Governance

Governing bodies :

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

André Archambault

Director General
Soucy Techno Inc.

Benoit Balmana

President and CEO
NanoQuébec

Jean Belzile

Director, Research and Industry Relations
École de technologie supérieure

Hamid Benaddi

Director and scientific advisor
Stedfast Recherche

Josée Blanchard, Ph D., MBA

Director, Business Developement, Life Sciences
Sherbrooke Innopole

Mohamed Chaker

Professor
INRS ÉMT
Chairman, Scientific Affairs Committee

Isabelle Deschamps

Professor
École de technologie supérieure

Jean-Jacques Drieux

Vice-president Innovation-Produits
Produits Chimiques Magnus

Philippe Hugelé

CEO
St-Jean Photochimie Inc., Groupe PCAS

Claude Jean, Board Chairman

Executive Vice-President and Director General
Teledyne DALSA

Pierre Lapointe

President and CEO
FPInnovations

Jean Moreau

President and CEO
Celluforce

Claudine Simson

Research & IP Executive LA Business Development
IBM Corporation

François Verdy Goyette
Acting Treasurer

Director General
Centre d'innovation en microélectronique du Québec

Luc Castonguay
(observer)

Acting Assistant Deputy Minister
Research and Innovation group
Ministère du Développement économique, de l'Innovation et de l'Exportation

Maryse Lassonde
(non-voting member)

Directrice scientifique
Fonds de recherche Nature et technologies

Danial D. M. Wayner
(non-voting member)

Vice-President, Physical Sciences
National Research Council Canada

Sylvie Dufort
(secretary)

Administration Manager
NanoQuébec


SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
What it is: The Scientific Affairs Committee issues recommendations on the scientific aspects of NanoQuébec’s activities, programs and planning.

Richard Arès, Ph. D. ing. jr

Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Université de Sherbrooke

Robert Beauregard

Dean
Faculty of Forestry, Geography and Geomatics
Université Laval

Jean Bouchard, Ph. D.

Chief Scientist
Chemical pulping
FPInnovations

Michael D. Buschmann, Ph. D.

Professor
Canada Research Chair in Cartilage Tissue Engineering
NSERC Chair/BioSyntech-Biomaterials
Director GRSTB [from FRSQ]
Department of Chemical Engineering
Institute of Biomedical Engineering
École Polytechnique de Montréal

Mohamed Chaker, Ph. D.,
Committee chairmain

Professor
INRS ÉMT

Denis Désilets

Director, Research & Development and Quality Control
St-Jean Photochimie Inc.

Andrew G. Kirk

Director, McGill Institute for Advanced Materials
Associate Dean of Engineering for Research and Graduate Education
Associate Professor and William Dawson Scholar
Faculty of Engineering
McGill University

Luc Ouellet

Vice-President
Technology Development
DALSA Semiconductor

Teodor Veres, Ph.D.

Group Leader
Advanced Materials Design
Functional Nanomaterials
NRC Industrial Materials Institute

Benoit Balmana

President and CEO
NanoQuébec

Sylvie Dufort, Committee secretary

Administration Manager
NanoQuébec


UNIVERSITY LIAISON COUNCIL
What it is: The University Liaison Council’s mandate is to build and harmonize relationships between NQ and member universities and to issue opinions on academic issues related to NanoQuébec’s mission.

Jacques Beauvais

Vice-Rector, Research
Université de Sherbrooke

Jean Belzile, Co-chairman

Director, Research and Industry relations
École de technologie supérieure

Yves Mauffette

Vice-Rector, Research and Creation
Université du Québec à Montréal

Paul Fortier

Vice-Rector Research and Creation
Université Laval

Alain Fournier

Scientific Director
Institut national de la recherche scientifique [INRS]

Benoit Balmana

President and CEO
NanoQuébec

Graham Carr

Acting Vice-Rector, Research and Graduate Studies
Concordia University

Geneviève Tanguay

Vice-Rector, Research, Creation and Innovation
Université de Montréal

Gilles Savard

Director, Research and Innovation
École Polytechnique de Montréal

Rose Goldstein

Vice-Principal (Research and International Relations)
McGill University

Mohamed Chaker
(observer)

Professor
INRS ÉMT
Chairman, Scientific Affairs Committee

Martin Doyon
(observer)

Ministère du Développement économique, de l’Innovation et de l’Exportation

Sylvie Dufort, Committee secretary

Administration Manager
NanoQuébec

Log in below

Your NanoQuébec contact

Sylvie Dufort Administrative Manager

Use the Contact Form