We're implementing a tagging system to easily categorize and view each person's specific area of focus, making it simpler to connect with experts in your particular field of interest:


Satinder Brar
Professor & James and Joanne Love Chair in Environmental Engineering, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering

Sylvie Morin
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
Previous Director (2022-2023)

Stephanie Gora
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering



Shooka Karimpour
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering



Deborah McGregor
Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice

Usman T. Khan
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering

Magdalena Krol
Associate Professor, Enterprise & Partnerships, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering

Ahmed Eldyasti
Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering


Mehdi Nourinejad
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering

Kevin Gingerich
Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering

Pouya Rezai
Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering



James Orbinski
Professor, Faculty of Health
Director, Dadalah Institute for Global Health Research

Kamelia Atefi-Monfared
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering


Stavroula Pantazopoulou
Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering

Pulin Mondal
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering

Sunil Bisnath
Professor, Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering

Costas Armenakis
Professor, Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering


Ebrahim Ghafar Zadeh
Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Lassonde School of Engineering

Franz Newland
Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Space Science and Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering



Jennifer Spinney
Assistant Professor, Disaster & Emergency Management, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies

Ali Asgary
Professor, Disaster & Emergency Management, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies

Syed Imran Ali
Adjunct Professor, Lassonde School of Engineering and Research Fellow, Global Health and Humanitarianism, at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research
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