Our Research Team

Mosey group. May, 2017. Left to right: Alex Harper, Laura Laverdure, Nick Mosey, Soran Jahangiri, Yaoting Zhang, Duncan Stuart

Nick Mosey

Group Leader

Room 403 Chernoff Hall



  • PDF: Princeton University, Dept. of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering. Prof. Emily Carter (2006 - 2008)

  • PhD: University of Western Ontario, Dept. of Chemistry. Prof. Tom Woo (2001 - 2006)

  • BSc: University of Western Ontario, Dept. of Chemistry. (1997 - 2001)

Shideh Ahmadi

Postdoctoral Fellow

Room 313 Chernoff Hall



  • PDF: University of Calgary, Dept. of Chemistry. Prof. Dennis Salahub (2016 - 2018)

  • PhD: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Singapore (2011 - 2016)

  • MSc: University of Technology, Tehran, Solid State Physics, (2005 - 2008)

  • Project: Modeling the material structure/electrocatalytic behaviour relationships of Ni-complexes and Bi-modified palladium nanoparticles in fuel cell and catalyst applications.

Yaoting Zhang

PhD Student

Room 312 Chernoff Hall



  • MSc: Saint Mary’s University, Dept. of Chemistry. Prof. Corey Pye (2009 - 2012)

  • BSc: Acadia Universtiy, Dept. of Chemistry. Prof. John Murimboh (2002 - 2006)

  • Project: Modeling the response of small molecules to compression and shear to develop functional lubrication strategies.

Laura Laverdure

PhD Student

Room 313 Chernoff Hall



  • MSc: Laurentian University, Dept. of Chemical Sciences. Prof. G. Arteca (2012 - 2015)

  • BSc: Laurentian University, Dept. of Chemical Sciences. Prof. G. Arteca (2009 - 20012)

  • Project: Modeling and predicting the mechanochemical activation of solid-state transformations.

Duncan Stuart

Undergraduate Student

Room 313 Chernoff Hall



  • Project: Improving the performance of the contracted planewave basis function code.

Former Members of the Mosey Group

40. Soran Jahangiri, PDF (2014 - 2018)

Current position: Research Scientist at Xanadu Quantum Computing


39. Gavin Heverly-Coulson, PDF (2012 - 2014)

Current position: Senior Research Engineer at HERE Technologies


38. Prakash Dayal, PDF (2010 - 2014)

Current position: Senior Researcher are ESG Solutions


37. Hongjuan Zhu, PDF (2010 - 2011)

Current position: PDF, University of Tennessee


36. Gurpaul Kochhar, PhD student (2011 - 2016), MSc student (2009 - 2011)

Current position: Instructor at Durham College


35. Chris Maxwell, PhD student (2009 - 2012)

Current position: Research Scientist at Chalk River Laboratories


34. Mathew Neal, MSc student (2014 - 2016)

Current position: PhD Student, University of Toronto


33. Stephanie Whyte, MSc student (2012 - 2015)

Current position: Account Representative at Thermo Fisher Scientific


32. Carolyn Carkner, MSc student (2011 - 2013), summer student (2009, 2010)

Current position: Software Verification Specialist at SCIEX


31. Adrian Bailey, MSc student (2010 - 2011), summer student (2009)

Current position: PhD Student at ETH Zurich


30. Ben Carver, MSc student (2008 - 2010), research assistant (2010 - 2012)

Current position: Owner and Artist, Primal Poodle Painting


29. Alex Harper, undergraduate research assistant (2017 - 2018)

Current position: Graduate student


28. Shaarini Ravitharan, undergraduate research assistant (2017 - 2018)

Current position: Undergraduate student


27. Mitchell Arnew, BSc thesis student (2017 - 2018)

Current position: Recent Graduate


26. Michael Li, BSc thesis student (2017 - 2018)

Current position: Teacher’s College


25. Jacqueline Mersereau, BSc thesis student (2017 - 2018)

Current position: Recent Graduate


24. Duncan Stuart, summer student (2017)

Current position: Returning Member of Mosey Group (2018)


23. Chloe Graham, BSc thesis student (2016-2017)

Current position: MSc student at Western University


22. Hannah Taylor, BSc thesis student (2016 - 2017)

Current position: Teacher


21. Joseph Willemsen, BSc thesis student (2015 - 2016), summer student (2016)

Current position: Teacher


20. Jeff Mountjoy, summer student (2013, 2014)

Current position: Computer Scientist at Queen’s University


19. Adam Hall, BSc thesis student (2013 - 2014), NSERC summer student (2014)

Current position: Space Robotics Systems and Controls Engineer at MDA


18. Alex Ford, BSc thesis student (2013 - 2014)

Current position: Unknown


17. Matthew Pacchione, BSc thesis student (2012 - 2013)

Current position: Quality Assurance at Aecon Group Inc.


16. Michael Kilgour, BSc thesis student (2012 - 2013)

Current position: PhD Student at University of Toronto


15. Michelle Todd, BSc thesis student (2012 - 2013)

Current position: Youth Program Content Advisor & Developer at The Phuse


14. Justin Brooks, BSc thesis student (2011 - 2012)

Current position: Production Engineer at Athabasca Oil Corporation


13. Steven Brooks, BSc thesis student (2011 - 2012)

Current position: Unknown


12. Julie Sischek, BSc thesis student (2011 - 2012)

Current position: Educational Developer, Postgraduate Medical Education at Western University


11. Leanne Chen, BSc thesis student (2011 - 2012), summer student (2011)

Current position: PDF at Caltech


10. Jamie Evans, BSc thesis student (2010 - 2011), summer student (2011)

Current position: Process Support Specialist at PnuVax SL Biopharmaceuticals


9. Robert Lee, BSc thesis student (2010 - 2011), summer student (2011)

Current position: MBA / MA Candidate at The Wharton School


8. Julie Winterburn, BSc thesis student (2010 - 2011)

Current position: Image Processing & Machine Learning Developer


7. Faisal Abdullah, BSc thesis student (2009 - 2010)

Current position: Unknown


6. Sarah Haw, BSc thesis student (2009 - 2010)

Current position: Project Manager at Black & McDonald Limited


5. Jason Beischlag, summer student (2009)

Current position: Applications Engineer at Enerflex Ltd.


4. Chris Carr, BSc thesis student (2008 - 2009)

Current position: Vice President, Special Risk at Sutton Special Risk


3. Sabine Weyand, BSc thesis student (2008 - 2009)

Current position: Instructor, School of Engineering at The University of British Columbia


2. Joanne McNeish, summer student (2008)

Current position: Research Engineer (EIT) at NOVA Chemicals


1. Grant Pettypiece, summer student (2008)

Current position: Environmental Engineering Professional


Contact Information

Nick Mosey
Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Arts & Science
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
Queen’s University
Kingston, ON, Canada K7L 3N6
moseyn@queensu.ca  
613-533-2650