Category: Strategic Advisory Board

Jack’s research interests range from the technical issues surrounding bioconversion of wood to fuels and chemicals, through to the political, environmental and economic ramifications that these technologies will have as they develop. He is Co-Director of the NSERC Bioconversion Network and Leader of the International Energy Agency’s Bioenergy Task 39 ‘Liquid Biofuels’.  A former Dean of the Faculty of Forestry (2000 to 2010), he’s received several awards for his contribution to the fields of bioenergy and climate change, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Born: February 23, 1953 – Regina, Saskatchewan Education: B.Sc. – Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, 1975 M.Sc. – Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, 1979 Ph.D. – University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, 1984 Employment history: NSERC Post Doctoral Fellow – Agriculture Canada, 1984 to 1985 Assistant Professor – Plant Science Department, McGill University, 1985 to 1990 Associate Professor – Plant Science Department, McGill University, 1990 to 1995 Professor – Plant Science Department, McGill University, 1995- New Sun Professor – 2000 – 2005 Chair, Plant Science Department – 2004 – 2009 James McGill Professor – 2005 – 2012   Research history: During his Read More …