee
Steam reforming and hydrogenation of methane.
hokei.lee@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Alex Yip
Misel Iminabo
Catalytic Flash Pyrolysis for Production of High Balue Products
misel.iminabo@pg.canterbury.ac.nzSupervisor: Shusheng Pang
