Principal Investigator
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Dr. Emily D. Cranston Office: FSC 4036 |
Lab Manager
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Behzad Zakani Office: PPC 305 |
Postdoctoral Research Fellows
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Marcus Johns Office: FSC 4033 Autofluorescence of cellulose nanomaterials & enzymatic synthesis of polysaccharides |
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Ivan Quevedo Office: PPC 311 Production and physicochemical characterization of colloidal encapsulated agrochemicals (CEAs) with biopolymeric materials. |
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Megan Roberts Office: FSC 4031 Developing designer oligosaccharides for in situ preparation of CNC-based polymer conjugates. |
UBC Graduate Students
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Gili Bar Office: PPC 311 Biomimetic crosslinked cellulose nanocrystal microbeads for personal care products |
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Elizabeth Dobrzanski Office: PPC 311 High solid content wood-based foams for thermal insulation |
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Ariane Fernandes Office: FSC 4301 CNC-based dental resins |
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Giuliana Thalina Franco Office: FSC 4301 Physicochemical Understanding of Multilayer Biopolymeric Films |
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Madeleine Hallman Office: PPC 311 Carboxylated cellulose nanocrystals as rheological modifiers and lubricants |
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Cameron King Office: FSC 4301 Surface modification of cellulose nanocrystals through controlled precipitation |
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Runru (Tristan) Liu Office: PPC 311 Liquid crystal properties and autofluorescence of carboxylated CNCs |
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Alexandra Rousseau Office: PPC 311 Electrochemical applications of cellulose |
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Tiinamari Seppänen Office: FSC 4301 Adsorption, retention and detection of additives in fiber-based materials |
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Eupidio Scopel Office: FSC 4301 Nanocellulose hydrogel fibre spinning |
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Anderson Veiga Office: FSC 4301 Labelled cellulose fibres for micro-CT analysis |
Undergraduate and Co-op Students
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Cindy Lam Autofluorescence of cellulose nanomaterials |
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Keanna Yu Dried and redispersible oat oil emulsion powders stabilized by methyl cellulose and nanocellulose |
Recent Cranston Group Alumni
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Jude Abu-Namous Currently: Research Assistant at UBC Effect of sulfate content on autofluorescence of nanocellulose Currently: EA Sports |
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Glen Aggiss Currently: A.H.Lundberg Systems |
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Julia Antoniw Currently: UBC Industry Liaison Office Incorporation of carboxylated cellulose nanocrystals in latex-based pressure sensitive adhesives |
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Kevin De France Currently: Assistant Professor, Queen’s University |
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Gwendoline Delepierre Currently: Michelin Research and Technology Symmetric and asymmetric cellulose nanocrystals |
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Elisa Ferreira Currently: LNNano/CNPEM Brazil Lightweight bulky fibre-based materials |
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Urooj Gill Currently: Piramal Healthcare Ltd. |
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Zhen (Justin) Hu Currently: Sanofi |
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Erik Joy New production routes for CNCs and their biocompatibility |
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Stephanie Kedzior Currently: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Calgary, Canada |
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Michael Kiriakou Improving CNC compatibility for latex synthesis though controlled radical polymerization Currently: Anomera Inc. |
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Dan LeClair Currently: Pfizer |
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Daniel Levin Currently: Medical School, McMaster |
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Xiran Li Characterization of interfacial activity and stability of CNC stabilized emulsions Currently: Graduate Student, UC Davis |
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Lingli (Lily) Liu Currently: Transfar Zhilian Co. |
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Myla Manser Thermally stable powders containing viral vectors for vaccines |
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Heera Marway Currently: Research Engineer in MMRI, McMaster |
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Marc Massicotte Spray drying and fibre spinning multiphase nanocellulose formulations Currently: BC Ministry of Forests |
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Blair Morgan Thermally stable powders containing viral vectors for vaccines Currently: Canadian Intellectual Property Office |
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Elina Niinivaara Tuning cellulose-water interactions using designer oligosaccharides Currently: BC Research Inc |
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Tyler Or Currently: Graduate Studies, Waterloo |
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Daniel Osorio Multiscale mechanical testing of CNC nanocomposites |
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Cynthia Pham Currently: Graduate Studies, UBC Nanocellulose emulsion processing |
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Michael Reid Currently: RISE, Sweden |
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Varsha Singh Engineering spray-dried vaccines for enhancement in inhalation delivery |
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Taylor Stimpson Structure-function relationships of plant cell wall components Currently: Academy for Sustainable Innovation |
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Jason Sugiharto Creating bulky fibres with surface modification |
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Steven Toniolo Currently: Zimmark Inc. |
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Oriana Vanderfleet Understanding and improving thermal stability of CNCs Currently: Natural Resources Canada |
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Jaclyn Winitsky Currently: AlayaLabs Associate Nanocellulose bone implants |
Current Collaborators outside UBC
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Tiffany Abitbol |
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Charles De Lannoy |
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Marc A. Dubé |
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John Frostad |
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Todd Hoare |
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Eero Kontturi |
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Jose M. Moran-Mirabal |
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Camila Rezende iqm.unicamp.br/institucional-departamentos/camila-alves-de-rezende |
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Michael R. Thompson |
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Jaana Vapaavuori www.aalto.fi/en/department-of-chemistry-and-materials-science |