External peer reviewers
Peer review forms the basis for virtually all research funding decisions made by government funding agencies, including the Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ) and the Canadian Tri-agency (NSERC, SSHRC and CIHR).
We recognize the time and commitment invested by the following Concordia faculty members and thank them for their outstanding service.
Peer reviewer list
This list was generated based on the public disclosures of peer-reviewers from the Tri-Agency and FRQ. Each agency varies in how they define their competition year; however, all these disclosures were collected in the summer of 2025 and generally pertain to funding competitions that were active during the 2024-2025 cycle
Many other Concordia researchers, not listed here, also deserve recognition for the important contributions they make to the peer review process.
Access the source lists for each funding agency below:
| Agency | Name | Department | Committee | Subcommittee |
| NSERC | Abdessamad Ben Hamza | Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering | 2025 Research Tools and Instruments | Computer, Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (1607) |
| FRQ | Alexandra Charette | Political Science | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| FRQ | Alice Jim | Art History | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| NSERC | Alisa Piekny | Biology | 2025 Discovery Grants | Chair: Genes, Cells and Molecules (1501) |
| SSHRC | Amelie Daoust-Boisvert | Journalism | Insight Development Grants: 2024 Competition | Committee 430-16A: Communications, media studies, gender studies, library and information science, related fields |
| SSHRC | Amy Swiffen | Sociology and Anthropology | Insight Grants: October 2024 Competition | Committee 435-17: Law and criminology |
| NSERC | Andreas Arvanitogiannis | Psychology | 2025 Scholarships and postdoctoral awards | Psychology (196) |
| FRQ | Angela Alberga | Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| FRQ | Ann English | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| SSHRC | Anna Sheftel | School of Community and Public Affairs | Insight Grants: October 2024 Competition | Chair: Committee 435-22: Multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary humanities |
| CIHR | Brandon Findlay | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Project Grant Competition: Fall 2024 | Pharmaceutical Sciences (PS) |
| CIHR | Brandon Helfield | Physics | Project Grant Competition: Fall 2024 | Medical Physics & Imaging (MPI) |
| NSERC | Brandon Helfield | Physics | 2025 Scholarships and postdoctoral awards | Physics and Astronomy (178) |
| FRQ | Calvin Kalman | Physics | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| FRQ | Carly Ziter | Biology | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| FRQ | Chantal David | Mathematics and Statistics | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| FRQ | Chedly Belkhodja | School of Community and Public Affairs | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| CIHR | Christophe Grova | Physics | Project Grant Competition: Fall 2024 | Medical Physics & Imaging (MPI) |
| FRQ | Christophe Grova | Physics | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| NSERC | Christopher Wilds | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 2025 Discovery Grants | Chemistry (1504) |
| NSERC | Chunyan Lai | Electrical and Computer Engineering | 2025 Scholarships and postdoctoral awards | Electrical Engineering (197) |
| CIHR | Claudine Gauthier | Physics | Project Grant Competition: Spring 2024 | Biological and Clinical Aspects of Aging (BCA) |
| CIHR | Claudine Gauthier | Physics | Project Grant Competition: Fall 2024 | Biological and Clinical Aspects of Aging (BCA) |
| FRQ | Claudine Gauthier | Physics | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| CIHR | Dajana Vuckovic | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Project Grant Competition: Fall 2024 | Diabetes, Obesity, Lipid & Lipoprotein Disorders (DOL) |
| FRQ | Daniel Salee | Political Science | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| SSHRC | Daniela Isac | Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics | Insight Development Grants: 2024 Competition | Committee 430-10B: Psychology, linguistics and translation |
| SSHRC | Dario Brancato | Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics | Insight Grants: October 2024 Competition | Chair: Committee 435-04: Literature |
| NSERC | David Walsh | Biology | 2025 Discovery Grants | Genes, Cells and Molecules (1501) |
| SSHRC | Deborah Folaron | Études Françaises | Insight Grants: October 2024 Competition | Committee 435-15: Linguistics and translation |
