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Group members

Principal Investigator:

Eric McCalla, Associate Professor

Eric McCalla B.Sc. (Mount Allison University, 2000), M.Sc. (McGill University, 2002), B.Ed. (Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2005), Ph.D. (Dalhousie University, 2013)
Postdocs at the Collège-de-France (Paris, France, 2014-2015) and the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, USA, 2015-2017)

Office: OM 426
Phone: (514) 398-1074

Full publication list available at google scholar.

eric.mccalla [at] mcgill.ca

Post-doctoral fellows

Dr. Antoine Juneau

Antoine Juneau headshot BSc, MSc, PhD (Université du Québec à Montréal)

In January 2023, Antoine joined the McCalla group after successfully completing his Ph.D. at Université du Québec à Montréal. His project is a collaborative effort with Prof. Janine Mauzeroll and aims to develop high-throughput methodologies for electrosynthesis and apply them to hypervalent-iodine mediated electrosynthesis.

antoine.juneau [at] mcgill.ca

Dr. Parisa Vahdatkhah

Parisa headshot. parisa.vahdatkhah [at] mail.mcgill.ca

Dr. Janine Richter

Janine Richter Janine joined the group in 2024 after completing her PhD at Dresden University of Technology, where she worked with ionic liquids to find a more sustainable way of metal production and battery recycling. Her current research is focused on the synthesis and characterization of high-throughput lithium-ion battery cathode materials at the interface with machine learning. When not working in the lab, Janine enjoys hiking, reading good books, playing board games and is also an enthusiastic science communicator.

janine.richter [at] mcgill.ca

Ph.D. Students:

Alex Hebert

Alex Hebert, at some vague point in history B.Sc. (Acadia University, 2019)

Alex hails from Dartmouth NS, joining the group in fall 2019 after completing a BScH in chemistry from Acadia University. Currently, he is working on optimizing high-throughput techniques to characterize large regions of the NMC cathode space in order to uncover high performance materials for next-gen batteries. Previously he worked on investigating shuttle reactions in Li-ion cells in the Dahn group at Dalhousie University, as well as completing two internships with Tesla’s battery research division. Outside the lab, he can be found lounging in a café, taking in the classic cult comedy Community for the 7^th time, or trying to find the hottest up-and-coming alt-indie tracks (follow him on Spotify).

alexander.hebert [at] mail.mcgill.ca

Ethan Anderson

Ethan Anderson B.Sc. (McGill University, 2019)

Ethan joined the group after completing his B.Sc. at McGill in 2019. Currently he is working on mapping the phase space of the Li-ion solid electrolyte Li₇La₃Zr₂O₁₂ and related Li-La-Zr-O compositions using high-throughput synthesis and characterization techniques developed by the group. He is also working with Dr. Khaliullin of McGill developing a force field based method of simulating lithium diffusion in the similar Li-La-Ti-O system. In his spare time Ethan can be found at the gym or playing computer or board games with friends.

ethan.anderson [at] mail.mcgill.ca

Shipeng Jia

B.Sc. (Southern University of Technology and Science, 2019)

After completing his B.Sc. at SUSTech in Shenzhen, Shipeng took interest in battery research for its ability to provide clean and environmentally friendly energy. Since joining the group in 2020 he now works on high-throughput synthesis and characterization of sodium-ion cathode materials. In his spare time Shipeng enjoys cooking and can often be found playing snooker or soccer.

shipeng.jia [at] mail.mcgill.ca

Marzieh Abdolhosseini

Marzieh Abdolhosseini B.Sc. (K.N.Toosi University of Technology, 2017)
M.Sc. (University of Tehran, 2019)

Marzieh joined the group in the Fall of 2021 and is now working on making improved cathodes for Na-ion batteries.

marzieh.abdolhosseini [at] mail.mcgill.ca

Nooshin Zeinali Galabi

Office: OM 430
nooshin.zeinaligalabi [at] mail.mcgill.ca

Michael Sieffert

B.Sc. (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo)

Born and raised in California, Michael obtained his B.Sc. in 2021. Before starting at McGill, he worked in many different fields of chemistry from polymer synthesis to spectroscopy of organometallic ligands. In the McCalla lab, he works on developing new safe high power anodes relying primarily on Nb. In his free time, Michael can often be found reading, learning languages or spending time outside cross country skiing.

michael.sieffert [at] mail.mcgill.ca

Jean-Danick Lavertu

Jean-Danick Lavertu jean-danick.lavertu [at] mail.mcgill.ca

Masters Student:

Leyth Saglio

Visiting MSc scholar (January 2024 - ).

Elliot Zolfaghar

elliot.zolfaghar [at] mail.mcgill.ca

Marc Kamel

Marc Kamel. B.Eng (American University of Beirut, Lebanon)

Marc joined the McCalla lab in 2022, co-supervised by Dr. Kirk Bevan. As one of the lab's best (and only) engineer, he focuses on synthesizing and characterizing delafossite semiconducting oxides in both polycrystalline and single crystal forms and also performs DFT calculations to support the experiments. Outside the lab, Marc can be found playing chess, watching anime or movies and discovering new Rubik’s cubes.

marc.kamel2 [at] mail.mcgill.ca

Stephanie Bazylevych

Stephanie Bazylevych. Stephanie comes from Calgary, AB and completed her B.Sc. at McGill in 2023. Previously, she held a food science internship in a Calgary-based kombucha brewery, worked on cathode coatings, and worked on mussel-inspired metallopolymers. She returned to the McCalla lab to work on high-power Nb-based anodes. In her free time, Stephanie enjoys climbing, painting, going to the cinema, and scouting new cafes.

stephanie.Bazylevych [at] mail.mcgill.ca

Undergraduate researchers

Sibyl Martasek

September 2023 -

Julia Wright

April 2024 -

Julie Cagnard