Canada Research Chairs
Memorial is home to 17 Canada Research Chairs, held by some of our leading researchers in fields such as archeology, healthy aging and marine bioscience.
The Canada Research Chairs Program was established by the Government of Canada to enable Canadian universities to achieve the highest levels of research excellence.
The Chairs Program offers Memorial an opportunity to strengthen its research culture, infrastructure and reputation by retaining outstanding researchers and recruiting new faculty members with exceptional research records.
Senior Chairs (Tier 1)
Tier 1 Chairs, tenable for seven years and renewable, are for outstanding researchers acknowledged by their peers as world leaders in their fields.
Dr. Beverley A. Diamond, Canada Research Chair in Traditional Music/Ethnomusicology
Dr. William R. Driedzic, Canada Research Chair in Marine Bioscience
Dr. Paul G. Mezey, Canada Research Chair in Scientific Modelling and Simulation
Dr. Thomas I. Michalak, Canada Research Chair in Viral Hepatitis/Immunology
Dr. Priscilla Renouf, Canada Research Chair in North Atlantic Archeology
Junior Chairs (Tier 2)
Tier 2 Chairs, tenable for five years and renewable once, are for exceptional emerging researchers, acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead in their field.
Dr. Ralf Bachmayer, Canada Research Chair in Ocean Technology
Dr. Mario Blaser, Canada Research Chair in Aboriginal Studies
Dr. Valerie Booth, Canada Research Chair Proteomics
Dr. Qiying Chen, Canada Research Chair in Photonics
Dr. Duncan McIlroy, Canada Research Chair in Petroleum Geoscience/ Geotechnology
Dr. Matthew L. Rise, Canada Research Chair in Marine Biotechnology
Dr. Paul V. R. Snelgrove, Canada Research Chair in Boreal and Cold Ocean Systems
Dr. Lev Tarasov, Canada Research Chair in Glacial Dynamics Modelling
Dr. Gerard E. Van Herk, Canada Research Chair in Regional Language and Oral Text
Dr. Wendy Young, Canada Research Chair in Healthy Aging
Dr. Susan Ziegler, Canada Research Chair in Environmental Science