Jiheon Kim received his Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Engineering from Seoul National University under the supervision of Prof. Taeghwan Hyeon. His Ph.D. research was in novel nanomaterials for energy conversion and storage applications. He joined the group in July 2022 as an A3MD postdoctoral fellow, and his current focus is on AI-accelerated catalytic materials discovery with high-throughput experimentation.

Feng Li received his Ph.D. degree under the supervision of Prof. Anna Klinkova in August 2022, from the Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. His research mainly focused on studying the stability and catalytic mechanism of the metal-based CO2 reduction electrocatalyst by using density functional theory and finite element method. He joined the Sinton lab as a postdoctoral fellow in September 2022 with research interests in computational electrochemistry and CO2 capture.

Jieyuan Liu received her Ph.D. (2023) in Materials science and Engineering at Beihang University, China. Her doctoral research centered on the application for hydrogen energy, including electrocatalysis (ORR, CO2RR, HOR etc.), proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) and hydrogen storage. She is skilled at the synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials, PEMFC device fabrication, and DFT simulation using VASP.

Jieyuan joined the Sinton Lab as a postdoctoral fellow in September 2023 and current research is focused on CO2 conversion.

Zunmin Guo obtain his Ph.D. (2022) in Advanced Functional Materials and Analytical Science from the University of Manchester, UK, supervised by Prof. Stuart Holmes. His Ph.D. studies mainly focused on membrane electrode assembly development in high-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells. After his Ph.D., Zunmin worked in Prof. Hyunjoo Lee's lab (KAIST) as a postdoctoral researcher to develop high-temperature CO2 reduction system. He joined the Sinton lab in September 2023 as a postdoctoral fellow focusing on CO2 capture and conversion.

Tanushree Ghosh received her PhD degree in 2023 from the Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India from the department of Physics under the supervision of Professor Rajesh Kumar. During her PhD she worked on Electrochromic materials and devices, largely studying and researching on their multi-functional applications. She has joined the group in November 2023 and will be working with the eDAC subgroup.

Hyeon Seok Lee completed his Ph.D. at Seoul National University under the supervision of Prof. Taeghwan Hyeon, focusing on the development of efficient catalysts for electrocatalytic hydrogen production and utilization. In January 2024, he joined the A3MD group as a postdoctoral fellow. His current research focus centers on the exploration of AI-accelerated materials discovery, with a primary emphasis on discovering novel electrocatalysts for reactions, including CO2/CO reduction and oxygen evolution reaction.

Hyun Sik received his Ph.D. under the guidance of Prof. Kijung Yong in August 2023 at POSTECH, South Korea. His prior research focused on developing novel photocatalysts for fuel production applications and studying charge transfer dynamics. He joined the group in Mar. 2024 as a postdoctoral fellow, co-supervised by Prof. Sinton and Prof. Sargent. His current research focuses on the design of electrocatalysts and electrochemical systems for CO2 reduction.

Dr. Abbas obtained his Ph.D. in computational physics from Jeonbuk National University in the Republic of South Korea, under the guidance of Professor Jae-Ryang Hahn. Subsequently, he undertook postdoctoral research at DGIST and Korea University's Seoul campus, under the supervision of Professor Stefan Ringe. His research endeavors focus on pioneering computational design methodologies tailored for sustainable energy conversion. Specifically, he specializes in the precise prediction of novel materials using cutting-edge machine learning potentials. Furthermore, his work delves into the intricate realms of electronic structure and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) modeling using Density Functional Theory (DFT). Additionally, he is deeply intrigued by investigating phase transitions in metallic glasses, employing advanced machine learning potentials.

Dr. Barati earned her Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Calgary in 2022. Her research has primarily focused on membrane treatment for selective separation. Her expertise spans from the study of flow in porous media to surface modification using nanotechnology, and designing membrane systems for water treatment.

In 2023, Dr. Barati joined the SintonLab as a postdoctoral fellow. In her new role, she will be spearheading research on the electrocatalytic reduction of flue gas to produce value-added products.

Qian Sun completed her Ph.D (2023) in School of Chemistry at University of New South Wales, where she also works as a postdoctoral fellow for six months. Her research mainly focuses on developing efficient single atom catalysts for CO2-to-CO and CO-to-acetate/C2+ electro-conversion. She obtained an Australia Government Research Training Program Scholarship and the Dean’s Award for Outstanding PhD Theses in 2019 and 2023, respectively.

In July 2024, Qian joined the SintonLab as a postdoctoral fellow with research interests in catalyzing electroreduction of CO2/CO to multi-carbon species (C2+).   

Qiyou Wang completed his PhD (2024) in School of Physics at Central South University. His research focused on the active sites design and catalytic mechanism of electrocatalysis toward CO2RR, OER, HER etc. Qiyou joined the Sinton lab as a postdoctoral fellow in August 2024 and his research is mainly in CO2 reduction to C2H4 by virtue of the design of membrane electrode assembly and catalysts.

