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Director<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Professor Chul B. Park<\/a>, PhD, P.Eng., FRSC, FCAE, FKAST, FNAEK, FEURASC,FAAAS, FASME, FCSME, FEIC, FSPE, DFIETI
\nUniversity of Toronto Distinguished Professor of Microcellular Engineered Plastics
\nNSERC Industrial Research Chair in Multi-Functional Graphene-Based Polymer Nanocomposites and Foams<\/p>\n

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Office location: RS210A, Rosebrugh Building
\nEmail: park@mie.utoronto.ca
\nPhone: (416) 978 3053
\nFax: (416) 978 0947<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Postdoctoral Fellows<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\"\"Dr. Piyapong Buahom<\/a>
\npiyapong.buahom@utoronto.ca
\nOffice: RS316
\nResearch:<\/strong> Modeling of Micro\/Nanoscale Heat Transfer in Thermal Insulation Foams and Aerogels<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\"Dr. Meysam Salari<\/a>
\nmsalari@mie.utoronto.ca
\nOffice: RS304
\nResearch:<\/strong> Graphene-Based Conductive Polymer Composite Foams and EMI Shielding Materials<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\"Dr. Nigus Maregu Demewoz<\/a>
\nnigus.demewoz@utoronto.ca
\nOffice: RS316
\nResearch:<\/strong> Micro\/Nanocellular Foams and Graphene-Based Polymer Nanocomposites<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\"\"Dr. Raghavendrakumar Rangappa<\/a>
\nr.rangappa@utoronto.ca
\nOffice: RS316
\nResearch:<\/strong> Glass Fiber-Reinforced<\/span> Expanded Polypropylene (EPP) Foams<\/span><\/div>\n
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PhD & MASc Students<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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\"\"Hamidreza Akrami
\nPhD Student
\nakrami@mie.utoronto.ca
\nOffice: RS210
\nResearch:<\/strong> Polymer Fibrillation Processing<\/div>\n
\"\"Mehran\u00a0Ashouri
\nPhD Student
\nashouri@mie.utoronto.ca
\nOffice: MB68
\nResearch:<\/strong> Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Micro\/nano-structured Graphene-based Polymer Nanocomposites<\/div>\n
\"\"Zeineb Ben Rejeb<\/a>
\nPhD Student
\nzbrejeb@mie.utoronto.ca
\nOffice: RS210
\nResearch: <\/strong>Aerogels<\/div>\n
\"\"Abdullah Faysal
\nPhD Student*
\nfaysal@mie.utoronto.ca
\nOffice: RS206
\n<\/a><\/span>Research:<\/strong>Multilayered Conductive Polymer Composites with High EMI Shielding Effectiveness and Low Conductive Percolation Threshold<\/div>\n
\"\"Behrang Mohajer
\nPhD Student
\nbmohajer@mie.utoronto.ca
\n<\/a><\/span>Research: <\/strong>Transonic and Supersonic Air Flows in Spunbonding Manufacturing Process<\/span><\/div>\n
\"\"Kenneth Baimey
\nPhD Student
\nkbaimey<\/span>@mie.utoronto.ca
\nOffice: RS210
\nResearch:<\/strong> Aerogels<\/div>\n
\"\"Reza Rahmati<\/a>
\nPhD Student
\nrrahmati@mie.utoronto.ca
\nOffice: RS304
\nResearch: <\/strong>Conductive Polymers and Microcellular Composites<\/div>\n
\"\"Taha Baig
\nPhD Student
\nt.baig@mail.utoronto.ca
\nOffice: RS316
\nResearch: <\/strong>Thermal Management Materials for Electric Vehicle (EV) Batteries<\/div>\n
\"\"Yueshuang Wang
\nPhD Student
\nyswang@mie.utoronto.ca
\nOffice: RS304
\nResearch:<\/strong> Flexible Aerogels; Expanded Polypropylene (EPP) Foams<\/div>\n
\"\"Ebuka Okafor
\nPhD Student
\nebuka.okafor@mail.utoronto.ca
\nOffice: RS316
\nResearch: <\/strong>Electrospinning of Aerogel Fibers<\/div>\n
\"\"Yue He
\nPhD Student
\nyue.he@utoronto.ca
\nOffice: RS210
\nResearch:<\/strong> Foam Injection Molding<\/div>\n
\"\"Boim Chang
\nPhD Student
\nboim.chang@mail.utoronto.ca<\/span>
\nOffice: RS304
\nResearch:<\/strong> AI\/Data Science<\/span><\/div>\n
\"\"Md. Hasibul Hasan<\/span>
\nPhD Student
\nmd.hasan@mail.utoronto.ca<\/span>
\nOffice: MB68
\nResearch:<\/strong> Aerogel Fiber Spinning from Nanofibers for Flexible and Thermally Insulating Fibers<\/span><\/div>\n
\"\"Mojtaba Salehabadi<\/span>
\nPhD Student
\nm.salehabadi@mail.utoronto.ca<\/span>
\nOffice: MB68
\nResearch:<\/strong> Polymer Processing; Foam Injection Molding<\/span><\/div>\n
\"\"Ayesha Manzur<\/span>
\nPhD Student
\nayesha.manzur@mail.utoronto.ca<\/span>
\nOffice: RS210
\nResearch:<\/strong> Carbon Aerogel Electrodes for Hydrogen Production via Water Electrolysis<\/div>\n
\"\"Arya Mohammadzadeh<\/span>
\nPhD Student
\narya.mohammadzadeh@mail.utoronto.ca<\/span>
\nOffice: MB68
\nResearch:<\/strong> AI-\/ML-based Electrode Architecture Design<\/span><\/div>\n
\"\"Yazan Mheibesh<\/span>
\nPhD Student
\nyazan.mheibesh@mail.utoronto.ca<\/span>
\nOffice: MB68
\nResearch:<\/strong> Aerogel Electrodes for Hydrogen Battery Energy Storage<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Last update: June 1, 2026<\/p>\n

*Co-supervised<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":32,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-49","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpml.mie.utoronto.ca\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpml.mie.utoronto.ca\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpml.mie.utoronto.ca\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpml.mie.utoronto.ca\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mpml.mie.utoronto.ca\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":766,"href":"https:\/\/mpml.mie.utoronto.ca\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8076,"href":"https:\/\/mpml.mie.utoronto.ca\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49\/revisions\/8076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mpml.mie.utoronto.ca\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}