Suzanne Fortier is a Professor of Chemistry at Queen's University

Queen's University

Queen's University, , is a public research university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Founded on 16 October 1841, the university pre-dates the founding of Canada by 26 years. Queen's holds more more than of land throughout Ontario as well as Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England...

. She is also cross-appointed to the Queen's School of Computing

Queen's School of Computing

The Queen's School of Computing is a unit of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Queen's University responsible for research, as well as undergraduate and graduate education in computing and technology....

, and is currently the Vice-Principal (Research).

Since January 16 2006, she is the President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada is a Canadian government agency that provides grants for research in the natural sciences and in engineering. Its mandate is to promote and assist research....

 (NSERC), a Canadian government division that provides grants for research in the natural sciences and in engineering

Engineering

Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...

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She received her B.Sc. and Ph.D. from McGill University

McGill University

Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...

. Her research interests are in the field of protein crystallography.

External links

Her homepage at Queen's University