Research Management Committee
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Rickey Yada
Chair / Scientific Director
Dr. Rickey Yada was awarded a doctorate from the Department of Food Science at the University of British Columbia in 1984. He has been a faculty member at the University of Guelph since that time, serving as Chair of the Department of Food Science and as the Assistant Vice President Research, Agri-Food Programs. He is presently a Professor in the Department of Food Science and a Canada Research Chair in Food Protein Structure. His primary research focus is on structure-function relations of foo
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Voting Members
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Stan Blade
Voting Member
Dr. Stan Blade, CEO of Alberta Innovates - Bio Solutions, previously served as Executive Director of the Alberta Agricultural Research Institute (in the Government of Alberta's Ministry of Advanced Education and Technology) and as the Deputy Director General (Research) for the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). Dr. Blade's expertise has been recognized through his invitations to participate in initiatives and reviews conducted by the European Union, the United Nations' Food
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Rebecca Costello
Voting Member
Rebecca Bortz Costello, Ph.D. assumed the position of Director of Grants and Extramural Activities for the ODS in May 2006. Prior to this, she served as Deputy Director from January 1999 to April 2006 and Acting Director from January 1999 to October 1999. Dr. Costello participated in the development of the ODS Strategic Plan and is charged with implementing the plan's goals and objectives by organizing workshops and conferences on topics of national interest in dietary supplements, conducting sc
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John Dutcher
Voting Member
Dr. John Dutcher is a Professor and Canada Research Chair in Soft Matter Physics in the Department of Physics at the University of Guelph. He also serves as Director of the Centre for Food and Soft Materials Science at the University of Guelph, and as Theme Leader for the Advanced Foods and Materials Network, a Canadian Network of Centres of Excellence. Dr. Dutcher's research focuses on the physics of polymers, biopolymers and bacteria at surfaces and in thin films. He is the recipient of an Ont
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Ahmed El-Sohemy
Voting Member
Ahmed El-Sohemy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto, and currently holds a Canada Research Chair in Nutrigenomics. Dr. El-Sohemy earned a PhD in nutritional sciences with a major in molecular biology (University of Toronto, 1999). After completing his doctoral research in the area of diet and cancer Dr. El-Sohemy received a postdoctoral fellowship to study nutritional epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. In January 2000
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David Gauthier
Voting Member
David Gauthier joined the Entrepreneurial Foundation of Saskatchewan as Chief Executive Officer in August, 2008. David was educated at Queen’s University where he obtained BSCH (Biology), PhD (Biology) and MBA degrees. He has previously served as Director of Business Development with Performance Plants Inc. and as Vice-President with Foragen Technologies Management Inc., which managed a national venture capital fund specialized in advanced agricultural technology investments. David moved to Sask
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Spencer Henson
Voting Member
Spencer Henson is an agricultural economist who specialises in the economics of food safety and quality. He is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Business at the University of Guelph, where he has been working for four years. Prior to his current appointment he was at the University of Reading, UK.His research focuses on consumer perceptions of food safety and quality and the responses by both the public and private sectors to food safety and quality issues. He works in
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Constantinos Karatzas
Voting Member
Dr. COSTAS N. KARATZAS BIO
Dr. Karatzas is an executive professional with over 18 years of diverse experience managing research, product and business development programs in the Life Sciences sector. He is currently the Director of Business Development at the Research Institute of McGill University Health Center (RI MUHC) responsible for business development and commercialization activities with the aim to accelerate the transition of technologies in Health Sciences from the bench to the pati
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Nicholas Low
Voting Member
Nicholas Low obtained his B.Sc. in Chemistry from Simon Fraser University and his M.Sc. in Chemistry and his Ph.D. in Food Chemistry from the University of Alberta. Dr. Low is a Professor in the Department of Applied Microbiology and Food Science at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Low's research program is based on the structure and function of carbohydrates and carbohydrases as they relate to the detection of food adulteration. An important facet of this research is the elucidation of mecha
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Susan Lutz
Voting Member
Susan Elizabeth Lutz, PhD.
Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development & Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Rm. 200, 7000 113th Street
Edmonton AB T6H 5T6
780 427 4530 susan.lutz @ gov.ab.ca
With a background in food engineering, flavour chemistry and sensory evaluation, Dr. Susan Lutz has twenty-five years experience in food product and process development. Since 1995, Susan has worked with academia, industry and government in the development of functional foods and natural health prod
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Jim Taylor
Voting Member
Jim has been involved with venture capital for the last 10 years. Prior to Avrio, Jim established Farm Credit Canada (FCC) Ventures where he was responsible for developing the venture capital program, strategy, investment thesis, operating procedures, guidelines and processes. In addition, he was an active investor with a particular focus in growth stage companies in the Industrial Products sector.
Before FCC Ventures, Jim was responsible for the Bank of Montreal Capital Corporation's activit
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Non-Voting Members
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Tom Dowler
observer/staff
Tom Dowler joined the network in January 2009 as the Business Development Analyst. In his role he is responsible for managing applications for the Strategic Transition & Application of Research program, technology transfer and commercialization activity, and making connections with industry partners.
Tom has experience in academic research and industry R&D, as well as a good knowledge of Canadian patent practices and agreements related to technology transfer activities.
Tom was a research
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Perry Lidster
Managing Director
Dr. Perry Lidster joined AFMNet in December 2009 as the Managing Director. Dr. Lidster brings to AFMNet experience in science, technology commercialization and business development. He has extensive experience in operational management of government, public and private funded industry organizations. Some of his key strengths include management of human resources, facilities and finances, delivery of research programs, leadership in developing novel industry/government alliances and the developm
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Enikö Megyeri-Lawless
non-voting / observer
Senior Program Manager
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Larry Milligan
Chair - Board of Directors
Chair, AFMNet Board of Directors
Dr. Larry Milligan joined the University of Guelph's faculty in 1985 from the University of Alberta, where he spent the first 20 years of his career. At Guelph, he was Dean of research and later Vice-President (Research) for 16 years. He has had an exceptional career as both a researcher and administrator, garnering an international reputation for his excellence in, and commitment to, the life sciences.
Milligan is especially known for promoting collaborati
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Allan Paulson
Associate Scientific Director
Dr. Allan Paulson is a Professor of Food Science at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Associate Scientific Director of the Advanced Foods and Materials Network of Centres of Excellence (AFMNet). Dr. Paulson has worked in food research for more than 25 years, specializing in food chemistry, processing and packaging. His research has included work with gels, emulsions and foams for delivery of bioactive molecules and probiotics, developing biodegradable/edible packaging material an
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Monique Poirier
recording secretary/observer
Executive Assistant Governance
Monique Poirier is the Executive Assistant with responsibilities associated with Governance of the Network. She offers over 20 years of administration experience to the Network relating to Legal, Banking and Corporate positions held and is fluent in French.
In her current role she maintains and updates the governance framework, monitors compliance, coordinates meetings for the Board of Directors, Research Management Committee, Executive Committee and Internat
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Jan Smith
observer/staff
Network Operations/Financial Manager for AFMNet
Jan Smith joined Advanced Foods and Materials Network (AFMNet) in June 2005 as Financial Manager and accepted additional responsibilities as Operations Manager in 2007. Jan brings with her a broad range of experience in both not for profit and industry with controllership and management roles in both areas.
In her role as Financial Manager, Jan is responsible for the overall financial activities of the Network ensuring that annual budgets ar
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