Research Chairs

Concordia University recognizes and values the role played by Research Chairs (“Chairholders”) in creating and mobilizing knowledge with the aim of achieving research excellence. As leaders in their fields, Chairholders play a critical role in deepening our knowledge base and in strengthening our teaching, the training of highly qualified personnel, and research capacity. As catalysts and builders, they contribute to the university's positioning in given areas of scholarly pursuit and to the enhancement of the research training environment.

Canada Excellence Research Chair

Ursula Eicker, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Smart, Sustainable and Resilient Communities and Cities
Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science

Canada Research Chairs

Nicole Alberts - Tier 2, Canada Research Chair in Behavioural Health Intervention
Faculty of Arts & Science

Habib Benali - Tier 1, Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Imaging and Healthy Aging
Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science

Alex Bitektine – Tier 2, Canada Research Chair in Strategic Entrepreneurship
John Molson School of Business

Nathan Brown - Tier 2, Canada Research Chair in Poetics
Faculty of Arts & Science

Mia Consalvo - Tier 1, Canada Research Chair in Digital Games Studies and Design
Faculty of Arts & Science

Arseli Dokumaci - Tier 2, Canada Research Chair in Critical Disability Studies and Media Technologies
Faculty of Arts & Science

Tristan Glatard - Tier 2, Canada Research Chair in Big Data Analytics - Data Driven Approaches in Different Disciplines
Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science

Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc - Tier 1, Canada Research Chair in Empirical Software Engineering
Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science

Brandon Helfield- Tier 2, Canada Research Chair in Molecular Biophysics in Human Health
Faculty of Arts & Science

Mihaela Iordanova - Tier 2, Canada Research Chair in Behavioural Neuroscience
Faculty of Arts & Science

Aashiq Kachroo - Tier 2, Canada Research Chair in Synthetic Biology
Faculty of Arts & Science

Ahmed Kishk - Tier 1, Canada Research Chair in Advanced Antenna Systems
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Elena Kuzmin - Tier 2, Canada Research Chair in Cellular Systems Design
Faculty of Arts & Science

Krista Lynes - Tier 2, Canada Research Chair in Feminist Media Studies
Faculty of Arts & Science

Adriane Macdonald - Tier 2, Canada Research Chair in Governance & Sustainability
John Molson School of Business

Rachael (Ré) Mansbach - Tier 2, Canada Research Chair in Computational Physics/Biophysics
Faculty of Arts & Science

Christian Moreau - Tier 1, Canada Research Chair in Thermal Spray and Surface Engineering
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Nadia Myre - Tier 2, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Arts Practice
Faculty of Fine Arts

Joshua Neves - Tier 2, Canada Research Chair in Global Emergent Media
Faculty of Fine Arts

Melissa Passarelli - Tier 2, Canada Research Chair in Spatial Omics: from Single-cell to Clinical Innovations
Faculty of Arts & Science

Pedro Peres-Neto - Tier 1, Canada Research Chair in Spatial Ecology and Biodiversity
Faculty of Arts & Science

Sylvia Santosa - Tier 2, Canada Research Chair in Clinical Nutrition
Faculty of Arts & Science

Balbir Singh - Tier 2, Canada Research Chair in Art and Racial Justice
Faculty of Fine Arts

Krzysztof Skonieczny - Tier 2, Canada Research Chair in Aerospace Robotics
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Ishita Tiwary - Tier 2, Canada Research Chair in Media and Migration
Faculty of Fine Arts

Malcolm Whiteway - Tier 1, Canada Research Chair in Microbial Genomics
Faculty of Arts & Science

Concordia University Research Chairs

Angela Alberga - Tier 2, Concordia University Research Chair in Maternal, Child and Youth Related Issues
Faculty of Arts & Science

Chunjiang An – New Scholar, Concordia University Research Chair in Spill Response and Remediation
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Zeynep Arsel - Tier 2, Concordia University Research Chair in Consumption, Markets and Society
John Molson School of Business

