Principal Investigator

Dr. Emily D. Cranston
Professor
Department of Wood Science,
and Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
University of British Columbia, Canada
Office: FSC 4036
Phone: 604-827-0627
Email: emily.cranston@ubc.ca
Lab Manager

Behzad Zakani
Lab Manager (Foster & Cranston groups)
PhD Mechanical Engineering
UBC (2022)
Office: PPC 305
Postdoctoral Research Fellows
UBC Graduate Students


Elizabeth Dobrzanski
PhD Student
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office: PPC 311
High solid content wood-based foams for thermal insulation

Clara Kramer
PhD student
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Runru (Tristan) Liu
PhD Student
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office: PPC 311
Liquid crystal properties and autofluorescence of carboxylated CNCs

Kevin Oesef
PhD Student
Materials Engineering
Co-supervisor: Yasmine Abdin
Surface modification of cellulose nanofibrils for use as epoxy composite reinforcements

Alexandra Rousseau
PhD Student
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Office: PPC 311
Electrochemical applications of cellulose

Anderson Veiga
PhD Student
Wood Science
Office: FSC 4301
Labelled cellulose fibres for micro-CT analysis
Undergraduate and Co-op Students

Martin Galambos
University of Győr, Hungary
Recent Cranston Group Alumni

Jude Abu-Namous
NSERC USRA Researcher, Chemical & Biological Engineering
UBC, Canada
Currently: Research Assistant at UBC
Effect of sulfate content on autofluorescence of nanocellulose
Currently: EA Sports


Julia Antoniw
MSc Student
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Currently: UBC Industry Liaison Office
Incorporation of carboxylated cellulose nanocrystals in latex-based pressure-sensitive adhesives

Gili Bar
MASc student
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Biomimetic crosslinked cellulose nanocrystal microbeads for personal care products


Gwendoline Delepierre
Visiting PhD Student (2019-2020)
Chemistry, Adolphe Merkle Institute
Co-supervisors: Justin Zoppe/Christophe Weder
Currently: Michelin Research and Technology
Symmetric and asymmetric cellulose nanocrystals


Kevin De France
PhD (2014-2019)
(Dr. Hoare and Dr. Cranston)
Chemical Engineering
McMaster University, Canada
Currently: Assistant Professor, Queen’s University

Giuliana Thalina Franco
Visiting PhD Student (2023-2024)
Physical Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos
Co-supervisor: Caio Gomide Otoni
Physicochemical Understanding of Multilayer Biopolymeric Films

Elisa Ferreira
Post-Doctoral Fellow
PhD Physical Chemistry
UNICAMP, Brazil (2020)
Currently: LNNano/CNPEM Brazil
Lightweight bulky fibre-based materials

Marcus Johns
Post-Doctoral Fellow
PhD Chemical Engineering
University of Bath, UK (2017)
Autofluorescence of cellulose nanomaterials & enzymatic synthesis of polysaccharides

Cameron King
MSc Student
Wood Science
Surface modification of cellulose nanocrystals through controlled precipitation

Colton Routtenberg
Materials Engineering
Kelp-based bio-composite for structural applications

Jonas Schnell
Technical University of Munich
Hybrid feedstocks for high solid content wood-based foams for thermal insulation
Current Collaborators outside UBC

Marc A. Dubé
Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Polymer Reaction Engineering
University of Ottawa, Canada

Camila Rezende
Associate Professor
Chemistry
Fibre Technology and Biomass Fractionation
Unicamp, Brazil
iqm.unicamp.br/institucional-departamentos/camila-alves-de-rezende

Jaana Vapaavuori
Assistant Professor
Chemistry and Materials Science
Functional Nanomaterials
Aalto University, Finland
www.aalto.fi/en/department-of-chemistry-and-materials-science