Faculty With Named Chairs

If you can't find one of your professors in his or her office, you may find him or her with an eye to a microscope in the lab, on a boat tracking whales, or in a courtroom providing expert testimony. Faculty of Science professors are very active in their fields advancing scientific knowledge through research.

The following faculty members hold named research chairs. You can find out about the research of most other faculty by exploring the department websites.

	Shelley Adamo FoS Killam Professor ('15) Psychology
	Chris Beaumont Canada Research Chair in Geodynamics, Tier 1 Oceanography
	Axel Becke, FRSSC University Killam Chair in Computational Science Chemistry
	Paul Bentzen University Research Professor ('13), and DFO Chair, Fisheries Resource Conservation Genetics Biology
	Bernie Boudreau FoS Killam Professor ('14) Oceanography

	Russell J. Boyd Alexander McLeod Professor of Chemistry Chemistry
	Richard Brown University Research Professor ('14) Psychology
	Neil Burford Canada Research Chair in Synthesis & Characterisation of Materials, Tier 1 Harry Shirreff Professor of Chemical Research Chemistry
	Christine Chambers Canada Research Chair in Pain and Child Health, Tier 2 Pediatrics/Psychology
	Alan Coley University Research Professor Mathematics & Statistics
	Penny Corkum FoS Killam Prize ('11), Psychology Department
	John Cullen University Research Professor ('16) Oceanography
	Jeff Dahn Canada Research Chair in Battery and Fuel Cell Materials, Tier 1 Physics & Atmospheric Science
	James Drummond, FRSC Canada Research Chair in Remote Sounding of Atmospheres, Tier 1 Physics & Atmospheric Science
	Katja Fennel Canada Research Chair in Marine Prediction, Tier 2 Oceanography
	John Gosse Canada Research Chair in Earth System Evolution, Tier 2 Earth Sciences
	Jon Grant FoS Killam Professor ('16) Oceanography
	Brian Hall, FRSC University Research Professor Emeritus and George S. Campbell Professor of Biology Emeritus Biology
	Kimberley Hall Canada Research Chair in Condensed Matter Physics & Photonics, Tier 2 Physics & Atmospheric Science
	Jeff Hutchings Canada Research Chair in Evolution and Ecology , Tier 2 Biology
	Sara Iverson University Research Professor ('14) Biology
	Rebecca Jamieson Carnegie Professor of Earth Sciences Earth Sciences
	Ray Klein, FRSC University Research Professor ('15) Psychology
	Hans Jurgen Kreuzer, FRSC A.C. Fales Professor of Theoretical Physics Physics and Atmospheric Science
	Marlon Lewis FoS Killam Professor ('12) Oceanography
	Heike Lotze Canada Research Chair in Marine Renewable Resources, Tier 2 Biology
	Thomas MacRae George S. Campbell Professor of Biology Biology
	Randal Martin FoS Killam Professor ('15) and Killam Prize ('10) Physics and Atmospheric Science
	Pat McGrath, OC, FRSC Canada Research Chair in Pediatric Pain, Tier 1 Psychology
	Ian Meinertzhagen Canada Council Killam Research Fellow University Research Professor ('15) Psychology
	Chris Moore FoS Killam Professor ('12) Psychology
	Mladen Nedimovic Canada Research Chair in Geophysics and Petroleum Exploration, Tier 2 Earth Sciences
	Aaron Newman Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience, Tier 2 Psychology
	Mark Obrovac NSERC/3M Canada Ltd. Industrial Research Chair Chemistry
	Lars Osberg University Research Professor Economics
	Shelley Phipps Maxwell Chair of Economics Economics

	Daniel Rainham Elizabeth May Chair in Sustainability and Environmental Health Environmental Science Program
	Harm Rotermund George Munro Professor of Physics Physics and Atmospheric Science
	Ben Rusak, FRSC University Research Professor Psychology/Psychiatry
	Daniel Ruzzante Canada Research Chair in Marine Conservation Genetics, Tier 2 Biology
	Robert Scheibling FoS Killam Professor ('13) Biology
	Mark Stradiotto FoS Killam Professor ('16) Harry Shirreff Prize for Excellence in Research in Chemistry Chemistry
	Helmuth Thomas Canada Research Chair in Marine Biogeochemistry, Tier 2 Oceanography
	Keith Thompson Canada Research Chair in Marine Prediction & Environmental Sciences, Tier 1 Mathematics & Statistics/Oceanography
	Donald Weaver Canada Research Chair in Clinical Neuroscience, Tier 1 Chemistry
	Peter Wentzell FoS Killam Professor ('14) Chemistry
	Mary Anne White University Research Professor ('15) Chemistry
	Hal Whitehead University Research Professor ('16) Biology
	Josef Zwanziger Canada Research Chair in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Materials, Tier 1 Chemistry