Chadi Assi - Tier 1, Concordia University Research Chair in Technologies and Trends for Future Cellular Networks
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Andreas Athienitis – Tier 1, Concordia University Research Chair in Integration of Solar Energy Systems into Buildings and Communities
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Anjali Awasthi – Tier 2, Concordia University Research Chair in Connected Sustainable Mobility Systems
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Kathleen Boies – Tier 1, Concordia University Research Chair in Leadership Development
John Molson School of Business

Linda Booij – Tier 2, Concordia University Research Chair in Eating Disorders
Faculty of Arts & Science

Joel Bothello - New Scholar, Concordia University Research Chair in Resilience and Institutions
John Molson School of Business

Christopher Brett - Tier 1, Concordia University Research Chair in Applied Cell Science
Faculty of Arts & Science

Nizar Bouguila - Tier 1, Concordia University Research Chair in Applied Artificial Intelligence
Faculty of Arts & Science

Krista Byers-Heinlein - Tier 2, Concordia University Research Chair in Bilingualism and Open Science
Faculty of Arts & Science

Jason Camlot – Tier 1, Concordia University Research Chair in Literature and Sound Studies
Faculty of Arts & Science

John Capobianco – Tier 1, Concordia University Research Chair in Nanoscience
Faculty of Arts & Science

Hannah Claus - New Scholar, Concordia University Research Chair in Onkwehonwené:ha
Faculty of Fine Arts

Emily Coffey - New Scholar, Concordia University Research Chair in Sleep & Sound
Faculty of Arts & Science

Thien Thanh Dang-Vu - Tier 1, Concordia University Research Chair in Sleep, Neuroimaging and Cognitive Health
Faculty of Arts & Science

Pierre-Yann Dolbec – New Scholar, Concordia University Research Chair in Complexity and Markets
John Molson School of Business

Prosper Dovonon - Tier 1, Concordia University Research Chair in Econometrics of Large Datasets
Faculty of Arts & Science

Stefanie Duguay - New Scholar, Concordia University Research Chair in Digital Intimacy, Gender and Sexuality
Faculty of Arts & Science

Mohsenl Farhadloo - New Scholar, Concordia University Research Chair in Business Analytics for Public Health & Safety
John Molson School of Business

Maryse Fortin - New Scholar, Concordia University Research Chair in Low Back, Spine Imaging, and Musculoskeletsl Heath Interventionsy
Faculty of Arts & Science

Hua Ge – Tier 2, Concordia University Research Chair in High Performance Building Envelope for Climate Resilient Buildings
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Bianca Grohmann – Tier 1, Concordia University Research Chair in Consumer Psychology of Gender
John Molson School of Business

Walaa Hamouda - Tier 1, Concordia University Research Chair in Internet-of-Things and Machine-to-Machine Communications
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Kregg Hetheringtom - Tier 2, Concordia University Research Chair in Environmental Ethnography
Faculty of Arts & Science

Ashlee Howarth - New Scholar, Concordia University Research Chair in Metal–Organic Frameworks
Faculty of Arts & Science

Nina Howe – Tier 1, Concordia University Research Chair in Early Childhood Development and Education
Faculty of Arts & Science

Xiao Huang - Tier 2, Concordia University Research Chair in Operations & Technology
John Molson School of Business

Sana Jahanshahi-Anbuhi - New Scholar, Concordia University Research Chair in Stable Bio/Chemosensors
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Alice Jarry-Girard - New Scholar, Concordia University Research Chair in Critical Practices in Materials and Materiality
Faculty of Fine Arts

Alice Ming Wai Jim – Tier 1, Concordia University Research Chair in Critical Curatorial Studies and Decolonizing Art Institutions
Faculty of Fine Arts

Marta Kersten-Oertel – New Scholar, Concordia University Research Chair in Applied Perception
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Lawrence Kryzanowski – Tier 1, Concordia University Research Chair in Finance
John Molson School of Business

Tsz Ho Kwok - Tier 2, Concordia University Research Chair in Design & Manufacturing for Mass Customization
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Chunyan Lai - New Scholar, Concordia University Research Chair in Transportation Electrification
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Jason Edward Lewis - Tier 1, Concordia University Research Chair in Computational Media and the Indigenous Future Imaginary
Faculty of Fine Arts

