Department of Materials Science and Engineering

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Faculty of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, as of January 15, 2025

CHAIR

Hatem Zurob

GRADUATE ASSOCIATE CHAIR

Leili Tafaghodi

UNDERGRADUATE ASSOCIATE CHAIR

Oleg Rubel

PROFESSORS

Nabil Bassim/B. Sc. (South Florida), M. Sc., Ph.D. (Florida), P.Eng.
Gianluigi Botton/B.Eng.Phy., Ph.D. (Ecole Polytechnique), F.R.S.C. /Canada Research Chair in Microscopy of Nanoscale Materials
Kathryn Grandfield/B.Eng., M.A.Sc. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Uppsala), P.Eng. / Canada Research Chair in Microscopy of Biomaterials and Biointerfaces / University Scholar  
Joey Kish/B.Eng., Ph.D. (McMaster), P.Eng.
Adrian Kitai/B.Sc. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Cornell), P.Eng.
Dmitri V. Malakhov/B.Sc. (Moscow), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Novosibirsk, Russia), L.E.L.
Joseph R. McDermid/B.Sc. (Hons.) (Queen’s), M. Eng., Ph.D. (McGill), F.I.M.M.M., P.Eng./NSERC/Stelco Industrial Research Chair in Advanced Coated Steels
Marek Niewczas/M.Sc., Ph.D. (Krakow), P.Eng.
André Phillion/B.Eng (McMaster), M.A.Sc, Ph.D. (British Columbia), P.Eng./ ArcelorMittal Dofasco Chair in Ferrous Metallurgy
Igor Zhitomirsky/M.Sc. (State University, Kalinin), Ph.D. (Karpov Institute, Moscow), P.Eng. / Canada Research Chair in Micro-nanotechnology
Hatem S. Zurob/B.Eng., Ph.D. (McMaster), P.Eng.

ADJUNCT PROFESSORS

Mansoor Barati/M.Sc. (Isfahan), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Yves Brechet/D.E.A. (Ecole Polytechnique), Ph.D. (Grenoble)
Kenneth S. Coley/B.Sc. (Strathclyde), Ph.D., D.I.C. (Imperial College, London), F.C.I.M., P.Eng.
Colin Scott/ B. Sc. (Edinburgh), Ph.D (Glasgow)
Sundaresa V. Subramanian/B.Sc. (Banaras), M.Met., Ph.D. (Sheffield)
Stanely Sun/B.Sc., M.A.Sc.(Beijing), Ph.D. (McMaster)

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS

Maureen Lagos/B.S., M.Sc., Ph.D. (State University of Campinas)
Oleg Rubel/M.Sc., Ph.D. (Zaporizhzhja Technical University), P.Eng.
Leili Tafaghodi/B.Sc. (Sharif), M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto), P.Eng.

ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS

Neslihan Dogan/B.Sc. (Yildiz Technical), Ph.D. (Swinburne), P.Eng.
Brent Lievers/B.Eng., M.A.Sc. (Carleton), Ph.D. (Queen’s)
Rakesh Sahu/B.Eng (Jadavpur University), Ph.D. (Chicago)

ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

Bryan E.J. Lee/B.Eng., Ph.D (McMaster)
Nana Ofori-Opoku/B.Eng., M.A.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster) 
Kyla Sask/B.Sc.(Hons.)(Queen’s), Ph.D. (McMaster)

ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

Paria Karimi/B.Sc. (Amirkabir), M.Sc., Ph.D. (University West)
Brian Langelier/BASc. (Waterloo), Ph.D (Waterloo)
Esmaeil Sadeghi/ B.Sc. (Amirkabir), M.Sc. (Tarbiat Modares), Ph.D. (University West)
Tengteng (Toni) Tang/ B. Eng (Huazhong), M. Eng, Ph. D (British Columbia)
Bosco (Hiu Ming) Yu/B.A.Sc., M.A.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Cambridge)
Hui Yuan/ B. Eng. (Northeastern), M. Sc. (Grenoble), Ph. D. (Lyon)

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

Niko Hildebrandt/ Dipl. Ing. FH (Applied Sciences Berlin), Ph.D. (Potsdam)
Gitanjali Kolhatkar/B.Sc., M.Sc. (Ottawa), Ph.D. (Sherbrooke) 

Programs

• Materials Engineering, Materials Engineering Co-op (B.Eng.)

• Materials and Biomedical Engineering, Materials and Biomedical Engineering Co-Op (B.Eng.BME)

• Materials Engineering and Management, Materials Engineering and Management Co-op (B.Eng.Mgt.)

• Materials Engineering and Society, Materials Engineering and Society Co-op (B.Eng.Society)

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