Associate Vice-President's Bio

Norbert Haunerland. Dr. Haunerland was born and raised in Germany. He studied biochemistry at the University of Münster and received his Ph.D. in 1982. Following post-doctoral work at Cornell and the University of Arizona, he joined Simon Fraser University in 1989. He currently is Associate Vice President, Research and a Professor of Biological Sciences, and is affiliated with the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Dr. Haunerland has extensive experience in academic administration. He served as Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences, as long time member of Senate, and on various committees and task forces. He had a leading role in the establishment of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University, and served provincially and nationally on higher education and research councils.

As Associate Vice-President, Research, Dr. Haunerland has responsibility for the encouragement, facilitation and administration of research, and the administration of the Animal Resource Centre and the CL3 facility. He directs the Major Projects Office and is responsible for the administration of CFI grants and the Canada Research Chair (CRC) program. He represents the University on boards or oversight committees for various organizations, including TRIUMF, the Pacific Institute of Mathematical Sciences (PIMS), WESTGRID, BCNet Research Advisory Committee, the Down Syndrome Research Foundation, Population Data BC, and the Centre for Addictions Research of BC.

His research is focused on proteins involved in lipid transport and metabolism, with a special interest in their role in gene regulation. He is known for his use of invertebrate model systems, and has extensive expertise in insect biochemistry and molecular biology.