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NSERC Strategic Network on Innovative Wood Products and Building Systems
| Chair |
|---|
| Lynn Embury-Williams Director of Marketing and Business Development Canfor Wood Products Marketing |
| Members |
| Grant Newfield, Principal Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd. |
| Andrew Harmworth, Principal GHL Consultants Ltd. |
| Roger Cheng, Chair and C.W. Carry Professor of Steel Structures Department of Civil Engineering University of Alberta |
| J. Daniel Dolan, Professor, Director of Codes and Standards and Acting
Director Department of Civil Engineering Washington State University |
| Ian Hartley, Dean of Graduate Programs University of Northern British Columbia |
| Morad Atif, Director General NRC Institute for Research in Construction |
| Non-Voting Members |
| Helen Griffin, Vice-President, Codes and Engineering Canadian Wood Council |
| Erol Karacabeyli, Manager, Building Systems Department FPInnovations, Forintek Division |
| Robert Jones, Director, Canadian Forest Service Natural Resources Canada |
| Jyotsna Dalvi, Director, Forest Industries Directorate Industry Canada |
| Y.H. Chui, Network Scientific Director, Professor University of New Brunswick |
| Shaheer Mikhail, Account Manager NSERC |
| Kenneth Koo, Network Liaison Manager FPInnovations |
NSERC Strategic Network on Value Chain Optimization
| Chair |
|---|
| Jason Linkewich, Vice-President, Fibre Supply Strategy Tembec Inc. |
| Members |
| Dave Chamberlain, General Manager Kruger Inc. |
| Catherine Cobden, Vice-President Economics and Regulatory Affairs Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) |
| Yves Bergeron, Senior Chair, NSERC-UQAT-UQAM Industrial Research Chair in Sustainable Forest Management Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
| Winnifred HaysByl, Acting Director, Research and Knowledge Managment Branch
Competitiveness and Innovation Division BC Forest Research Branch Office |
| David Hayhurst, Director Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry |
| Darcie Booth, Director, Economic Analysis Division Canadian Forest Service |
| Non-Voting Members |
| Peter Lister, General Manager of the Feric Division FPInnovations |
| Sophie D'Amours, Network Scientific Director, NSERC Industrial Research
Chair in Collaborative Integration and Synchronization of the Forest Products
Supply Chains, FORAC Research Consortium Director Université Laval |
| Driss Haboudane, Account Manager NSERC |
| Torsten Lihra, Network Liaison Manager FPInnovations |
NSERC Biomaterials and Chemicals Strategic Network
| Chair |
|---|
| Janusz Lusztyk, Director General Institute for Chemical Process and Environmental Technology National Research Council of Canada |
| Members |
| John Kadla, Network Scientific Director, Professor Department of Wood Science The University of British Columbia |
| Rory Gilsenan, Chief, Resource Economics and Bioenergy Canadian Forest Service Natural Resources Canada |
| John Tao, VP Open Innovation Weyerhaeuser Co. |
| Mike Rushton, Chief Operating Officer Lignol |
| Tom Browne, Program Manager Mechanical Pulping and Biorefinery FPInnovations |
| Lorne Morrow, Chief Executive Officer Centre for Research Innovation in the Bio-economy (CRIBE) |
| John Hepburn, Vice-President, Research and International Relations The University of British Columbia |
| Ted Hewitt, VP Research and International Relations The University of Western Ontario |
| Dave McDonald, Consultant |
| Murray McLaughlin, President Sustainable Chemistry Alliance |
| Non-Voting Members |
| Reginald Thériault, Account Manager NSERC |
| John Schmidt, Network Liaison Manager FPInnovations Paprican Division |
NSERC Green Fibre Network
| Chair |
|---|
| Martin Fairbank, Senior Advisor Resolute Forest Products |
| Members |
| Gilles Dorris, Program Manager, Fibre Products Manufacturing FPInnovations |
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Mélanie Turgeon, Agente de développement industriel, Direction du développement de l’industrie des produits forestiers Ministère des Ressources Naturelles et de la Faune |
| George Bruemmer, Executive Director of Canadian Wood Fibre Centre Natural Resources Canada |
