Our research chairholders push the boundaries of knowledge in their fields. Awarded in part on the basis of their own research, research chairs are also awarded by virtue of the contributions that a researcher makes to the education and supervision of students and the coordination of other researchers' work.

Canada Research Chairs – Tier 2

Canada Research Chairs – Tier 1

Endowed and Sponsored Research Chairs

University Research Chairs

Former Chairs

  • Isabelle Catelas, Canada Research Chair in Bioengineering in Orthopedics (Tier 2)
  • Hussein Mouftah, Canada Research Chair in Optical Networks
  • Abdulmotaleb El Saddik, University Research Chair in Ambient Interactive Media and Applications
  • Paola Flocchini, University Research Chair on Intruder Agents and the Decontamination of Communication Networks
  • Emil M. Petriu, University Research Chair in Ubiquitous Computing Technologies and E-Society
  • Murat Saatcioglu, University Research Chair in Earthquake Engineering
  • Jianping Yao, University Research Chair in Microwave Photonics
  • Hanan Anis, NSERC Chair in Entrepreneurial Engineering Design
  • Riadh W.Y. Habash, McLaughlin Research Chair in Energy and Health
  • Catherine Mavriplis, NSERC Chair for Women in Science and Engineering (2011-2021) 
  • Stavros Tavoularis, Endowed and Sponsored Research Chairs HPCVL - Sun Microsystems Chair in Computational Science and Engineering