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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa, Canada Area

Ottawa, Canada Area

• Managed the « microprogramme de 3e cycle d’enrichissement des compétences en recherche »;
• Created training activities for the development of researcher’s skills such as research project management, career management, ethics in research;
• Collaborated with 18 Ph.D. programs in natural sciences, engineering, and medical sciences;
• Organized the Center’s committees and governance;
• Recruted and supervised the Center’s personnel.

• Conceived and delivered specific training for Ph.D. students of the sciences, engineering and medical sciences faculties;
• Watched for emergent approaches and best practices regarding the training of researchers;
• Compiled and analysed data, and observations about Ph.D. graduates and their job insertion;
• Advised the director on the management of the training program.

• Wrote the project’s business plan;
• Conducted the process of fundraising at the federal, provincial and regional level as well as the accountability process that followed;
• Managed the project delivery, and operations (finances, human resources, contracts, etc.)
• Conceived and wrote studies and reports on the region's innovation potential and dynamics.
• Represented the Observatoire amongst the regional community and elsewhere.

• Contributed to the elaboration of the science and innovation policy of the province of Quebec.
• Wrote summaries and briefing notes about various policy subjects including intellectual property, public understanding of science and technology, brain drain and highly qualified persons mobility, international trends.

• Adapted a US model and conducted simulations of greenhouse gas emissions for the full life-cycle of production and use of various fuels in the transportation sector.
• Analysed the Canadian situation
• Prepared a report assessing the impact on greenhouse gas emissions of adopting a gasoline-ethanol mix of 5% or 10% to fuel Canadian cars.

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering

Part time regime, conducted at the biophotonics and optoelectronics lab of Centre de recherche en nanofabrication et nanocaractérisation.

M.Sc., Physiology - Biophysics

Conducted research in the field of cellular and molecular biophysics making use of a range of techniques including.

B.Sc., Physics

Coop. program, i.e. with alternating school and work terms.