Alan Steele Email & Phone Number

As Chief Metrologist for Canada and Director General of the Metrology Research Centre at the National Research Council, Dr. Steele provided vision and leadership for research and development of precision measurement and primary standards in physics and chemistry, ensuring that the nation has an appropriate and credible implementation of the International System of Units (the SI, also known as the Metric System). An active participant on the regional and global scenes and serving out his term on the International Committee of Weights and Measures (2018-2023), he is a keen advocate of close and deep collaboration among Natural Metrology Institutes, seeking to balance measurement services of today and scientific research for tomorrow. In recognition of the importance of Dr. Steele’s national contributions, he was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012) and was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2017).