Review committee
Program type
Grants & Scholarships → Grant → Discovery Research
Committee ID
1501
Competition year
2026
| Role | Name | Organization | End date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group chair | Alisa Piekny | Concordia University | 2027 |
| Co-chairs | Tavis Anderson | U.S. Department of Agriculture | 2026 |
| Nicolas Doucet | Institut national de la recherche scientifique | 2026 | |
| Kirk Hillier | Acadia University | 2026 | |
| Leigh Anne Swayne | University of Victoria | 2026 | |
| Matthew Vickaryous | University of Guelph | 2026 | |
| Members | Jeella Acedo | Mount Royal University | 2028 |
| Laleh Alisaraie | Memorial University of Newfoundland | 2028 | |
| Borhane Annabi | Université du Québec à Montréal | 2027 | |
| Maria Aristizabal | Queen’s University | 2028 | |
| Lisanework Ayalew | University of Prince Edward Island | 2028 | |
| Logan Banadyga | Public Health Agency of Canada | 2026 | |
| Florian Bentzinger | Université de Sherbrooke | 2026 | |
| Mary Berbee | The University of British Columbia | 2026 | |
| Kyle Biggar | Carleton University | 2027 | |
| Roberto Botelho | Toronto Metropolitan University | 2027 | |
| Julia Boughner | University of Saskatchewan | 2027 | |
| Keith Brunt | Dalhousie University | 2026 | |
| Katherine Buckley | Auburn University | 2026 | |
| Michael Charette | Brandon University | 2026 | |
| Zhenyu Cheng | Dalhousie University | 2028 | |
| Che Colpitts | Queen’s University | 2027 | |
| Will Costain | National Research Council Canada | 2026 | |
| Sebastien Crepin | National Research Council Canada | 2026 | |
| Gregory De Crescenzo | Polytechnique Montréal | 2026 | |
| Robin Duncan | University of Waterloo | 2027 | |
| Marylise Duperthuy | Université de Montréal | 2028 | |
| Bourlaye Fofana | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | 2026 | |
| Nicole Francis | Université de Montréal | 2028 | |
| Natalie Goto | University of Ottawa | 2026 | |
| Jinko Graham | Simon Fraser University | 2028 | |
| Alex Gregorieff | McGill University | 2026 | |
| Ilka Heinemann | The University of Western Ontario | 2028 | |
| Rui Huang | University of Guelph | 2028 | |
| Pablo Huertas | Centro Andaluz de Biologia Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa | 2028 | |
| Maritza Jaramillo | Institut national de la recherche scientifique | 2026 | |
| Philip Johnson | York University | 2026 | |
| Olivier Julien | University of Alberta | 2027 | |
| Voula Kanelis | University of Toronto | 2028 | |
| Barbara Karten | Dalhousie University | 2026 | |
| Ute Kothe | University of Manitoba | 2027 | |
| Ayush Kumar | University of Manitoba | 2026 | |
| Harley Kurata | University of Alberta | 2026 | |
| Nadine Laguette | Université de Montpellier | 2028 | |
| Katharina Lahl | University of Calgary | 2028 | |
| Mani Larijani | Simon Fraser University | 2027 | |
| Mélanie Laurin | Université Laval | 2027 | |
| Karen Liu | King’s College London | 2027 | |
| Matthew Lorincz | The University of British Columbia | 2028 | |
| Mousumi Majumder | Brandon University | 2028 | |
| Adriana Mantegazza | Thomas Jefferson University | 2026 | |
| Alexandre Maréchal | Université de Sherbrooke | 2027 | |
| Sanela Martic | Trent University | 2026 | |
| Sarah McFarlane | University of Calgary | 2028 | |
| Giuseppe Melacini | McMaster University | 2027 | |
| Thomas Merritt | Laurentian University | 2027 | |
| Valérie Mongrain | Université de Montréal | 2026 | |
| Aleksandar Necakov | Brock University | 2028 | |
| Aliesha O’Raw | Terasaki Institute | 2028 | |
| James Olds | George Mason University | 2026 | |
| Malika Oubaha | Université du Québec à Montréal | 2028 | |
| Joerg Overhage | Carleton University | 2027 | |
| Bhaja Padhi | Health Canada | 2026 | |
| Alexander Palazzo | University of Toronto | 2026 | |
| Martin Pelletier | Université Laval | 2028 | |
| Lourdes Peña Castillo | Memorial University of Newfoundland | 2026 | |
| Chun Peng | York University | 2027 | |
| Geneviève Pépin | Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières | 2028 | |
| Isabelle Plante | Institut national de la recherche scientifique | 2027 | |
| Myles Poulin | University of Maryland | 2027 | |
| Roxane Pouliot | Université Laval | 2026 | |
| Sheela Ramanathan | Université de Sherbrooke | 2028 | |
| Gilles Robichaud | Université de Moncton | 2028 | |
| Bahram Samanfar | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada | 2028 | |
| Ahmed Siah | BC Centre for Aquatic Health Science | 2027 | |
| Tabrez Siddiqui | University of Manitoba | 2026 | |
| Shuzo Sugita | University of Toronto | 2026 | |
| Andrew Swan | University of Windsor | 2028 | |
| Vera Tai | The University of Western Ontario | 2027 | |
| Nehalkumar Thakor | University of Lethbridge | 2027 | |
| Kelly Ai-Sun Tseng | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | 2028 | |
| Wayne Vogl | The University of British Columbia | 2026 | |
| David Walsh | Concordia University | 2026 | |
| Joel Weadge | Wilfred Laurier University | 2028 | |
| Heather Wilson | University of Saskatchewan | 2027 | |
| Program officers | Shanna-Kay Ming | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | |
| Kristen Marshall | |||
| John Cull | |||