November 1975 (joint with H.I. Schiff). Ph.D. Dissertation: Intrinsic Properties of Organic Neutrals, Anions and Radicals from Flowing Afterglow Studies.
G. Vlachos (CRESS)
April 1979 (joint with H.I. Schiff). M.Sc. Thesis: Ion-Molecule Reactions of Interstellar Interest.
A.E. Nogales (Chemistry)
April 1982 (joint with H.I. Schiff). Ph.D. Dissertation: Studies of Ion Kinetics with a Miniature Temperature Adjustable Flowing Afterglow.
S. Tanner (Chemistry)
May 1980 (joint with J.M. Goodings). Ph.D. Disseration: Room Temperature and In Situ Studies of the Ion Chemistry of Fuel-Rich Flames: Implications for the Initiation of Soot.
G. DeBrou (Chemistry)
May 1980 (joint with J.M. Goodings). M.Sc. Thesis: Flame-ion Probe of Intermediate Leading to NOx Formation in Methane Combustion.
L. Forte (Chemistry)
May 1989. M.Sc. Thesis: Gas-Phase Cationic Polymerization of Unsaturated Monomers Initiated by BF.
C. Rodriquez (Chemistry)
January 1994 (joint with A.C. Hopkinson). Ph.D. Dissertation: Chlorinated Carbocations: Theoretical and Experimental Study.
X. Wang (CRESS)
May 1995 (joint with R. March). Ph.D. Dissertation: Quadrupole Ion-Trap Applications in Ion Chemistry.
H. Becker (Chemistry,TU Berlin)
June 1995 (joint with H. Schwarz, TU Berlin). Ph.D. Dissertation: Ion-Molekül-Reaktionen im Massenspektrometer.
J. Wang (Chemistry)
January, 1996. Ph.D. Dissertation: Cationic Polymerization Initiated by C60 Cations in the Gas Phase.
A. Ketvirtis (Chemistry)
December 1996 (joint with A.C. Hopkinson). Ph.D. Dissertation: Studies of Silicon-Containing Cations.
R. Milburn (Chemistry)
October 1999 (joint with A.C. Hopkinson). Ph.D. Dissertation: Gas-Phase Ion Chemistry of Mg+, (c-C5H5)Mg+ and (c-C5H5)2Mg+: Theoretical and Experimental Studies
A. Mantas (Chemistry)
July 2003 (joint with A.C. Hopkinson). M.Sc. Thesis: Gas-Phase Chemistry of Pt+· and [Thymine]Pt+·
D. Caraiman (Chemistry)
October 2003, Ph.D. Dissertation: Gas-Phase Chemistry of Metal Ion Complexes with Arenes and Fullerenes.
V. Blagojevic (Chemistry)
July 2005, Ph.D. Dissertation: Ions, Biomolecules and Catalysts: SIFTing for the Origins of Life.
V. Lavrov (Chemistry)
September 2006, Ph.D. Dissertation: Gas-Phase Chemistry of ICP Atomic Ions with Selected Molecules.
S. Prada (Physics)
October 2007, Ph.D. Dissertation: Comprehensive Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Novel Organic Semiconductor Molecules.
S. Hashemi (Chemistry)
October 2007, M.Sc. Thesis ESI/MS Studies of Fragmentation of Metallated Phthalocyannines.
Post-Doctoral Fellows:
R.S. Hemsworth
September 1970 – October 1973
H.W. Rundle
August 1970 – August 1972
P.R. Fennelly
August 1972 – August 1973
J.D. Payzant
May 1973 – May 1976
D. Betowski
February 1974 – January 1976
K. Tanaka
July 1974 – July 1976
G.I. Mackay
November 1975 – June 1979
S. Lukac
January 1980 – March 1980
S. Dheandhanoo
October 1, 1984 – November 30, 1985
K. Keskinen
October 20, 1986 – February 27, 1986
S. Wlodek
February 17, 1986 – July 1, 1987
G. Javahery
August 27, 1990 – August, 1994
S. Petrie
July 1, 1991 – Dec. 15, 1993
V. Baranov
January 1, 1994 – October 31,1996
J. Sun
January, 1996, – February, 1998
Y. Ling
April, 1997, – January, 1999.
X. Zhao
October 1, 2003 – October 1, 2006
C. Ping
November 1, 2003 – November 1, 2006
A. Abdurahman
November 1, 2005 – May 1, 2006
V. Blagojevic
November 1, 2006 – Present (shared with M. Siu)
V. Blagojevic
November 1, 2007 – Present
S. Feil
September 1, 2006 – November 1, 2007
A. Shayesteh
September 1, 2007 – Present
Research Associates:
G.I. Mackay
June 1979 – January 1981
A.B. Raksit
January 1981 – July 31, 1984
S. Wlodek
July 1, 1987 – October 31, 1989
V. Baranov
Nov. 22, 1993 – Jan. 1, 1994
G. Koyanagi
January 1998 – Present
Visiting Scientists:
O.I. Asubiojo
May 6, 1986 - November 3, 1986
Department of Chemistry
Obafemi Awalowo University
Ile-Ife, Nigeria
CIDA/NSERC Research Associate
H. Wincel
September - November 1988
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Polish Academy of Sciences
Warszawa, Poland
September - December 1992
Jianxun Xu
Winter, 2005.
Department of Chemistry York International Exchange Student
Peking University
Professor Kee H. Lee
July/August 2005
Department of Chemistry and Institute of National Basic Sciences
Wonkwang University
Iksan, Jeonbuk 570-749, S. KOREA
Past Group Members and Their Career Path
Svitlana Prada, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto
Ping Cheng, Ph.D., Associate Professor, NaiKai University, China
Vitali Lavrov, Ph.D., Senior Software Developer, Telecor Inc.
Doina Caraiman, Ph.D., AB/SCIEX, Product Applications Lab, Scientist
Rebecca Milburn, Ph.D., Ontario Ministry of Environment, Scientist
Vladimir Baranov, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
Scott Tanner, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
Yun Ling, Ph.D., Analytical Chemist, University of British Columbia
Jinru Wang, Ph.D., Methyl Gene Incorporated, Pharmaceutical Research
Gervaise Mackay, Ph.D., Unisearch, Research Director
