Personnel

Director

Professor Chul B. Park, PhD, P.Eng., FRSC, FCAE, FKAST, FNAEK, FEURASC,FAAAS, FASME, FCSME, FEIC, FSPE, DFIETI
University of Toronto Distinguished Professor of Microcellular Engineered Plastics
NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Multi-Functional Graphene-Based Polymer Nanocomposites and Foams

 

Office location: RS210A, Rosebrugh Building
Email: park@mie.utoronto.ca
Phone: (416) 978 3053
Fax: (416) 978 0947

Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Piyapong Buahom
piyapong.buahom@utoronto.ca
Office: RS316
Research: Modeling of Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer in Thermal Insulation Foams and Aerogels
Dr. Meysam Salari
msalari@mie.utoronto.ca
Research: Graphene-Based Conductive Polymer Composite Foams and EMI Shielding Materials
Dr. Nigus Maregu Demewoz
nigus.demewoz@utoronto.ca
Office: RS316
Research: Micro/Nanocellular Foams and Graphene-Based Polymer Nanocomposites
Dr. Raghavendrakumar Rangappa
r.rangappa@utoronto.ca
Office: RS316
Research: Glass Fiber-Reinforced Expanded Polypropylene (EPP) Foams
Dr. Mohamad Kheradmandkeysomi
mohamadk@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: RS304
Research: Nanofibril Composites and Flexible Aerogel Fibers
Dr. Linda Nwaeto
linda.nwaeto@utoronto.ca
Office: RS316
Research: Graphene-Reinforced  Expanded Polypropylene (EPP) Foams for Packaging
Dr. Jianxiang Zhao
jx.zhao@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: RS210D
Research: Polymer Processing; Passive Cooling; Physics-Informed Machine Learning

PhD & MASc Students
Hamidreza Akrami
PhD Student
akrami@mie.utoronto.ca
Research: Polymer Fibrillation Processing
Mehran Ashouri
PhD Student
ashouri@mie.utoronto.ca
Research: Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Micro/nano-structured Graphene-based Polymer Nanocomposites
Zeineb Ben Rejeb
PhD Student
zbrejeb@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: RS210E
Research: Aerogels
Abdullah Faysal
PhD Student*
faysal@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: RS206
Research:Multilayered Conductive Polymer Composites with High EMI Shielding Effectiveness and Low Conductive Percolation Threshold
Behrang Mohajer
PhD Student
bmohajer@mie.utoronto.ca
Research: Transonic and Supersonic Air Flows in Spunbonding Manufacturing Process
Kenneth Baimey
PhD Student
kbaimey@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: RS210D
Research: Aerogels
Hosseinali Omranpour
PhD Student
omranpur@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: RS206
Research: Aerogels
Reza Rahmati
PhD Student
rrahmati@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: RS304
Research: Conductive Polymers and Microcellular Composites
Taha Baig
PhD Student
t.baig@mail.utoronto.ca
Office: RS316
Research: Thermal Management Materials for Electric Vehicle (EV) Batteries
Anthony Tuccitto
PhD Student*
tuccitto@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: RS204
Research: Biopolymer-based Aerogel Fabrication
Yueshuang Wang
PhD Student
yswang@mie.utoronto.ca
Office: RS304
Research: Flexible Aerogels; Expanded Polypropylene (EPP) Foams
Ebuka Okafor
PhD Student
ebuka.okafor@mail.utoronto.ca
Office: RS316
Research: Electrospinning of Aerogel Fibers
Yue He
PhD Student
yue.he@utoronto.ca
Office: RS210E
Research: Foam Injection Molding
Boim Chang
PhD Student
boim.chang@mail.utoronto.ca
Office: RS304
Research: AI/Data Science
Md. Hasibul Hasan
PhD Student
md.hasan@mail.utoronto.ca
Office: MB68
Research: Aerogel Fiber Spinning from Nanofibers for Flexible and Thermally Insulating Fibers

 

 

Last update: January 17, 2026

*Co-supervised