The prestigious, arms-length CERC selection board is composed of prominent Canadians and world-renowned experts from various fields.
The following members were appointed to the 2022 CERC selection board:
Chair
Melanie Austen
Professor, School of Biological and Marine Sciences
University of Plymouth
United Kingdom
Members
Shawn Abbott
Co-Founder and Partner
Inovia Capital
Canada
Emma Allen-Vercoe
Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Guelph
Canada
Ali Asaria
CEO
Tulip
Canada
Marcel Babin**
Professor, Department of Biology
Université Laval
Canada
Jill S. Becker
CEO and Founder
Kebotix
United States
Keith Davis
Vice-President of Plant Research, SativaGen Inc.
CEO, Dream Tech LLC
United States
Stewart Elgie
Professor, Faculty of Law and Director, Institute of the Environment
University of Ottawa
Canada
Diana Hicks
Professor, School of Public Policy
Georgia Institute of Technology
United States
Nadine Jagerovic
Research Scientist, Medicinal Chemistry Institute
Spanish National Research Council
Spain
Leon Kochian**
Professor, College of Agriculture and Bioresources
University of Saskatchewan
Canada
Jeremy Luterbacher
Associate Professor, Laboratory of Sustainable and Catalytic Processing
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Switzerland
Joe Mambretti*
Director, International Center for Advanced Internet Research
Northwestern University
United States
Chérif F. Matta
Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry and Physics
Mount Saint Vincent University
Canada
Cary Miller
Associate Professor, Department of Native Studies, and Associate VP, (Indigenous) Scholarship, Research and Curriculum
University of Manitoba
Canada
Corinne Pohlmann
Senior Vice-President, National Affairs and Partnerships
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
Canada
Keith Sharkey
Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
University of Calgary
Canada
Christina Tessier
President and CEO
Ingenium, Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation
Canada
Thundat Thomas**
Professor, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
United States
Anna Triandafyllidou**
Professor, Department of Sociology
Toronto Metropolitan University
Canada
Michael Ungar
Professor, School of Social Work
Dalhousie University
Canada
Jeannette Whitton
Associate Professor, Department of Botany and the Biodiversity Research Centre
The University of British Columbia
Canada
Kim Woodhouse*
Professor Emerita, Department of Chemical Engineering
Queen's University
Canada
*Returning member from previous CERC evaluation processes
**Current or former chairholder
The above information is current as of the time of posting.