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Research Interests Database
This web-based tool can be used to find and display information about SFU researchers. The application is able to search multiple sources of information about researchers and their interests. It is maintained by the SFU Innovation Office.
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SFU Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
A total of 41 SFU faculty members have been elected to the Royal Society of Canada, the country's highest academic accolade.
List of SFU's Royal Society of Canada Fellows
| Last name | First name | Academy | Election Year |
| Adam | Heribert | II - Social Sciences | 2000 |
| Arrott | Anthony | III - MPS | 1983 |
| Barrow | Robin | I - Humanities | 1996 |
| Boland | Lawrence | II - Social Sciences | 2001 |
| Borden | John | III - LS | 1999 |
| Clague | John | III - EOAS | 1998 |
| Crespi | Bernard | III - LS | 2010 |
| Delany | Paul | I - Humanities | 1993 |
| Dill | Lawrence | III - LS | 1997 |
| DiLollo | Vincent | II - Social Sciences | 1997 |
| Djwa | Sandra | I - Humanities | 1994 |
| Dutton | Paul | I - Humanities | 2004 |
| Egan | Kieran | II - Social Sciences | 1993 |
| Fattah | Ezzat Abdel | II - Sciences sociales | 1990 |
| Fauquenoy | Marguerite | I - Lettres et sciences hu | 1992 |
| Gerson | Carole | I - Humanities | 2000 |
| Gomez-Moriana | Antonio | I - Lettres et sciences hu | 1996 |
| Grisé | Yolande | I - Lettres et sciences hu | 1996 |
| Harris | Richard | II - Social Sciences | 1988 |
| Hayden | Brian | II - Social Sciences | 2007 |
| Jaccard | Mark | II - Social Sciences | 2009 |
| Jones | Steven | III - LS | 2011 |
| Kimura | Doreen | III - LS | 1989 |
| Kitchen | Martin | I - Humanities | 1981 |
| Lachlan | Alistair | III - MPS | 1974 |
| Lipsey | Richard | II - Social Sciences | 1980 |
| Little | John (Jack) | I - Humanities | 2003 |
| MacDonald | George | II - Social Sciences | 1999 |
| Nelson | Erle | III - EOAS | 2006 |
| Pinto | B. Mario | III - MPS | 2003 |
| Robson | Arthur | II - Social Sciences | 2009 |
| Stewart | Mary Lynn | I - Humanities | 2000 |
| Strate | Grant | I - Arts / Les arts | 2006 |
| Thewalt | Michael | III - MPS | 1995 |
| Tippett | Maria | I - Humanities | 1992 |
| Tung | Rosalie | II - Social Sciences | 1997 |
| Winston | Mark | III - LS | 2003 |
| Wolfe | Saul | III - MPS | 1983 |
| Wortis | Michael | III - MPS | 1997 |
| Young | Robert | III - MPS | 2005 |
| Zuckermann | Martin | III - MPS | 1993 |
SFU's Canada Research Chairs
The Canada Research Chairs program is part of a national strategy to attract and retain high-calibre researchers by investing $300 million per year into 2000 research professorships across the country. Based on a calculation of its Tri-Council research funding over the past three years, SFU has been allocated 22 Tier 1 and 25 Tier 2 Canada Research Chairs (CRCs), for a total of 47. The following is a list of SFU's current CRC chair holders.
List of SFU's Canada Research Chairs
| Last name |
First name |
Chair Title / Discipline |
Tier |
Year Appointed |
CRC Profiles |
| Baillie |
David |
Genomics / Bioinformatics |
1 |
2001 |
Profile |
| Bingham |
Derek |
Industrial Statistics | 2 |
2003 |
Profile |
| Branda |
Neil |
Materials Science | 1 |
2006 |
Profile |
| Brockman |
Mark |
Viral Pathogenesis and Immunity | 2 |
2011 |
Profile |
| Clague |
John |
Natural Hazards Research | 1 |
2003 |
Profile |
| Collard |
Mark |
Human Evolutionary Studies | 2 |
2007 |
Profile |
| Dulvy |
Nicholas |
Marine Biodiversity and Conservation | 2 |
2008 |
Profile |
| Egan |
Kieran |
Cognitive Development and the Curriculum | 1 |
2001 |
Profile |
| Emberly |
Eldon |
Materials and Structural Biology | 2 |
2003 |
Profile |
| Feenberg |
Andrew |
Philosophy of Technology | 1 |
2003 |
Profile |
| Flowers |
Gwenn |
Glaciology | 2 |
2005 |
Profile |
| Gates |
Byron |
Surface Chemistry | 2 |
2005 |
Profile |
| Girt |
Erol |
Novel Magnetic Materials | 2 |
2009 |
Profile |
| Gromala |
Diane |
Multidisciplinary and Multimedia Arts | 2 |
2008 |
Profile |
| Kaida |
Angela |
Global Perspectives on HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health | 2 |
2011 |
Profile |
| Kaminska |
Bozena |
Wireless Sensor Networks | 1 |
2005 |
Profile |
| Kelm |
Mary-Ellen |
History, Medicine and Society | 2 |
2006 |
Profile |
| Kesselman |
Jonathan |
Public Finance | 1 |
2004 |
Profile |
| Kohfeld |
Karen |
Climate, Resources and Global Change | 2 |
2006 |
Profile |
| Lasarova | Mila | Global Workplace Management | 2 | 2012 | Profile |
| McCarthy |
Ian |
Technology and Operations Management | 2 |
2004 |
Profile |
| McDonald |
John |
Cognitive Neuroscience | 2 |
2004 |
Profile |
| Mohar |
Bojan |
Graph Theory | 1 |
2005 |
Profile |
| Nigam |
Nilima |