| SSHRC | Diane Poulin-Dubois | Psychology | Insight Grants: October 2024 Competition | Committee 435-10B: Psychology |
| FRQ | Diego Elias Damasceno Costa | Computer Science and Software Engineering | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| SSHRC | Eldad Tsabary | Music | Insight Development Grants: 2024 Competition | Committee 430-03A: Fine arts, research-creation |
| SSHRC | Elizabeth Anne Bloodgood | Political Science | Connection Grants: 2024-25 Competitions | Committee 3B (Nov 2024) |
| CIHR | Elizabeth Teel | Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology | Project Grant Competition: Fall 2024 | Movement & Exercise (MOV) |
| CIHR | Emily Coffey | Psychology | Project Grant Competition: Fall 2024 | Behavioural Sciences – C: Behavioural Studies, Neuroscience and Cognition (BSC) |
| FRQ | Eugene Belilovsky | Computer Science and Software Engineering | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| NSERC | Ferhat Khendek | Electrical and Computer Engineering | 2025 Discovery Grants | Co-Chair: Computer Science (1507) |
| SSHRC | Florent Michelot | Education | Insight Grants: October 2024 Competition | Committee 435-23B: Multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary social sciences |
| SSHRC | Francesca Scala | Political Science | Insight Grants: October 2024 Competition | Committee 435-11: Political science and public administration |
| FRQ | Frederic Godin | Mathematics and Statistics | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| NSERC | Fuzhan Nasiri | Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering | 2025 Discovery Grants | Civil, Industrial and Systems Engineering (1509) |
| FRQ | Ghazanfarah Hafeez | Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| FRQ | Gilles Peslherbe | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| FRQ | Habib Benali | Electrical and Computer Engineering | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| CIHR | Hassan Rivaz | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Project Grant Competition: Spring 2024 | Tri-Agency Interdisciplinary (TIR) |
| CIHR | Hassan Rivaz | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Project Grant Competition: Fall 2024 | Tri-Agency Interdisciplinary – CIHR (TIR) |
| NSERC | Hassan Rivaz | Electrical and Computer Engineering | 2025 Discovery Horizons | Tri-Agency Interdisciplinary (1635) |
| SSHRC | Hassan Rivaz | Electrical and Computer Engineering | Insight Development Grants: 2024 Competition | Committee 430-24A: 430-24A Tri-Agency Interdisciplinary Peer Review committee |
| SSHRC | Ingrid Bachmann | Studio Arts | Insight Grants: October 2024 Competition | Committee 435-03: Fine Arts, Research-Creation |
| FRQ | Ivan Kantor | Chemical and Materials Engineering | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| SSHRC | Jason Camlot | English | 2024 Partnership Grants | Chair: Stage 1 and Stage 2 |
| SSHRC | Jerin John | Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering | Insight Grants: October 2024 Competition | Committee 435-13: Anthropology and archaeology |
| NSERC | Jinqiu Yang | Computer Science and Software Engineering | 2025 Discovery Grants | Computer Science (1507) |
| SSHRC | Joel Bothello | Management | Partnership Engage Grants: 2023-24 Competitions | Committee 892-2B (May 2024) |
| SSHRC | Joel Bothello | Management | Partnership Engage Grants: 2023-24 Competitions | Committee 892-2B (May 2024) |
| FRQ | John Capobianco | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| SSHRC | Jonathan Martineau | Liberal Arts College | Insight Development Grants: 2024 Competition | Committee 430-22A: Multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary humanities |
| CIHR | Karen Li | Psychology | Project Grant Competition: Spring 2024 | Biological and Clinical Aspects of Aging (BCA) |
| CIHR | Karen Li | Psychology | Project Grant Competition: Fall 2024 | Biological and Clinical Aspects of Aging (BCA) |
| FRQ | Karen Li | Psychology | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| SSHRC | Kregg Hetherington | Sociology and Anthropology | Insight Development Grants: 2024 Competition | Chair: Committee 430-13A: Anthropology and archaeology |
| CIHR | Kudret Demirli | Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering | 2024 Peer review Committee – Other | Health System Impact Fellowship – Postdoctoral Stream |
| CIHR | Lisa Kakinami | Mathematics and Statistics | 2023 Peer Review Committee – Operating Grant | Data Analysis Using Existing Databases and Cohorts |
| SSHRC | Lorenzo Ditommaso | Religions and Cultures | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships – 2024-2025 Competition | Committee 2B - Classical archaeology, classics, classical and dead languages, history, mediaeval studies, philosophy, religious studies |
