Jiheon Kim received his Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Engineering from Seoul National University under the supervision of Prof. Taeghwan Hyeon. His Ph.D. research was in novel nanomaterials for energy conversion and storage applications. He joined the group in July 2022 as an A3MD postdoctoral fellow, and his current focus is on AI-accelerated catalytic materials discovery with high-throughput experimentation.

Feng Li received his Ph.D. degree under the supervision of Prof. Anna Klinkova in August 2022, from the Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. His research mainly focused on studying the stability and catalytic mechanism of the metal-based CO2 reduction electrocatalyst by using density functional theory and finite element method. He joined the Sinton lab as a postdoctoral fellow in September 2022 with research interests in computational electrochemistry and CO2 capture.

Maryam completed her B.Sc. (2015) and M.Sc. (2017) in Chemical Engineering at Sharif University of Technology and her Ph.D. (2022) in Mechanical Engineering at University of Toronto. Her doctoral research centered around designing an ultrasonic inhaler to enhance asthma treatment. She used ultrasound waves to generate droplets of the correct size (~5 microns) for an effective asthma treatment and developed fundamental models to predict the behavior of liquids exposed to ultrasonic oscillations.

Maryam joined SintonLab in 2023 as a postdoctoral fellow. Her current research is focused on developing high throughput experimental methods to measure fluid properties for electric vehicle (EV) coolants.

Zahra (Sonia) successfully completed her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia in 2023. Her research was centered around the fabrication of coatings and smart surfaces aimed at altering interfacial forces between ice/water and the surfaces. During her doctoral studies, she also delved into the development of hydrophobic/hydrophilic coatings, which effectively reduced friction on various surfaces.

In 2022, Sonia collaborated with Sinton Lab to fabricate a coating tailored for metallic electrocatalysts. She joined the Sinton Lab as a postdoctoral fellow in August 2023, where she now focuses her research on the conversion of CO2.

Dongha Kim earned his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT, guided by Prof. Bilge Yildiz. His doctoral work centered on high-temperature catalysts, encompassing solid oxide cells and methane conversions. He joined the group in August 2023 as a postdoctoral fellow, co-advised by Prof. Sinton and Prof. Sargent, following a year of research in Prof. Sargent's lab. His current research focuses on the development of electrocatalysts and electrochemical systems for CO2 reduction.

Jieyuan Liu received her Ph.D. (2023) in Materials science and Engineering at Beihang University, China. Her doctoral research centered on the application for hydrogen energy, including electrocatalysis (ORR, CO2RR, HOR etc.), proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) and hydrogen storage. She is skilled at the synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials, PEMFC device fabrication, and DFT simulation using VASP.

Jieyuan joined the Sinton Lab as a postdoctoral fellow in September 2023 and current research is focused on CO2 conversion.

Zunmin Guo obtain his Ph.D. (2022) in Advanced Functional Materials and Analytical Science from the University of Manchester, UK, supervised by Prof. Stuart Holmes. His Ph.D. studies mainly focused on membrane electrode assembly development in high-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells. After his Ph.D., Zunmin worked in Prof. Hyunjoo Lee's lab (KAIST) as a postdoctoral researcher to develop high-temperature CO2 reduction system. He joined the Sinton lab in September 2023 as a postdoctoral fellow focusing on CO2 capture and conversion.

Maral obtained her master's degree in Material Science and Engineering from Sharif University of Technology. Following this, she completed her PhD studies in Electrical Engineering (class of 2022) at the University of Toronto under the guidance of Professor Ted Sargent. Her research revolved around the design and synthesis of advanced solution-processed materials, with a primary emphasis on their utilization in state-of-the-art solar cells and photodetectors.

In 2023, she joined the Sinton Lab as a cross-appointed postdoctoral fellow with Chemspacelab (led by Professor Anatole Von Lilienfeld). In her dual role, her primary focus is on accelerating the discovery of novel catalytic materials through the utilization of quantum machine learning algorithms and data-driven experimentations.

