Committee Membership

Melanie Martin, Chair of the Liaison Committee
(term ends June 2028)

bio to come

Kimberley Hall, Quantum and Soft Condensed Matter Physics
(term ends 2027)

bio to come

Richard Marchand, Near-Earth and Space Physics
(term ends June 2026)

bio to come

Nassim Bozorgnia, Subatomic Physics
(term ends June 2027)

bio to come

tba, Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
(term ends June 2028)

bio to come

Jens Lassen, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Optics and Lasers, and Plasmas
(term ends 2026)

bio to come

David Fleming, Biomedical and Biological Physics
(term ends 2028)

bio to come

Jess McIver, Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Cosmology
(term ends 2026)

bio to come

EX OFFICIO MEMBERS

NSERC REPRESENTATIVES

Kevin Lapointe, Manager of the Physics and Computer Science portfolio within the Mathematical, Environmental and Physical Sciences Division of NSERC’s Research Grants and Scholarships Directorate

Sarah Overington, Director of the Mathematical, Environmental and Physical Division within NSERC’s Research Grants and Scholarships Directorate

Catherine Harrison, Program Officer within the Mathematical, Environmental and Physical Sciences  Division of NSERC’s Research Grants and Scholarships Directorate

Dominique Maillet, Manager, Manufacturing, Communications and Technologies Division, Research and Technology Partnerships Directorate

Christopher Homes, Group Chair of NSERC’s Physics Evaluation Group

CAP REPRESENTATIVES

Chitra Rangan, Director of Academic Affairs, Canadian Association of Physicists

Francine Ford, Executive Director, Canadian Association of Physicists


Previous Liaison Committee Chairs (since the Committee was restructured in 2014)

  • June 2022-June 2025 : Sjoerd Roorda, Université de Montréal
  • June 2017-June 2022 : Rituparna Kanungo, St.Mary’s U./TRIUMF
  • June 2014-June 2017 : William Whelan, UPEI
  • June 2013-June 2014 : John Dutcher, U. of Guelph