| SSHRC | Lyes Kadem | Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering | Insight Grants: October 2024 Competition | Committee 435-24: Tri-Agency Interdisciplinary Peer Review Committee |
| SSHRC | Magda Konieczna | Journalism | Partnership Engage Grants: 2023-24 Competitions | Committee 892-2A (May 2024) |
| SSHRC | Magda Konieczna | Journalism | Partnership Engage Grants: 2023-24 Competitions | Committee 892-2A (May 2024) |
| SSHRC | Mahdi Mirhoseini | Supply Chain and Business Technology Management | Insight Development Grants: 2024 Competition | Committee 430-14C: Business, management and related fields |
| NSERC | Marco Bertola | Mathematics and Statistics | 2025 Discovery Grants | Mathematics and Statistics (1508) |
| FRQ | Maria Ntekoume | Mathematics and Statistics | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| NSERC | Mariana Frank | Physics | 2025 Subatomic Physics | Discovery Research (19) |
| FRQ | Marie Gagné | Political Science | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| CIHR | Marta Kersten-Oertel | Computer Science and Software Engineering | Project Grant Competition: Spring 2024 | Tri-Agency Interdisciplinary (TIR) |
| NSERC | Marta Kersten-Oertel | Computer Science and Software Engineering | 2025 Discovery Horizons | Tri-Agency Interdisciplinary (1635) |
| SSHRC | Marta Kersten-Oertel | Computer Science and Software Engineering | Insight Grants: October 2024 Competition | Committee 435-24: Tri-Agency Interdisciplinary Peer Review Committee |
| SSHRC | Marta Kersten-Oertel | Computer Science and Software Engineering | Insight Development Grants: 2024 Competition | Committee 430-24A: 430-24A Tri-Agency Interdisciplinary Peer Review committee |
| FRQ | Maryse Fortin | Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| NSERC | Masoumeh Kazemi Zanjani | Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering | 2025 Research Tools and Instruments | Civil, Industrial and Systems Engineering (1609) |
| SSHRC | Matthew Unger | Sociology and Anthropology | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships – 2024-2025 Competition | Committee 3D - Anthro., Archaeology (except Classical Arch.), Arch.Science, Comm./Media Studies, Criminology, Demo., Folklore, Geo., Library/Info. Science, Socio., Urban/Reg. Studies, Enviro. Studies |
| NSERC | Melanie Hazlett | Chemical and Materials Engineering | 2025 Research Tools and Instruments | Materials and Chemical Engineering (1611) |
| FRQ | Melissa Passarelli | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| SSHRC | Michele Paulin | Marketing | Insight Grants: October 2024 Competition | Committee 435-14C: Business, management and related fields |
| CIHR | Mihaela Iordanova | Psychology | Project Grant Competition: Spring 2024 | Chair: Behavioural Sciences – A: Neurobiological Basis of Behavioural Processes (BSA) |
| CIHR | Mihaela Iordanova | Psychology | Project Grant Competition: Fall 2024 | Chair: Behavioural Sciences – A: Neurobiological Basis of Behavioural Processes (BSA) |
| FRQ | Mitchell McLarnon | Education | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| FRQ | Mohsen Ghafouri | Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| NSERC | Natalie Phillips | Psychology | 2025 Discovery Grants | Biological Systems and Functions (1502) |
| FRQ | Nima Nateghi | Physics | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| NSERC | Pablo Bianucci | Physics | 2025 Discovery Grants | Physics (1505) |
| FRQ | Pablo Bianucci | Physics | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| FRQ | Pascale Biron | Geography, Planning & Environment | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| FRQ | Patricia Comeau | Chemical and Materials Engineering | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| FRQ | Patrik Marier | Political Science | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| NSERC | Pedro Peres-Neto | Biology | 2025 Discovery Grants | Evolution and Ecology (1503) |
| NSERC | Peter Darlington | Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology | 2025 Research Tools and Instruments | Genes, Cells and Molecules (1601) |
| SSHRC | Rachel Berger | History | Insight Grants: October 2024 Competition | Committee 435-02: History |
| NSERC | Rafik Naccache | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 2025 Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering | Prizes and Science Promotion (155) |
| NSERC | Rafik Naccache | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 2025 NSERC John C. Polanyi Award | Prizes and Science Promotion (1052) |
