Graduated Students

PhD Students


Nuanyi Liang

PhD – May 27, 2020

Thesis Title: “Hydroxy fatty acids: Structures and antifungal activities in foods”


Si Mi

PhD – September 7, 2016

Thesis Title: “LC/MS Methods for Targeted Lipid Analyses”


Mohammad Hossein Tavassoli Kafrani

PhD – July 21, 2016

Thesis Title: “Vegetable oil-based Polyols and Some Novel Analytical Techniques”


Johan van den Heever

PhD – September 9, 2015

Thesis Title: “Fumagillin and Dicyclohexylamine in Apiculture”


Chenxing Sun

PhD – June 27, 2014

Thesis Title: “In-line Ozonolysis coupled to Mass Spectrometry- A New Dimension of Structural Determination for Lipids”


Brenna Black

PhD – July 23, 2013

Thesis Title: “Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Bioactive Metabolites from Lactobacilli”


Tuan Nurul Sabiqah Tuan Anuar

PhD – July 18, 2013

Thesis Title: “Development of Microreactors and Analytical Methods for Lipid Transformations”

MSc Students


Beiyi Shen

MSc – January 13, 2020

Thesis Title: “The Saponin Composition of Common Canadian Pulses”


Siew Meng Liew

MSc – August 16, 2017

Thesis Title: “Synthesis of flame retardant phosphorus containing polyols from canola oil”


Yiran Zhang

MSc – June 26, 2014

Thesis Title: “Validation of Reagent-free GC Lipid Derivitization Method Using an Enzymatic Microreactor”


Carla Villegas

MSc – December 10, 2010

Thesis Title: “Applications of multidimensional chromatography in lipid analysis”