Two Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering (CivMin) professors are among seven University of Toronto Engineering researchers awarded Canada Research Chairs (CRC). The announcement from the Government of Canada was made Wednesday, Jan. 12.
Prof. Heather MacLean and Prof. Daniel Posen are the Department's newest recipients of a CRC. MacLean receives a CRC in Sustainable Systems and Technology Assessment, with Posen receiving a CRC in System-Scale Environmental Impacts of Energy and Transport Technologies.
A full list of the U of T Engineering researchers awarded CRC are:
- Elizabeth Edwards (ChemE) Canada Research Chair in Anaerobic Biotechnology (renewal)
- Penney Gilbert (BME) Canada Research Chair in Endogenous Repair (renewal)
- Omar F. Khan (BME) Canada Research Chair in Nucleic Acid Therapeutics
- Heather MacLean (CivMin) Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Systems and Technology Assessment (new)
- Daniel Posen (CivMin) Canada Research Chair in System-Scale Environmental Impacts of Energy and Transport Technologies (new)
- Milica Radisic (BME, ChemE) Canada Research Chair in Organ-on-a-Chip Engineering (new)
- Ning Yan (ChemE) Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Bioproducts (new)
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