People
Volt-Age is led by the following team of core researchers who collaborate across disciplines.
Chief executive officer
Karim Zaghib
Professor, Chemical and Materials Engineering, Concordia University
Energy storage, lithium-ion batteries, photobattery, electrochromics, mining and transformation of circular minerals
Prix du Québec Lionel-Boulet
Scientific Committee
Andreas Athienitis, chair of the Scientific Committee and leader of Theme 1
Professor, Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University
NSERC/Hydro-Québec Industrial Research Chair in Optimized Operation and Energy Efficiency: towards High Performance Buildings
Concordia University Research Chair in Integration of Solar Energy Systems into Buildings and Communities (Tier 1)
Director, Centre for Zero Energy Building Studies
Solar energy, building energy modelling and design, smart buildings
Jeff Dahn
Professor, Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University
Canada Research Chair, NSERC/Tesla Canada Industrial Research Chair
Herzberg Gold Medal and Killam Prize recipient
Energy, lithium-ion batteries, combinatorial and high throughput materials science, advanced battery materials, electrochemistry, energy storage
Mourad Debbabi, leader of Platform B
Professor, Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering, Concordia University
Dean, Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science
Co-Leader of National Cybersecurity Consortium
Cybersecurity, smart grid security, cyber forensics and vulnerability research
Ursula Eicker, leader of Theme 2 and Platform C
Professor, Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Smart, Sustainable and Resilient Communities and Cities
Co-Director of Next-Generation Cities Institute
Sustainable energy technology, district scale energy efficiency in buildings, sustainable energy supply systems
Alan Fung
Associate Professor, Mechanical, Industrial, and Mechatronics Engineering, Toronto Metropolitan University
Energy efficiency, conservation and management, renewable energies, building integrated energy systems, hybrid energy systems, building HVAC systems and control, net-zero energy buildings and communities
Christopher Henderson
President of Lumos Energy
Founding Executive Director of the Indigenous Clean Energy Social Enterprise
Founder of Delphi Group
Board Chair of the Globe Series
Pragasen Pillay, leader of Platform A
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University
Concordia University Research Chair in Design and Performance of Electric Machines (Tier 1)
Electrified transportation, renewable energy in the urban environment
Aphrodite Salas, co-leader of Theme 3
Professor, Journalism, Concordia University
Member, Centre for Journalism Experimentation (JEX), Concordia University
John Lemieux Faculty Fellow, Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Mobile journalism, collaborative journalism with Indigenous communities, the role of journalism schools in reconciliation, journalism education and climate change in a reporting context
Rei Savafi-Naeini
Professor, Computer Science, University of Calgary
NSERC/TELUS Industrial Research Chair in Information Security
AITF Strategic Chair in Information Security
Cryptography, quantum-safe cryptography, information theoretic cryptography, communication and network Security, cloud Security, distributed ledger and smart contracts
Lukas Swan
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dalhousie University
Director, Renewable Energy Storage Laboratory
Renewable energy (solar, wind, tidal), energy storage and electric vehicles (battery energy storage, electric drive systems and charging infrastructure and management).
Thomas Walker, co-leader of Theme 3
Professor, Finance, Concordia University
Concordia University Research Chair in Emerging Risk management (Tier 1)
Sustainability and climate change, corporate governance, and risk management
Advisory Board
- Norman Hébert, chair of the Advisory Board, executive chair of Groupe Park Avenue
- Alice Aiken, vice-president of Research and Innovation, Dalhousie University
- Grégoire Baillargeon, president of BMO Financial Group Quebec and vice chair of BMO Capital Markets
- Marie Bedard, director of Customer Success & Lion Ecosystem at Lion Electric
- Dominique Bérubé, vice-president of Research and Graduate Studies, Concordia University
- Anne-Marie Croteau, dean of the John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
- Mourad Debbabi, dean of the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science
- William Ghali, vice-president of Research, University of Calgary
- Troy Jerome, president and CEO, SEN’TI Innovations
- Steven Liss, vice-president of Research and Innovation, Toronto Metropolitan University
- Madhu Prabha, process lead for Battery Materials at Nouveau Monde Graphite
- Karim Zaghib, chief executive officer, Volt-Age and professor, Chemical and Materials Engineering, Concordia University
Observing members
- Marco Blouin, directeur général, Direction générale de la Science et des Partenariats, Ministère de l’Économie, de l’Innovation et de l’Énergie du Québec (MEIE)
- Ivan Soto, Program officer / Tri-agency Institutional Programs Secretariat, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Government of Canada
