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Canada Excellence Research Chairholders

Canada Excellence Research Chairs are world-class leaders in research and innovation.


  • Marcel Babin
  • Marcel Babin
  • Canada Excellence Research Chair in Remote Sensing of Canada's New Arctic Frontier
  • Université Laval
  • Robert W. Boyd
  • Robert W. Boyd
  • Canada Excellence Research Chair in Quantum Nonlinear Optics
  • University of Ottawa
  • David Cory
  • David Cory
  • Canada Excellence Research Chair in Quantum Information Processing
  • University of Waterloo

  • Ali Emadi
  • Ali Emadi
  • Canada Excellence Research Chair in Hybrid Powertrain
  • McMaster University
  • Oliver Ernst
  • Oliver Ernst
  • Canada Excellence Research Chair in Structural Neurobiology
  • University of Toronto
  • Matthew Farrer
  • Matthew Farrer
  • Canada Excellence Research Chair in Neurogenetics and Translational Neuroscience
  • The University of British Columbia

  • Ian A. Gardner
  • Ian A. Gardner
  • Canada Excellence Research Chair in Aquatic Epidemiology
  • University of Prince Edward Island
  • Michael Houghton
  • Michael Houghton
  • Canada Excellence Research Chair in Virology
  • University of Alberta
  • Younès Messaddeq
  • Younès Messaddeq
  • Canada Excellence Research Chair in Photonic Innovations
  • Université Laval

  • Adrian Owen
  • Adrian Owen
  • Canada Excellence Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience and Imaging
  • Western University
  • D. Graham Pearson
  • D. Graham Pearson
  • Canada Excellence Research Chair in Arctic Resources
  • University of Alberta
  • Bertrand Reulet
  • Bertrand Reulet
  • Canada Excellence Research Chair in Quantum Signal Processing
  • Université de Sherbrooke

  • Frederick Roth
  • Frederick Roth
  • Canada Excellence Research Chair in Integrative Biology
  • University of Toronto
  • Søren Rysgaard
  • Søren Rysgaard
  • Canada Excellence Research Chair in Arctic Geomicrobiology and Climate Change
  • University of Manitoba
  • Thomas Thundat
  • Thomas Thundat
  • Canada Excellence Research Chair in Oil Sands Molecular Engineering
  • University of Alberta

  • Douglas Wallace
  • Douglas Wallace
  • Canada Excellence Research Chair in Ocean Science and Technology
  • Dalhousie University
  • Howard Wheater
  • Howard Wheater
  • Canada Excellence Research Chair in Water Security
  • University of Saskatchewan