Tanushree Ghosh received her PhD degree in 2023 from the Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India from the department of Physics under the supervision of Professor Rajesh Kumar. During her PhD she worked on Electrochromic materials and devices, largely studying and researching on their multi-functional applications. She has joined the group in November 2023 and will be working with the eDAC subgroup.

Hyeon Seok Lee completed his Ph.D. at Seoul National University under the supervision of Prof. Taeghwan Hyeon, focusing on the development of efficient catalysts for electrocatalytic hydrogen production and utilization. In January 2024, he joined the A3MD group as a postdoctoral fellow. His current research focuses on exploring AI-accelerated materials discovery, with a primary emphasis on discovering novel electrocatalysts for reactions, including CO2/CO reduction and oxygen evolution reactions.

Hyun Sik received his Ph.D. under the guidance of Prof. Kijung Yong in August 2023 at POSTECH, South Korea. His prior research focused on developing novel photocatalysts for fuel production applications and studying charge transfer dynamics. He joined the group in Mar. 2024 as a postdoctoral fellow, co-supervised by Prof. Sinton and Prof. Sargent. His current research focuses on the design of electrocatalysts and electrochemical systems for CO2 reduction.

Dr. Abbas obtained his Ph.D. in computational physics from Jeonbuk National University in the Republic of South Korea, under the guidance of Professor Jae-Ryang Hahn. Subsequently, he undertook postdoctoral research at DGIST and Korea University's Seoul campus, under the supervision of Professor Stefan Ringe. His research endeavors focus on pioneering computational design methodologies tailored for sustainable energy conversion. Specifically, he specializes in the precise prediction of novel materials using cutting-edge machine learning potentials. Furthermore, his work delves into the intricate realms of electronic structure and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) modeling using Density Functional Theory (DFT). Additionally, he is deeply intrigued by investigating phase transitions in metallic glasses, employing advanced machine learning potentials.

Prasad Sarma completed his Ph.D. (2019) at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Thiruvananthapuram. He was working on 2-Dimensional materials for electrocatalytic water splitting applications. Later, Prasad joined as a lecturer in a community college for one year then moved back to the same group (IISER) as a postdoc for another year. In 2021, Prasad Sarma moved to the University of Oregon (UO) with the Fulbright Nehru postdoctoral fellowship till November 2023. At UO, he worked on the bipolar membrane (BPM) based electrolyzers for water splitting and hydrogen production. His research interest was to develop novel metal oxide-based water dissociation catalysts that go into the BPM junction. Prasad joined the SintonLab in 2024 as a postdoctoral scholar and is currently working on electrocatalytic CO2 capture (or direct air capture: eDAC) systems.

Dr. Barati earned her Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Calgary in 2022. Her research has primarily focused on membrane treatment for selective separation. Her expertise spans from the study of flow in porous media to surface modification using nanotechnology, and designing membrane systems for water treatment.

In 2023, Dr. Barati joined the SintonLab as a postdoctoral fellow. In her new role, she will be spearheading research on the electrocatalytic reduction of flue gas to produce value-added products.

Yuxuan completed his PhD at McGill University in 2023 under the supervision of Prof. Dima Perepichka. He received doctoral research scholarships from Fonds de recherche du Québec-Nature et technologies (FRQNT) during 2021-2022. His expertise covers areas including organic electronics, computational chemistry and reticular chemistry. He joined Sinton group in early 2024 as a postdoctoral fellow and his current work focuses on the development of molecular catalysts and covalent organic frameworks for the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 into multi-carbon products.

Sepehr completed his Ph.D. in 2024 at the SintonLab, University of Toronto. His research explored multiphase nanoparticle-stabilized fluids, investigating their potential for energy storage and improved mass transfer in geothermal systems and carbon capture applications. Starting in May 2024, Sepehr continues his work with the Sinton group, where he is involved in designing mechanical process systems for electrochemical-assisted direct air capture systems.