Applied Mathematics | 2 |
2009 |
Profile |
| Patton | Cynthia | Community, Culture and Health | 2 | 2003 |
Profile |
| Robinovitch | Stephen | Injury Prevention and Mobility Biomechanics | 2 | 2006 | Profile |
| Robson | Arthur | Economic Theory and Evolution | 1 | 2002 |
Profile |
| Sahinalp | Cenk | Computational Genomics | 2 | 2003 | Profile |
| Scott | Jamie | Molecular Immunity | 1 | 2004 | Profile |
| Sinclair | Nathalie | Tangible Mathematics Learning | 2 | 2011 | Profile |
| Tardos | Gabor | Computational Complexity and Geometric Arrangements | 1 | 2006 | Profile |
| Tibbits | Glen | Molecular Cardiac Physiology | 1 | 2003 | Profile |
| Tupper | Paul | Computational Methods for Stochastic Differential Equations | 2 | 2009 | Profile |
| Vocadlo | David | Chemical Biology | 2 | 2004 | Profile |
| Waddell | Charlotte | Children's Health Policy | 2 | 2007 | Profile |
| Welch | John | Indigenous Heritage Stewardship | 2 | 2005 | Profile |
| Winne | Philip | Self-Regulated Learning and Learning Technologies | 1 | 2002 | Profile |
| Wright | Stephen | Social Psychology | 2 | 2003 | Profile |
| Zhao | Yuezhi | Political Economy of Global Communication | 1 | 2004 |
Profile |
SFU's Leadership Research Chairs
The Leading Edge Endowment Fund (LEEF) has established 20 permanent Leadership Research Chairs at public, post-secondary institutions across British Columbia in the areas of medical, social, environmental and technological research. SFU's Leadership Research Chairs are:
- Ryan D'Arcy, Surrey Memorial Hospital Foundation BC Leadership Chair in Multimodal Technology for Healthcare Innovation - view news release
- Robert McMahon, BC Leadership Chair in Proactive Approaches to Reducing Risk for Violence Among Children and Youth - view news release
- John Reynolds, Tom Buell BC Leadership Chair in Salmon Conservation and Management - view news release
- Urs Ribary, BC Leadership Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience in Childhood Health and Development - view LEEF update
- Robert Young, Merck Frosst-BC Leadership Chair in Pharmaceutical Genomics, Bioinformatics and Drug Discovery - view LEEF update
Other Endowed Chairs
| Last name | First name | Title |
| Akins | Kathleen | Burnaby Mountain Endowed Professor, Philosophy |
| Allen | Douglas |
Burnaby Mountain Endowed Professor, Economics |
| Anderson |
Gail | Burnaby Mountain Endowed Professor, Criminology |
| Borwein | Peter | Burnaby Mountain Endowed Professor, Mathematics |
| Clague | John | Shrum Chair in Science |
| Cory | Jenny | Thelma Finlayson Endowed Chair in Biological Control |
| Côte | Isabelle | University Professor, Biological Sciences |
| Crespi | Bernard | University Professor, Biological Sciences |
| Gerolymatos | Andre | Hellenic Canadian Congress of B.C. Chair of Hellenic Studies |
| Gerson | Carole | University Professor, English |
| Golnaraghi | Farid | Burnaby Mountain Endowed Professor, Engineering Science |
| Goldsmith | Charles | Maureen and Milan Ilich/Merck Chair in Statistics for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases |
| Grauer | Robert |
Burnaby Mountain Endowed Professor, Business |
| Gries | Gerhard | NSERC Industrial Chair in Insect Communication Ecology |
| Howlett | Michael | Burnaby Mountain Endowed Professor, Political Science |
| Lawrence | Tom | W.J. VanDusen Professor of Management, Beedie School of Business |
| Lear | Scott | Pfizer/Heart and Stroke Foundation Chair in Cardiovascular Prevention Research |
| Little | Jack | University Professor, History |
| Martin | Jack | Burnaby Mountain Endowed Professor, Psychology |
| Moore | Jonathan | Liber Ero Chair in Coastal Studies |
| Moustafa | Tamir | Jarislowsky Chair in Religion and Cultural Change |
| Muller Myrdahl | Tiffany | Ruth Wynn Woodward Junior Chair (2012-13) |
| Punja | Zamir | Burnaby Mountain Endowed Professor, Biological Sciences |
| Reich | Blaize | RBC Professor of Technology and Innovation, Beedie School of Business |
| Ruben | Peter | Burnaby Mountain Endowed Professor, Kinesiology |
| Shapiro | Daniel | Lohn Foundation Professor, Beedie School of Business |
| Stead | Doug | Forest Renewal British Columbia (FNBC) Chair in Resource Geoscience and Geotechnics |
| Thewalt | Mike | Burnaby Mountain Endowed Professor, Physics |
| Tung | Rosallie | Ming and Stella Wong Professor of International Business, Beedie School of Business |
| Vaughan | Rodney | Sierra Wireless Professorship in Mobile Communication |
| Vining | Aidan | CNABS Professor of Business and Government Relations, Beedie School of Business |
| Wexler | Mark | University Professor, Business |
| Williams | Tony | University Professor, Biological Sciences |
| Zazkis | Rina | University Professor, Education |
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