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Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Intermolecular Forces and Interfacial Science
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EWR Steacie Memorial Fellowship
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Engineering Research Award
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Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award
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Faculty of Engineering Career Research Award
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Fellow of The Royal Society of Canada
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Fellowship
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Great Supervisor Award
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Hatch Innovation Award
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International Award for Outstanding Young Chemical Engineer
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Killam Annual Professorship
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Senior University of Alberta Engineering Research Chair
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A Molecular Dynamics Study of the Effect of Asphaltenes on Toluene/Water Interfacial Tension: Surfactant or Solute?
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Adsorption kinetics of asphaltenes at oil/water interface: Effects of concentration and temperature
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Adsorption of Violanthrone-79-Based Model Asphaltenes on Quartz Surfaces Studied by Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Asphaltene Behaviors and Models
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Bio-inspired, facile and scalable surface functionalization approach with small molecules for multitasking oil decontamination
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Effect of Model Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds on the Coalescence of Water-in-Oil Emulsion Droplets
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Effect of Non-ionic Surfactants on the Adsorption of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds at Water/Oil interface: A Molecular Simulation Study
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Effect of Salinity on Water/Oil Interface with Model Asphaltene and Non-Ionic Surfactants: Insights from Molecular Simulations
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Effect of charge density of reverse emulsion breaker on demulsification performance for steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) emulsions under high temperature and high pressure
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Effect of model demulsifiers on the adsorption of model asphaltene at water/oil interface: a molecular simulation study
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Effects of Surfactants on Droplet Deformation and Breakup in Water-in-Oil Emulsions Under DC Electric Field: A Molecular Dynamics Study
Article in professional or trade journals
Electrochemical investigation of the interactions of organic and inorganic depressants on basal and edge planes of molybdenite
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Facile and scalable surface functionalization approach with small silane molecules for oil/water separation and demulsification of surfactant/asphaltenes-stabilized emulsions
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
High-efficiency and Durable Removal of Water-in-Heavy Oil Emulsions Enabled by Delignified and Carboxylated Basswood with Zwitterionic Nanohydrogel Coatings
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Hydrophobic Interactions in Water and Hydrophilic Interaction in Oil of Polymers, Emulsions and Bubbles
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Hydrophobic Interactions in Water and “Hydrophilic” Interaction in Oil of Polymers, Minerals, Emulsions and Bubbles
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Interactions and Surface Wettability
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Interaction Mechanisms of Water-in-Oil and Oil-in-Water Emulsions in Oil Production
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Interactions of Emulsion Drops and Gas Bubbles in Complex Fluids: Hydrophobic Interaction in Water and Hydrophilic Interaction in Oil
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Interfacial Behavior and Interaction Mechanism of Pentol/Water Interface Stabilized with Asphaltenes
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Interfacial Science and Colloidal Interactions in Oil Production
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Intermolecular and Interfacial Interactions in Engineering Processes: Emulsions in Oil Production as An Example
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Intermolecular and Surface Forces at Solid/Oil/Water/Gas Interfaces in Petroleum Production
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Intermolecular and Surface Interactions at Solid/Oil/Water/Gas Interfaces in Oil Production
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Intermolecular and Surface Interactions in Engineering Processes
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Model Asphaltenes between Surfaces of Varying Polarity
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Molecular Dynamics Simulation on Water/Oil Interface with Model Asphaltene Subjected to Electric Field
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Molecular Dynamics Study on the Mechanism of Graphene Oxide to Destabilize Oil-Water Emulsion
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Molecular Simulation of Folding and Aggregation of Multi-Core Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Molecular Simulations on the Coalescence of Water-in-Oil Emulsion Droplets with Non-ionic Surfactant and Model
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Novel Core-Shell Microsphere with Superhydrophilic Polyelectrolytes for Breaking Asphaltenes Stabilized Water-In-Oil Emulsions and the Surface Interaction Mechanism
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Novel Fe3O4 Based Superhydrophilic Core-shell Microspheres for Breaking Asphaltenes-stabilized Water-in-oil Emulsion
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Novel polymer nanoparticles with core-shell structure for breaking asphaltenes-stabilized W/O and O/W emulsions
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Probing molecular interactions between humic acid and surface-grafted polyacrylamide using quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation and atomic force microscopy: implications for environmental remediation
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Probing the Coalescence Mechanism of Water Droplet and Oil/Water Interface in Demulsification Process under DC Electric Field
Article in professional or trade journals
Probing the Effect of Salt on Asphaltene Aggregation in Aqueous Solutions Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Probing the Effect of Salt on Asphaltene Aggregation in Aqueous Solutions Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Probing the Interaction Mechanism between Oil Droplets with Asphaltenes and Solid Surfaces Using AFM
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Probing the Interactions of Emulsions, Bubbles and Fine Solids in Complex Fluids and Confined Space
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Probing the Interfacial Behaviors of Interfacially Active and Non-Active Asphaltenes and Their Impact on Emulsion Stability
Article in professional or trade journals
Probing the Interfacial Forces and Surface Interaction Mechanisms in Petroleum Production Processes
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Probing the Surface Forces between Air Bubbles and Bitumen via Direct Force Measurements: Effects of Aqueous Chemistry
Article in professional or trade journals
Probing the Surface Forces in Bitumen Extraction using a Bubble Probe AFM
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Probing the interactions between Pickering emulsion droplets stabilized with pH-responsive nanoparticles
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Probing the interactions between Pickering emulsion droplets with pH-responsive nanoparticles
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Quantifying Hydrophobic Interaction and the Correlation to Surface Wettability
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Recent Advances in Bubble-based Technologies: Underlying Interaction Mechanisms and Applications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Recent Advances in Hydrophobic Interactions and Surface Wettability
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Recent Advances in the Quantification and Modulation of Hydrophobic Interactions for Interfacial Applications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Role of Molecular Architecture in the Modulation of Hydrophobic Interactions
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Stabilization Mechanism and Interaction Forces of Emulsions with Asphaltenes
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Surface Interaction Mechanisms in Mineral Flotation: Fundamentals, Measurements, and Perspectives
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Surface Interaction Mechanisms of Air Bubbles, Asphaltenes and Oil Drops in Aqueous Solutions with Implications for Interfacial Engineering Processes
Article in professional or trade journals
Surface Interactions between Water-in-Oil Emulsions with Asphaltenes and Electroless Nickel–Phosphorus Coating
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Synergetic Adsorption of Polymers on Montmorillonite: Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
The effect of clay type and solid wettability on bitumen extraction from Canadian oil sands
Article in professional or trade journals
Understanding Adsorption of Violanthrone-79 as a Model Asphaltene Compound on Quartz Surface Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Understanding the Complex Interfacial Behaviors and Molecular Interaction Mechanisms of Asphaltenes at the Oil/Water/Solid Interfaces
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Understanding the Interactions and Stability of Emulsions in the presence of Asphaltenes
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Understanding the Interfacial Behaviors and Molecular Interaction Mechanisms of Asphaltenes Using Experimental and Theoretical Methods
Conference/Symposium/Workshop Contribution
Understanding the Properties of Bitumen Froth from Oil Sands Surface Mining and Treatment of Water-in-oil Emulsions
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Unraveling Partial Coalescence between Droplet and Oil-Water Interface in Water-in-oil Emulsions Under a Direct-current Electric Field via Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Article in professional or trade journals
Unraveling the Hydrophobic Interaction Mechanisms of Hydrocarbon and Fluorinated Surfaces
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article
Unravelling the Interaction of Water-in-Oil Emulsion Droplets via Molecular Simulations and Surface Force Measurements
Peer-Reviewed Journal Article