Lakehead University leads the way in innovation: Professors specializing in early cancer detection, value-added forest products, named Canada research chairs.

• Date: 01 August 2019

Three world-class professors at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay have been named in the latest cycle of the Canada Research Chairs Program.

Dr. Sudip Kumar Rakshit has been renewed as a Canada Research Chair in Bioenergy and Biorefining Processes for a second seven-year term.

Dr. Alla Reznik has been awarded a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Physics of Radiation Medical Imaging for seven years.

Dr. Maryam Ebrahimi has been awarded a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Low-dimensional Nanomaterials for five years.

The Canada Research Chair is a federal program, established in 2000, to promote R&D excellence in academic research and training excellence post-secondary institutions.

Ottawa spends $295 million annually to attract and retain outstanding scholars and scientists. The chairholders are considered elite-level scientists in their fields of natural sciences, engineering, health sciences, humanities, and social sciences.

For the past decade...