| Craig Crawford, President and CEO Bioauto Council |
| Ken Kehrer, Research Fellow Armstrong World Industries |
| Dick Kerekes, Professor Emeritus Pulp and Paper Centre The University of British Columbia |
| Alex Koukoulas, Managing Director ANL Consultants LLC |
| Roger Gaudreault, Corporate Director, Scientific Development and Innovation Cascades Inc. |
| Non-Voting Members |
| Theodorus van de Ven, Network Scientific Director NSERC/FPInnovations, Paprican Industrial Research Chair in Colloid and Papermaking Chemistry Professor McGill University |
| Wendy Ryan, RPP Manager NSERC |
| Norayr Gurnagul, Network Liaison Manager FPInnovations, Paprican Division |
NSERC Strategic Network - SENTINEL - The Canadian Network for the Development and use of Bioactive Paper
| Acting Chair |
|---|
| Denis Therien, Interim Vice-Principal McGill University |
| Members |
| Alan Potter, Vice-President FPInnovations |
| Jan Sumerel, Manager, Biomedical Sciences FUJIFILM Dimatix |
| Martin Pelletier, Consultant Cascades Canada |
| Kirsi Partti-Pellinen, Specialist, Microbiology Packaging Boards Stora Enso Research |
| Rick Joyce, Vice-President Technology Sun Chemicals |
| Robert Pelton, Sentinel Network Scientific Director McMaster University |
| Elsie Quaite-Randall, Executive Director Industry Liaison Office McMaster University |
| Bradley Fox, Director, Technology Transfer Networks Ontario Centres of Excellence |
| Gord Surgeoner, President Ontario Agri-Food Technologies |
| Huining Xaio, Professor University of New Brunswick |
| Daniel Schabacker, Team Leader, Bio-Detection Technologies Argonne National Laboratories |
| Marie-Esther Saint Victor, Section Manager Enterprise Innovation and Technology
Division SC Johnson |
| David McDonald, Consultant |
| Non-Voting Members |
| George Rosenberg, Network Liaison Manager |
| Wendy Ryan, Portfolio Manager NSERC |
NSERC Strategic Network on Forest Management for Value-Added Products - ForValueNet
| Chair |
|---|
| Pierre Monahan, Corporate Director and Business Management Consultant Gaz métro |
| Members |
| Marc Bédard, Forestry Director AbitibiBowater Inc. |
| Robert Jobidon, Partner Representative Quebec Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife Quebec Government |
| Denis Ouellet, Partner Representative Natural Resources Canada |
| Peter Marshall, Network Researcher The University of British Columbia |
| Phil Comeau, Scientific Committee, Scientific Director, University of Alberta |
| Denis Mayrand, Host University Representative Université Laval |
| Non-Voting Members |
| Michel Vincent, Consultant Del Degan Massé et associés |
| Ken Hogginbotham Canfor |
| Marc-André Lapointe, Faculty of Administration Université de Sherbrooke |
| Driss Haboudane, Account Manager NSERC |
| Alain Cloutier, Strategic Networks Scientific Director Université Laval |
| Daniel Breton, Network Liaison Manager Université Laval |
NSERC Bioconversion Network
| Chair |
|---|
| Ian de la Roche, Former President and CEO FPInnovations |
| Members |
| David Anderson, Former Federal Minister of Environment and Minister of Fisheries and Oceans |
| Robert Benson, R&D Director GreenField Ethanol |
| Brian Davison, Chief Scientist, Systems Biology and Biotechnology Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Marc Fortin, Assistant Deputy Minister Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada |
| Kevin Hall, VP Research University of Guelph |
| Blaine Kenedy, Manager, Screening and Evaluation Sustainable Technology Development Canada (SDTC) |
| David McDonald, Former Vice-President Research and Education FPInnovations-Paprican |
| Alan Potter, Vice President, Strategic Technologies and Initiatives FPInnovations-Paprican |
| Rob Wellwood, Manager, Forest Products Alberta Innovates-Technology futures |
| Hung Lee, Network Scientific Director, Co-Scientific Director, Professor School of Environmental Sciences University of Guelph |
| Jack Saddler, Co-Scientific Director, Dean and Professor Faculty of Forestry The University of British Columbia |
| Non-Voting Members |
| Réginald Thériault, Program Officer NSERC |
| Claire McAneney, Program Officer NSERC |
| Goretty Dias, Network Liaison Manager School of Environmental Sciences University of Guelph |