Xia Li - New Scholar, Concordia University Research Chair in High Energy Rechargeable Batteries
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Erin Manning - Tier 1, Concordia University Research Chair in Speculative Pragmatism, Art and Pedagogy
Faculty of Fine Arts

Rafik Naccache - Tier 2, Concordia University Research Chair in Sustainable Multifunctional Nanomaterials
Faculty of Arts & Science

Mireille Paquet - Tier 2, Concordia University Research Chair in Politics of Immigration
Faculty of Arts & Science

Natalie Phillips - Tier 1, Concordia University Research Chair in Sensory-Cognitive Health in Aging and Dementia
Faculty of Arts & Science

Alisa Piekny - Tier 2, Concordia University Research Chair in Cancer Cell Biology
Faculty of Arts & Science

Pragasen Pillay - Tier 1, Concordia University Research Chair in Design and Performance of Electric Machines
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Catherine Richardson – Tier 1, Concordia University Research Chair in Indigenous Healing Knowledge
Faculty of Arts & Science

Ramin Sedaghati - Tier 1, Concordia University Research Chair in Smart Materials and Adaptive Structures
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Hassan Rivaz – Tier 2, Concordia University Research Chair in Medical Imaging with Deep Learning
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Kim Sawchuk - Tier 1, Concordia University Research Chair in Mobile Media Studies
Faculty of Arts & Science

Ramin Sedaghat - Tier 1, Concordia University Research Chair in Smart Materials and Adaptive Structures
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Anton Shevchenko - New Scholar, Concordia University Research Chair in Operations and Sustainable Development
John Molson School of Business

Steve Shih - New Scholar, Concordia University Research Chair in Microfluidics for Biological and Chemical Analysis
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Emad Shihab - Tier 2, Concordia University Research Chair in Data Analytics for Software Systems
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Tanja Tajmel – Tier 2, Concordia University Research Chair in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Kathleen Vaughan - Tier 1, Concordia University Research Chair in Art + Education for Sustainable and Just Futures
Faculty of Fine Arts

Dajana Vuckovic - Tier 2, Concordia University Research Chair in Clinical Metabolomics & Biomarkers
Faculty of Arts & Science

Thomas Walker - Tier 1, Concordia University Research Chair in Emerging Risk Management
John Molson School of Business

Angelique Willkie - Tier 2, Concordia University Research Chair in Ecologies of B/black Performance
Faculty of Fine Arts

Yiming Xiao - New Scholar, Concordia University Research Chair in Intelligent & Intuitive Surgical Technology
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Jun Yan - Tier 2, Concordia University Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence in Cyber Security and Resilience
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Carly Ziter - New Scholar, Concordia University Research Chair in Urban Ecology and Sustainability
Faculty of Arts & Science

Honorary Concordia University Research Chairs

Phil Abrami – Tier 1, Honorary Concordia University Research Chair in Education
Faculty of Arts & Science

M. Omair Ahmad - Tier 1, Honorary Concordia University Research Chair in Multimedia Signal Processing
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Shimon Amir – Tier 1, Honorary Concordia University Research Chair in Psychology
Faculty of Arts & Science

William Bukowski – Tier 1, Honorary Concordia University Research Chair in Psychology
Faculty of Arts & Science

John Capobianco – Tier 1, Concordia University Research Chair in Nanoscience
Faculty of Arts & Science

Mourad Debbabi – Tier 1, Honorary Concordia University Research Chair in Information Systems Security
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Ann English – Tier 1, Honorary Concordia University Research Chair in Bioinorganic Chemistry
Faculty of Arts & Science

Fariborz Haghighat - Tier 1, Honorary Concordia University Research Chair in Energy and Environment
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Suong Van Hoa – Tier 1, Honorary Concordia University Research Chair in Materials and Composites
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Nina Howe – Tier 1, Concordia University Research Chair in Early Childhood Development and Education
Faculty of Arts & Science

Lynn Hughes – Tier 1, Honorary Concordia University Research Chair in Interactive Design and Games Innovation
Faculty of Fine Arts

Brigitte Jaumard – Tier 1, Honorary Concordia University Research Chair in Optimization of Communication Networks
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Gary Johns – Tier 1, Honorary Concordia University Research Chair in Management
John Molson School of Business