Min received his PhD in chemical engineering and polymer chemistry in 2021 from the University of Melbourne. His PhD centred on the construction of nanomembranes for CO2 capture from power plants. Following his PhD, Min completed a postdoctoral training mentored by Prof. Zachary Hudson at the University of British Columbia between 2022 and 2024, focusing on block copolymer-directed reticular chemistry for the production of hierarchical reticular materials. Min joined the Sinton Lab as a postdoctoral fellow in May 2024, with research interests focused on scaling up electrolysers for CO2 reduction reactions.

Qian Sun completed her Ph.D (2023) in School of Chemistry at University of New South Wales, where she also works as a postdoctoral fellow for six months. Her research mainly focuses on developing efficient single atom catalysts for CO2-to-CO and CO-to-acetate/C2+ electro-conversion. She obtained an Australia Government Research Training Program Scholarship and the Dean’s Award for Outstanding PhD Theses in 2019 and 2023, respectively.

In July 2024, Qian joined the SintonLab as a postdoctoral fellow with research interests in catalyzing electroreduction of CO2/CO to multi-carbon species (C2+).   

Qiyou Wang completed his PhD (2024) in School of Physics at Central South University. His research focused on the active sites design and catalytic mechanism of electrocatalysis toward CO2RR, OER, HER etc. Qiyou joined the Sinton lab as a postdoctoral fellow in August 2024 and his research is mainly in CO2 reduction to C2H4 by virtue of the design of membrane electrode assembly and catalysts.

Jiexin Zhu received his Ph.D. (2023) in Materials science and Engineering at Wuhan University of Technology in Prof. Liqiang Mai's research group. His primary research lies in the field of electrocatalysis, with specific interests in CO2/CO reduction, methanol oxidation, and oxygen evolution reactions. His work emphasizes the control of the surface coordination environment of electrocatalysts and employs in-situ characterization techniques, including infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray absorption spectroscopy.

 Jiexin joined the Sinton Lab in August 2024 as a postdoctoral fellow, co-supervised by Prof. Sinton and Prof. Sargent. His current research focuses on the design of electrocatalysts and electrochemical systems for CO2/CO reduction.

Zhizheng Wu received his Ph.D. degree under the supervision of Prof. Minrui Gao in June 2024, from the Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China. His research interest is in the field of electrocatalytic conversion of small molecules. He is skilled at the synthesis of catalysts, development of in-situ characterization technologies and optimization of reaction devices. He joined the Sinton lab as a postdoctoral fellow in September 2024. His current research focuses on CO2 conversion.

Cai Wang obtain his Ph.D. (2022) in physical chemistry from the College of Chemistry at Nankai University, China, supervised by Prof. Wei Li. His Ph.D. studies mainly focused on electrocatalysts preparation and the establishment of clear structure-performance relationships in elecrtrochemical CO2 reduction. He joined the Sinton lab as a postdoctoral fellow in September 2024 focusing on stability improvement in CO2 capture and conversion system.

Goutham Rangarajan completed his PhD (2023) in Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry from the University of Toronto, supervised by Prof. Ramin Farnood. His PhD research mainly focused on the development of nanoparticles for harvesting solar energy and developing catalytic processes for the selective upcycling of lignocellulosic wastes. After his PhD, Goutham was awarded the Climate Positive Energy Postdoctoral Fellowship to design photocatalytic systems for upcycling of polystyrene waste. He joined the Sinton lab in September 2024 as a postdoctoral fellow focusing on CO2 conversion.

Yuke Li received his Ph.D. from the Department of Chemistry at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China, in 2021. Following his doctoral studies, he worked as a research associate in the same group from December 2021 to October 2022. He then joined the Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC) at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, where he served as a research scientist from November 2022 to September 2024. His research focuses on computational electrochemistry with explicit water solvation, organometallic reaction mechanisms, and surface adsorption in materials science.