Explore our team

Executive teamCommunications and government relationsInnovation and commercializationScience and trainingFinance and administrationResearch Implementation UnitEquity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility Governance bodyCommittees

Note: This page does not include the many researchers involved in our Transforming Climate Action and Safe and Sustainable Development of the Ocean Frontier programs.

Executive team

Communications and government relations

Innovation and commercialization

Science and training

Finance and administration

Research Implementation Unit

Equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility

Governance body

Dalhousie Executive Management Council

Jennifer Bain
Jennifer Bain
Vice-President Research and Innovation (acting)
Dalhousie University
John Newhook
John Newhook
Dean of Engineering
Dalhousie University
Chuck MacDonald
Chuck MacDonald
Dean of Science
Dalhousie University
Sarah Harding
Sarah Harding
Dean of Law
Dalhousie University
Marty Leanord
Marty Leanord
Provost
Dalhousie University
July 1, 2024-Dec 31/24
Wanda Costen
Wanda Costen
Provost
Dalhousie University
a/o Jan 1, 2025
Graham Gagnon
Graham Gagnon
Dean of Architecture and Planning
Dalhousie University
TBD
TBD
Associate Vice-Provost, Indigenous
Dalhousie University
Dr. Anya Waite
Dr. Anya Waite
Chief Executive Officer and Scientific Director
Dalhousie University
Ocean Frontier Institute

Committees

Excellence, Impact, and Engagement Committee

John Risley
John Risley
(
Chair
)
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
Clearwater Fine Foods Incorporated Ventures
Alanna Syliboy
Alanna Syliboy
(
)
Culture, Education and Engagement Manager, Mi’kmaw Conservation Group
Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq
Arran McPherson
Arran McPherson
(
Observer
)
Assistant Deputy Minister, Ecosystems and Oceans Science
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Dr. Anya Waite
Dr. Anya Waite
(
Co-Chair
)
Chief Executive Officer and Scientific Director
Dalhousie University
Ocean Frontier Institute
David Paterson
David Paterson
(
)
Executive Director
Marine Alliance for Science and Technology Scotland
Ed Hill
Ed Hill
(
)
Chief Executive
National Oceanography Centre
Eric Siegel
Eric Siegel
(
)
he/him
Chief Innovation Officer
Dalhousie University
Ocean Frontier Institute
Heide Hackmann
Heide Hackmann
(
)
Strategic Advisor on Transdisciplinarity and Global Knowledge Networks
University of Pretoria
Jake Rice
Jake Rice
(
)
Chief Scientist Emeritus
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Julie Pullen
Julie Pullen
(
)
Partner
Propeller Ventures
Katja Matthes
Katja Matthes
(
)
Professor, Atmospheric Physics, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and Christian-Albrechts
Universität zu Kiel
Kim Thomson
Kim Thomson
(
)
she/her
Chief Administrative Officer
Dalhousie University
Ocean Frontier Institute
Marc D'Iorio
Marc D'Iorio
(
)
Assistant Deputy Minister, Science and Technology Branch
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Mark Jollymore
Mark Jollymore
(
)
President
Innovasea Systems, Inc.
Dr. Paul Snelgrove
Dr. Paul Snelgrove
(
)
Associate Scientific Director
Memorial University
Ocean Frontier Institute
Peter de Menocal
Peter de Menocal
(
)
President and Director
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Advisory Committee on Indigenous Engagement in Ocean Research

Dr. Anya Waite
Dr. Anya Waite
(
Co-Chair
)
Chief Executive Officer and Scientific Director
Dalhousie University
Ocean Frontier Institute
Angeline Gillis
Angeline Gillis
(
Co-Chair
)
Associate Executive Director
Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq
Alanna Syliboy
Alanna Syliboy
(
)
Culture, Education and Engagement Manager, Mi’kmaw Conservation Group
Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq
Catherine Gagnon
Catherine Gagnon
(
)
Indigenous Leader
L'Université du Québec à Rimouski
Cathy Martin
Cathy Martin
(
)
Director of Indigenous Community Engagement
Dalhousie University
Corey Morris
Corey Morris
(
)
Research Scientist
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Dr. Jean-François Bousquet
Dr. Jean-François Bousquet
(
)
Associate Scientific Director, Transforming Climate Action Research Program
Dalhousie University
Ocean Frontier Institute
Melissa Nevin
Melissa Nevin
(
)
Director of Fisheries and Integrated Resources
Atlantic Policy Congress of the First Nations Chiefs Secretariat
Mike Nester
Mike Nester
(
)
Research Manager
Qikiqtani Inuit Association
John Vicaire
John Vicaire
(
)
Executive Director
Gespe'gewa'gi Institute of Natural Understanding
Paul Banahene Adjei
Paul Banahene Adjei
(
)
Interim Associate Vice-President (Indigenous Research)
Memorial University
Dr. Paul Snelgrove
Dr. Paul Snelgrove
(
)
Associate Scientific Director
Memorial University
Ocean Frontier Institute
Shelley Denny
Shelley Denny
(
)
Director of Aquatic Research and Stewardship
Unama'ki Institute of Natural Resources