Research Team
The CANSTOREnergy project team is led by University of Toronto Professor David Sinton (Mechanical and Industrial Engineering), Associate Professor Kate Neville (Political Science and School of the Environment), and Professor Heather MacLean (Civil and Mineral Engineering) and brings together researchers from 11 Canadian universities, including U of T, along with community, utility and industry partners.
David Sinton
Professor and Canada Research Chair
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Kate Neville
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science and School of the Environment
Heather MacLean
Professor
Civil and Mineral Engineering
Gisele Azimi
Associate Professor
Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
Laurel Besco
Assistant Professor
UTM Geography, Geomatics & Environment and Institute for Management and Innovation
Tracey Galloway
Associate Professor
Anthropology
Aimy Bazylak
Professor
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Chandra Veer Singh
Associate Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
Dwight Seferos
Professor
Chemistry
Ted Sargent
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
April Franco
Professor
Economics
Led by Climate Positive Energy, the CANSTOREnergy research team includes scientists and engineers as well as political and social scientists, economists and business specialists, and other experts from institutions spanning across Canada’s three coasts.
Drew Higgins
Assistant Professor
McMaster University, Chemical Engineering
Ryan Bullock
Canada Research Chair in Human-Environment Interactions
The University of Winnipeg, Environmental Studies and Sciences
Maya Papineau
Associate Professor
Carleton University, Economics
David Silas
First Nations Engagement Advisor
Yukon University, Yukon Research Centre
Yimin Wu
Assistant Professor
University of Waterloo, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Melanie Zurba
Canada Research Chair in Human-Environment Interactions
Dalhousie University, School for Resource and Environmental Studies and the College of Sustainability
Joule Bergerson
Associate Professor
University of Calgary, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Cheryl Teelucksingh
Professor
Toronto Metropolitan University, Sociology
Christina Hoicka
Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair
University of Victoria, Geography and Civil Engineering
Michael Ross
Industrial Research Chair for Colleges in Northern Energy Innovation
Yukon University, YukonU Research Centre
Curtis Berlinguette
Professor
The University of British Columbia, Chemistry
Viola Birss
Professor
University of Calgary, Chemistry
Research Collaborators
Marty Reed
Evok Innovations
Bruno Pereira
Northwest Territories Power Corporation
Kerry LeClair
City of Hamilton
Beatriz Roldán Cuenya
Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Chad Cathcart
STELCO
Shane Andre
Yukon Government
Erika Tizya-Tramm
Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Government
Giuliana Casimirri
Green Venture
Sarah E. Baker
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Rob Cumming
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Geoff Holmes
Carbon Engineering, Canada
Fengwang Li
University of Sydney, Australia
Bill Cullen
ATCO Electric Yukon
Peter Kirby
Taku River Tlingit
Andrew Hall
Yukon Energy
Niall MacDowell
Imperial College London
Alice Reimer
Creative Destruction Lab
Niels Erik Hagelqvist
Nukissiorfiit
Heather Christie-Burns
Pembina Pipeline Corporation