The Team

Graduate Students

Kaidy Orellena
Master Student

Research

Development of soilid lipid nanoparticles to eradicate biofilms in chronic wounds

Education

  B.Sc.H., University of Waterloo 2022, Biomedical Sciences

Email

  kgorellana@uwaterloo.ca

Awards

   2023 NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarships— Master's program

   2023 UW President’s Graduate Scholarship

   2018-2021 Dean's Honours List

   2018 UW President’s Graduate Scholarship of Distinction

   2018 Waterloo County Entrance Scholarships

Ryan Nodder
Master Student

Research

Development of sustainable materials for 3D printing

Education

  B.Sc.H., University of Waterloo 2022, Biomedical Sciences

Email

  rcnodder@uwaterloo.ca

Awards

   2018 UW President’s Graduate Scholarship of Distinction

   2018-2021 Dean's Honours List

Ethan Watt
Master Student

Research

Development of polymeric nanoparticles targeting leukimia cells

Education

  B.Sc.H., University of Guelph 2022, Nanoscience

Email

  ejwatt@uwaterloo.ca

Awards

   2023 NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarships— Master's program

    2023 Ontario Graduate Scholarship(Declined)

   2022 Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology

   2022 Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology Nanofellowship

   2022 NanoMedicines Innovation Network Graduate Award

   2022 UW President’s Graduate Scholarship

   2022 UW Graduate Scholarship

   2022 Fourth Year Nanoscience Scholarship

   2022 Graduation Medal in Nanoscience

   2020 Third Year Nanoscience Scholarship

   2020 SPE Automotive Composite Conference & Exhibition Best Paper Award

   2019 Second Year Nanoscience Scholarship

   2018 Dean’s Scholarship

   2017 Samuel Acker Memorial Scholarship

   2017 Nanoscience Entrance Scholarship

   2017 University of Guelph Entrance Scholarship

Calvin Wong
Master Student

Research

Development of modular co-polymers for drug delivery using click and amine-reactive chemistry

Education

  B.A.Sc.H., University of Waterloo 2019, Nanotechnology Engineering

Email

  cj4wong@uwaterloo.ca

Awards

   2021 NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master's program

   2021 UW President’s Graduate Scholarship

Sihan Dong
Master Student

Research

Artificial intelligence for ocular drug delivery

Education

  B.Sc.H., University of Toronto 2020, Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Email

  sihan.dong@uwaterloo.ca

Awards

Jin Wang
Ph.D. Candidate

Research

Transdermal delivery of nanoparticles

Education

  B.Sc., China Pharmaceutical University 2018, Pharmaceutical Sciences

Email

  jin.wang@uwaterloo.ca

Awards

   2023 CSPS Gattefosse Lipid-Based Drug Delivery Award

   2015-2016 Excellent League Member of Eli Lilly Club

   2014-2015 Third Prize Scholarship (China Pharmaceutical University)

Alistair Chan
Ph.D. Student

Research

Development of nanoparticle-loaded microneedles for HIV prevention

Education

  B.Sc., The University of Hong Kong 2021, Biochemistry

Email

  alistairkaichak.chan@uwaterloo.ca

Awards

    2023 Ontario Graduate Scholarship

   2023 UW President’s Graduate Scholarship

    University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship Merit Award

   2022 Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology

   2022 UW President’s Graduate Scholarship

   NSERC CREATE Training Program for Controlled Release Leaders(ContRoL)

   2021 Patrick Chow Lum Wong Memorial Prize in Biochemistry

   2020 Mitacs Globalink Research Internship

   2020 Undergraduate Research Fellowship Programme

   2019 Centenary Scholarships Fund Award

   2018-2021 Dean's Honours List

Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Dr. Chen Sun
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Research

Developing novel polymers for implantable and long-acting drug delivery systems

Education

  Ph.D., University of Macau, Biomedical Sciences, 2017-2021

Email

  chen.sun1@uwaterloo.ca

Awards

    2022 Natural Science Foundation of China for Young Scholars

    2022 Macau Science and Technology Awards-Scientific and Technological R&D Award for Postgraduates

Dr. Ka Wai Jimmy Cheung
Visiting Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Research

Tear Film and Ocular Surface: Dry eye and tears biomarkers

Education

  Ph.D.,The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Optometry, 2018-2023

Email

  kawai.cheung@cevr.hk

Centre for Eye and Vision Research (CEVR) in Hong Kong

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Dr. Samiullah Khan
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Research

Development of peptide decorated solid lipid nanoparticles encapsulated in photo-crosslinked gel implant for age macular degeneration disease (AMD) treatment via invitreal injection

Education

  Ph.D., Islamia University Bahawalpur, Pharmaceutics, 2016

Huan Li
Ph.D. Student

Research

Biomimetic nano platform for the delivery of anti-glaucoma agents

Education

  M.Sc., Guangzhou Medical University, Pharmacology, 2018