| FRQ | Rafik Naccache | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| FRQ | Rassim Khelifa | Biology | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| SSHRC | Rene Lemieux | Études Françaises | Partnership Engage Grants: 2024-25 Competitions | Committee 892-3B |
| FRQ | Richard Bisaillon | Political Science | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| FRQ | Richard Courtemanche | Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| CIHR | Roisin O'Connor | Psychology | Project Grant Competition: Spring 2024 | Psychosocial, Sociocultural & Behavioural Determinants of Health (PB1) |
| CIHR | Roisin O'Connor | Psychology | Project Grant Competition: Fall 2024 | Psychosocial, Sociocultural & Behavioural Determinants of Health (PB1) |
| NSERC | Sabine Bergler | Computer Science and Software Engineering | 2025 Scholarships and postdoctoral awards | Computing Sciences (198) |
| NSERC | Sandra Cespedes | Computer Science and Software Engineering | 2025 Discovery Grants | Electrical and Computer Engineering (1510) |
| SSHRC | Sarita Kennedy | Education | Insight Development Grants: 2024 Competition | Committee 430-12A: Education and social work |
| SSHRC | Saul Carliner | Education | Insight Grants: October 2024 Competition | Committee 435-12C: Education and social work |
| SSHRC | Saul Carliner | Education | Insight Development Grants: 2024 Competition | Committee 430-12C: Education and social work |
| FRQ | Saurabh Maiti | Physics | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| NSERC | Sebastien Le Beux | Electrical and Computer Engineering | 2025 Promoscience | Prizes and Science Promotion (1550) |
| FRQ | Sebastien Le Beux | Electrical and Computer Engineering | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| FRQ | Simon Bacon | Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| FRQ | Sofiene Tahar | Electrical and Computer Engineering | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| CIHR | Steve Shih | Electrical and Computer Engineering | 2024 Peer Review Committee – Catalyst Grant | Development and validation of new biomedical techniques and technologies |
| FRQ | Suryadipta Majumdar | Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| NSERC | Susan Liscouet-Hanke | Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering | 2025 Scholarships and postdoctoral awards | Mechanical Engineering (202) |
| FRQ | Sylvia Kairouz | Sociology and Anthropology | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| CIHR | Sylvia Santosa | Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology | Project Grant Competition: Spring 2024 | Diabetes, Obesity, Lipid & Lipoprotein Disorders (DOL) |
| CIHR | Sylvia Santosa | Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology | Project Grant Competition: Fall 2024 | Diabetes, Obesity, Lipid & Lipoprotein Disorders (DOL) |
| NSERC | Sylvia Santosa | Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology | 2025 Scholarships and postdoctoral awards | Plant and Animal biology (195) |
| SSHRC | Szilvia Papai | Economics | Insight Grants: October 2024 Competition | Chair: Committee 435-07: Economics |
| SSHRC | Ted Rutland | Geography, Planning & Environment | Insight Development Grants: 2024 Competition | Chair: Committee 430-09A: Geography, urban planning and related fields |
| SSHRC | Warren Linds | Applied Human Sciences | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships – 2024-2025 Competition | Committee 4C - Education, linguistics, psychology, social work |
| NSERC | Wen-Fang Xie | Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering | 2025 Discovery Grants | Co-Chair: Mechanical Engineering (1512) |
| SSHRC | William Bukowski | Psychology | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships – 2024-2025 Competition | Committee 4D - Education, linguistics, psychology, social work |
| FRQ | Xavier Ottenwaelder | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| NSERC | Xia Li | Chemical and Materials Engineering | 2025 Discovery Grants | Materials and Chemical Engineering (1511) |
| CIHR | Yiming Xiao | Computer Science and Software Engineering | Project Grant Competition: Spring 2024 | Biomedical Engineering (BME) |
| FRQ | Yves Gelinas | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
| FRQ | Zhibin Ye | Chemical and Materials Engineering | 2025-2026 Evaluation Committees | Not Disclosed |
Become a peer reviewer
Concordia researchers who apply to sit on external peer-review committees are selected based on their expertise and standing within their fields and demonstrate commendable leadership through their service.
If you wish to participate in any of these or other selection committees, particularly if you are an early-career researcher, please contact the Office of Research.