Khashayar Khorasani – Tier 1, Honorary Concordia University Research Chair in Control of Autonomous Network of Unmanned Systems
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Martin Lefebvre – Tier 1, Honorary Concordia University Research Chair in Film Studies
Faculty of Fine Arts

Catherine Mulligan - Tier 1, Honorary Concordia University Research Chair in Geo-environmental Sustainability
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Subhash Rakheja – Tier 1, Honorary Concordia University Research Chair in Vehicular Ergodynamics
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Lisa Serbin – Tier 1, Honorary Concordia University Research Chair in Psychology
Faculty of Arts & Science

Peter Shizgal – Tier 1, Honorary Concordia University Research Chair in Psychology
Faculty of Arts & Science

Chun-Yi Su - Tier 1, Honorary Concordia University Research Chair in Control of Non-Smooth Dynamic Systems
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Ching Y. Suen – Tier 1, Honorary Concordia University Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Srikanta M.S. Swamy – Tier 1, Honorary Concordia University Research Chair in Signal Processing
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Sofiene Tahar - Tier 1, Honorary Concordia University Research Chair in Formal Verification of System-on-Chip
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Thomas Waugh - Tier 1, Honorary Concordia University Research Chair in Documentary Film and in Sexual Representation
Faculty of Fine Arts

Barabara Woodside – Tier 1, Honorary Concordia University Research Chair in Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
Faculty of Arts & Science

Other Research Chairs and Professorships

Andreas Athienitis – NSERC/Hydro-Québec Industrial Research Chair in Optimized Operation and Energy Efficiency: towards High Performance Buildings
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Simon Bacon - Chaire de recherche double - Intelligence Artificielle en Santé
Faculty of Arts & Science

Natasha Blanchet-Cohen – Chaire-réseau Jeunesse : Les parcours vers l'autonomie et l’épanouissement des jeunes dans une société en transformation (co-titulaire), volet "Jeunes issus des Premières Nations et jeunes Inuits"
Faculty of Arts & Science

Jun Cai – Human Centered Engineering
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Jeremy Clark – NSERC/Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton/ Catallaxy Industrial Research Chair in Blockchain Technologies
Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science

Miranda Crowdus – Research Chair in Canadian Jewish Studies
Faculty of Arts & Science

Alexandra Dawson – CIBC Distinguished Professorship in Entrepreneurship and Family Business
John Molson School of Business

Roch Glitho – Ericsson-ENCQOR Senior Industrial Research Chair in Cloud and Edge Computing for 5G and Beyond
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Suong Van Hoa – NSERC/Bell Helicopter Textron Industrial Research Chair in Automated Composites Manufacturing (with Bell Helicopter Textron Canada)
Gina Cody School of Engineering & Computer Science

Sylvia Kairouz – Chaire de recherche pour l’étude et la prévention du jeu au Québec
Faculty of Arts & Science

Martha Langford – Director and Research Chair - Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art
Faculty of Fine Arts

Michel Laroche – Royal Bank Distinguished Professorship in Marketing
John Molson School of Business

Cédric Lesage – Lawrence S. Bloomberg Chair in Accountancy
John Molson School of Business

Michel Magnan – Jarislowsky Chair in Corporate Governance
John Molson School of Business

Claudine Mangen – RBC Professorship in Responsible Organizations
John Molson School of Business

Vincent Martin – Applied Synthetic Biology Senior Research Chair
Faculty of Arts & Science

Jane McGaughey - Johnson Chair in Québec and Canadian Irish Studies
Faculty of Arts & Science

Jennifer McGrath – PERFORM Centre Research Chair
Faculty of Arts & Science

Juliane Proelss - Jacques Ménard - BMO Professorship in Capital Markets
John Molson School of Business

Lorne Switzer – Van Berkom Endowed Chair in Small-Cap Equities
John Molson School of Business

Vivek Venkatesh – Chaire UNESCO en prévention de la radicalisation et de l'extrémisme violents
Faculty of Fine Arts

Lingyu Wang – NSERC/Ericsson Industrial Research Chair in Software-Defined Networking and Network Functions Virtualization (SDN/NFV) Security
Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science