Our research chairholders push the boundaries of knowledge in their fields. Awarded in part on the basis of their own research, research chairs are also awarded by virtue of the contributions that a researcher makes to the education and supervision of students and the coordination of other researchers' work.

Canada Research Chairs – Tier 2

Benoît H. Lessard

Benoît H. Lessard

Canada Research Chair in Advanced Polymer Materials and Organic Electronics

Jason Millar

Jason Millar

Canada Research Chair in the Ethical Engineering of Robotics & Artificial Intelligence

Ksenia Dolgaleva

Ksenia Dolgaleva

Canada Research Chair in Integrated Photonics

Melike Erol-Kantarci

Melike Erol-Kantarci

Canada Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence-Enabled, Next-Generation Wireless Networks

Paria Shirani

Paria Shirani

Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity

Di Wang

Di Wang

Canada Research Chair in Cold Region Roads

Canada Research Chairs – Tier 1

Azzedine Boukerche

Azzedine Boukerche

Canada Research Chair in Large-Scale Distributed Simulation Systems and Vehicular Networking

Ghassan Jabbour

Ghassan Jabbour

Canada Research Chair in Engineered Advanced Materials and Devices

Lionel Briand

Lionel Briand

Canada Research Chair in Intelligent Software Dependability and Compliance

Pierre Berini

Pierre Berini

Canada Research Chair in Nanophotonics

Endowed and Sponsored Research Chairs

Robert Delatolla

Robert Delatolla

CIHR Applied Public Health Chair in Environment, Climate Change and One Health

University Research Chairs

Burak Kantarci

Burak Kantarci

University Research Chair in AI-Enabled Secure Networking for Smart Critical Infrastructures

Karin Hinzer

Karin Hinzer

University Research Chair in Photonic Devices for Energy

Mamadou Fall

Mamadou Fall

University Research Chair in Geotechnical Engineering for Net Zero Transitions

Pierre Berini

Pierre Berini

University Research Chair in Surface Plasmon Photonics

Trevor Hall

Trevor Hall

University Research Chair in Photonic Circuits and Integration

Vida Dujmovic

Vida Dujmovic

University Research Chair in Structural and Algorithmic Graph Theory

Former Chairs

  • Isabelle Catelas, Canada Research Chair in Bioengineering in Orthopedics (Tier 2)
  • Hussein Mouftah, Canada Research Chair in Optical Networks
  • Abdulmotaleb El Saddik, University Research Chair in Ambient Interactive Media and Applications
  • Paola Flocchini, University Research Chair on Intruder Agents and the Decontamination of Communication Networks
  • Emil M. Petriu, University Research Chair in Ubiquitous Computing Technologies and E-Society
  • Murat Saatcioglu, University Research Chair in Earthquake Engineering
  • Jianping Yao, University Research Chair in Microwave Photonics
  • Hanan Anis, NSERC Chair in Entrepreneurial Engineering Design
  • Riadh W.Y. Habash, McLaughlin Research Chair in Energy and Health
  • Catherine Mavriplis, NSERC Chair for Women in Science and Engineering (2011-2021)
  • Stavros Tavoularis, Endowed and Sponsored Research Chairs HPCVL - Sun Microsystems Chair in Computational Science and Engineering