Jiexin Zhu received his Ph.D. (2023) in Materials science and Engineering at Wuhan University of Technology in Prof. Liqiang Mai's research group. His primary research lies in the field of electrocatalysis, with specific interests in CO2/CO reduction, methanol oxidation, and oxygen evolution reactions. His work emphasizes the control of the surface coordination environment of electrocatalysts and employs in-situ characterization techniques, including infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray absorption spectroscopy.

 Jiexin joined the Sinton Lab in August 2024 as a postdoctoral fellow, co-supervised by Prof. Sinton and Prof. Sargent. His current research focuses on the design of electrocatalysts and electrochemical systems for CO2/CO reduction.

Zhizheng Wu received his Ph.D. degree under the supervision of Prof. Minrui Gao in June 2024, from the Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China. His research interest is in the field of electrocatalytic conversion of small molecules. He is skilled at the synthesis of catalysts, development of in-situ characterization technologies and optimization of reaction devices. He joined the Sinton lab as a postdoctoral fellow in September 2024. His current research focuses on CO2 conversion.

Goutham Rangarajan completed his PhD (2023) in Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry from the University of Toronto, supervised by Prof. Ramin Farnood. His PhD research mainly focused on the development of nanoparticles for harvesting solar energy and developing catalytic processes for the selective upcycling of lignocellulosic wastes. After his PhD, Goutham was awarded the Climate Positive Energy Postdoctoral Fellowship to design photocatalytic systems for upcycling of polystyrene waste. He joined the Sinton lab in September 2024 as a postdoctoral fellow focusing on CO2 conversion.

Yangbo Ma received his Ph.D. degree in Materials Chemistry from City University of Hong Kong under the guidance of Prof. Zhanxi Fan in August 2024. Then he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at The University of Hong Kong under the supervision of Prof. Zhengxiao Guo. He joined the group as a Postdoctoral Fellow in March 2025, co-supervised by Prof. Sargent and Prof. Sinton. His research interests focus on electrochemical CO2 reduction and tandem catalysis.

Lei Wang received his Ph.D. in Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering from the University of Waterloo in 2025. His research focused on the functional design of nanomaterials and in situ multi-modal spectroscopic studies to uncover reaction mechanisms, involving CO2 reduction reaction, CO reduction reaction, and oxygen evolution reaction. In April 2025, he joined the Sinton Lab as a postdoctoral fellow, where his current research centers on the functional design of membrane electrode assemblies to promote large-scale CO2 conversion.

Hang Zhang received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the National University of Singapore in 2023. He continued in the same research group as a research fellow from January 2023 to May 2025, where his work centered on redox-mediated energy storage and conversion systems, including decoupled water splitting, metal–air fuel cells, and thermoelectric energy conversion. In May 2025, he joined the Sinton Lab at the University of Toronto as a postdoctoral fellow, where he currently focuses on electrochemical CO2 conversion.

Shayan completed his master’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering at Sharif University of Technology, followed by a Ph.D. in Chemistry at McMaster University, where his research focused on surface electrochemical reactions and charge transfer mechanisms of carbon-based electrodes in aqueous electrolytes. He continued at McMaster as a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Drew Higgins’ group, working on catalyst design and device prototyping for the co-conversion of CO2 to ethanol and the anodic upgrading of organic polyols (glycerol and ethanol) into value-added chemicals. Shayan is currently an NSERC postdoctoral fellow in the Sinton Lab at the University of Toronto, co-supervised by Dr. Drew Higgins at McMaster University. His current research focuses on developing catalysts and device prototypes for high-conversion electrochemical CO2 reduction to ethanol.

Behnam Nourmohammadi Khiarak received a B.Sc. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Tabriz, and an M.Sc. in Materials Science and Engineering from Sharif University of Technology. He then pursued a Ph.D. in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Queen’s University under the supervision of Dr. Cao Thang Dinh. His research focused on CO2 electroreduction from gas-fed system and carbon reactive capture solutions, including reactor and catalyst design. In 2025, he joined Prof. Sinton’s Research Group as a Postdoctoral Researcher, where he is working on scaling the direct conversion of carbon capture solutions.

Kaige Shi obtained his B.S in Physics from the Southern University of Science and Technology and  Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Central Florida under the supervision of Prof. Xiaofeng Feng. His doctoral research focused on elucidating the effects of electrolyte cations and electrode wettability on the reaction kinetics and bubble dynamics of electrocatalytic reactions. He has expertise in fundamental mechanism research of the electrochemical process at solid-gas-liquid interfaces and in the use of scanning electrochemical microscope(SECM). In September 2025, he joined the Sinton Lab at the University of Toronto, where he is co-supervised by Dr. Weilai Yu and is currently working on electrochemical CO₂ conversion.

Panos completed his B.Eng in Chemical Engineering at McMaster University in 2020. During his undergrad he completed a thesis project investigating heavy metal contamination and treatment of drinking water in Indigenous Reserves in Southern Ontario. He also worked on a joint industrial research project with the University of Queensland developing an energy model for renewable power generation in the mining industry.

Panos joined the Sinton Lab in September 2020 in the Catalysis group. He is working on CO2 reduction through electrocatalysis.