OTTAWA — The University of Ottawa is proud to announce that four of its existing Canada Research Chairs have been renewed and will receive a total of $5.6 million in funding.

“The Canada Research Chairs program allows the University of Ottawa to recruit and retain top researchers the world over,” said Mona Nemer, Vice-President of Research at the University of Ottawa. “Thanks to this program, these researchers can continue to enhance the research and education missions in key areas of interest for the University of Ottawa.”

The four existing chairs that have been renewed are:

Thomas Brabec, Natural Sciences and Engineering
Canada Research Chair in Ultrafast Photonics
$1,400,000

Pierre A. Lévy, Social Sciences and Humanities
Canada Research Chair in Collective Intelligence
$1,400,000

Hussein T. Mouftah, Natural Sciences and Engineering
Canada Research Chair in Wireless Sensor Networks
$1,400,000

David Sankoff, Natural Sciences and Engineering
Canada Research Chair in Mathematical Genomics
$1,400,000

The University of Ottawa is committed to research excellence and encourages an interdisciplinary approach to knowledge creation, which attracts the best academic talent from across Canada and around the world.