Localized Chemistry Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo

People

Rodney D. L. Smith

Group lead

Rodney D. L. Smith

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo · C2-365

rodsmith@uwaterloo.ca

About the group

Postdoctoral Fellows

Zujhar Singh

Zujhar Singh

PDF · since Jul 2024

Younghee Jang

Younghee Jang

PDF · since Aug 2024

PhD Students

Jixi Zhang

Jixi Zhang

PhD · since Jan 2024

The Chemistry of Oxygen Substitution in MoS2

Xinran Liu

Xinran Liu

PhD · since Jan 2024

Strong Metal Support Interactions for Catalysis

Noah King

Noah King

PhD · since Sep 2025

Defects for Directed Growth of 2D Heterostructures

Titus Moses

Titus Moses

PhD · since Jan 2026

Reaction Chemistry for Directed Growth of 2D Heterostructures

MSc Students

Felipe Martinez Guarin

Felipe Martinez Guarin

MSc · since May 2024

Tuning Reaction Kinetics Involving Fe-Rich Coatings on Steel for Automotive Manufacturing

Michael McCarvell

Michael McCarvell

MSc · since Sep 2024

Deconvoluting Geometric and Electronic Effects in XANES Data

Kelvin Doan

Kelvin Doan

MSc · since Sep 2024

Quantifying Exsolution Yield in Perovskite Oxides

Steven King

Steven King

MSc · since Sep 2025

Analytical Methods to Quantify S-Vacancies and O/S Substitutions in MoS2

Tegan Reynolds

Tegan Reynolds

MSc · since Sep 2025

Regenerating Metal Nanoparticle Catalysts Through Dissolution-Exsolution

Adrian Price-Roberts

Adrian Price-Roberts

MSc · since Sep 2025

Design and Optimization of Co-current Reactors

James Kay

James Kay

MSc · since May 2026

From Hexagonal Perovskites to 2D Materials

Anna Jager

Anna Jager

MSc · since Sep 2026

Designing precursors for exsolution of metallic 3d transition metal nanoparticles

Beatriz Tusi

Beatriz Tusi

MSc · since Sep 2026

Controlling Exsolution Through Diffusion

Anish Arjuna

Anish Arjuna

MSc · since Sep 2026

Scaling Fe-Coatings Chemistry for Industrial Application

BSc Students

Hanxiang Xi

Hanxiang Xi

BSc · since Sep 2026

Flow Fields and Electrochemical Current Heterogeneity

Ke Chen

Ke Chen

BSc · since Sep 2026

Transition Metal Doped MoS2 for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Jake Ketko

Jake Ketko

BSc · since Sep 2026

Strategies for Localized Exsolution

Alumni

Where members of the group have gone next.

Postdoctoral Fellows

  • Christophe Coudercy Jun 2023 – Jun 2024 PDF, University of Oslo
  • Holly Fruehwald May 2022 – Apr 2024 Asst. Prof., Wilfrid Laurier University
  • Viswanathan Mohandoss Aug 2022 – Jul 2023 Research Associate, King Abdullah University of Science & Tech.
  • E. Pinar Alsac Sep 2022 – Nov 2022 PDF, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Nataraju Bodappa Mar 2020 – Jun 2021 Research Associate, McGill University

PhD Students

  • Una Hogan Jan 2022 – Aug 2026
  • Yutong Liu May 2018 – Apr 2023 PDF, University of Toronto
  • Alexander Whittingham Sep 2017 – Sep 2022 Staff Scientist, Natural Research Council Canada
  • E. Pinar Alsac May 2018 – Aug 2022 PDF, Georgia Institute of Technology

MSc Students

  • Jordan Lau Sep 2023 – Dec 2025 Staff Scientist, Key Deuterium-Hydrogen Technologies
  • Emily Yip Apr 2023 – Jul 2025 Data Management Specialist, John Wiley & Sons

