Twelve Canada Excellence Research Chairs Present Key Findings in Health, Environment, Water, ICT and Automotive Research at Special Lecture in Vancouver

2012-02-14 17:31:13 -

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/14/12 -- Twelve of Canada's most renowned researchers will present their work and talk about their latest discoveries at a special lecture event at UBC Robson Square in Vancouver. Media will have a chance to engage with these researchers at the Canada Excellence Research Chairs Summit on Wednesday, February 15, 2012.

There will be a photo opportunity and media availability following the event.


Date:       Wednesday, February 15, 2012                                    
Time:       1:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.                                          
Location:   Lecture Theatre C300, UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street,     
            Vancouver, BC

The following 12 chairholders will make presentations:


--  Robert Boyd, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Quantum Nonlinear
    Optics, University of Ottawa 
--  David Cory, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Quantum Information
    Processing, University of Waterloo 
--  Ali Emadi, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Hybrid Powertrain,
    McMaster University 
--  Michael Houghton, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Virology,
    University of Alberta 
--  Younes Messaddeq, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Enabling Photonic
    Innovations for Information and Communication, Universite Laval 
--  Adrian Owen, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience
    and Imaging, The University of Western Ontario 
--  Fritz Roth, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Integrative Biology,
    University of Toronto 
--  Soren Rysgaard, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Arctic
    Geomicrobiology and Climate Change, University of Manitoba 
--  Thomas Thundat, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Oil Sands Molecular
    Engineering, University of Alberta 
--  Philippe Van Cappellen, Canada Excellence Research Chair in
    Ecohydrology, University of Waterloo 
--  Doug Wallace, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Ocean Science and
    Technology, Dalhousie University 
--  Howard Wheater, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Water Security,
    University of Saskatchewan

Contacts:

Michael Adams

Communications Advisor

Canada Excellence Research Chairs Program
michael.adams@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca :

613-944-1758

Cell: 613-219-7523