BSc Students

  • Isabella Sciorilli Sep 2025 – Apr 2026
  • Nathan Newport Sep 2025 – Apr 2026
  • Qijun Guan Sep 2025 – Apr 2026
  • Raina Cheong Sep 2025 – Apr 2026
  • Xinyu Zhang Sep 2025 – Apr 2026
  • Yun-Yun Tsai May 2025 – Aug 2025
  • Amn Hassan May 2025 – Aug 2025
  • Kawisara Rujiprapakorn May 2025 – Aug 2025
  • Emma Llewellyn Sep 2024 – Apr 2025 MSc Candidate, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin
  • Herbert Voss Sep 2024 – Apr 2025 PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia
  • Herbert Voss May 2024 – Aug 2024
  • Yifan Dong Sep 2023 – Apr 2024
  • Ruiqi Li Jan 2023 – Apr 2024
  • Alexander Taylor Sep 2023 – Apr 2024 MSc Candidate, University of Waterloo
  • America Rodriguez Jun 2023 – Sep 2023
  • Herbert Voss May 2023 – Aug 2023
  • Alexander Taylor May 2023 – Aug 2023
  • Emily Yip Sep 2022 – Apr 2023 Data Analyst, Wiley Publishing
  • Hana Hopson Jan 2022 – Apr 2023
  • Koray Tocsoy Sep 2022 – Apr 2023 PhD Candidate, Université Grenoble Alpes
  • Danielle Simons Sep 2022 – Apr 2023
  • Nathan Fischer Sep 2022 – Apr 2023 MSc Candidate, Concordia University
  • Junwei Liang Sep 2022 – Apr 2023
  • Declan Adams May 2022 – Aug 2022
  • Luisa Maria Alvarez Gonzalez May 2022 – Aug 2022
  • Pierre Gadras May 2022 – Aug 2022
  • Marlyn Mwita May 2022 – Aug 2022
  • Justine Bissonnette May 2022 – Jun 2022
  • Avery Bec Sep 2021 – Apr 2022
  • Lin Feng Sep 2021 – Apr 2022
  • Xinyi Feng Sep 2021 – Apr 2022
  • Rong Liu Sep 2021 – Apr 2022
  • Justine Bissonnette Jan 2022 – Apr 2022
  • Marlyn Mwita Sep 2021 – Apr 2022
  • Benjamin Lei Jan 2021 – Aug 2021 PhD Candidate, University of Toronto
  • Sissie He May 2021 – Aug 2021
  • Kate Yeadon Sep 2020 – Apr 2021
  • Julie Dang Jan 2021 – Apr 2021
  • Eliana Gage May 2020 – Aug 2020
  • Amber MacNeil May 2020 – Aug 2020
  • David Hiraki Sep 2019 – Apr 2020 PhD Candidate, McGill University
  • Keyu Zhou Sep 2019 – Apr 2020
  • Erqian Gao Sep 2019 – Apr 2020
  • Mengting Wang Sep 2019 – Apr 2020
  • Andrew Jewlal Sep 2019 – Apr 2020 PhD, University of British Columbia
  • Ivy Duong Sep 2019 – Apr 2020
  • Sara Bouzidi May 2019 – Aug 2019
  • David Hiraki May 2019 – Aug 2019
  • Saad Saud Khan May 2019 – Aug 2019
  • Sparsh Tyagi May 2019 – Aug 2019
  • Jessica Falcon May 2019 – Aug 2019
  • Keyu Zhou May 2019 – Aug 2019
  • Wen Rong Sep 2018 – Apr 2019 Lecturer, University of Nottingham (Ningbo campus)
  • Jordan Lau Apr 2018 – Apr 2019
  • Sarah Stepan Sep 2017 – Apr 2018
  • Charles Teasdale Sep 2017 – Apr 2018
  • Justin Cheng Sep 2017 – Dec 2017
  • Laura Morales-Pires Sep 2017 – Dec 2017