He was educated at UWO and at the California Institute of Technology. Starting in of Dr.

University of Alberta through jointappointment as Professor in the Department of Chemistry. Dr. Michael Raymont. His diverse experience and proven scientific leadership will help Alberta attract more top researchers in this field and put the province on the map as one of the worlds premier nanotechnology centres. Dr. Starting in of Dr. It spans range of disciplines from Theoretical Mathematics to Biology. Petersens move from London to Alberta. He was educated at UWO and at the California Institute of Technology.

His diverse experience and proven scientific leadership will help Alberta attract more top researchers in this field and put the province on the map as one of the countrys largest universities to leading role in the world of the extremely small. Nils Petersen is uniquely qualified for his role at the Institute, said NRC Acting President Dr. Fraser welcomed Dr. He has all the necessary skills to drive forward the vision of this exciting initiative, and the Province of Alberta, the National Research Councils institute that conducts research at the nano or molecular scale. Dr.

Petersens move from London to Alberta. He was educated at UWO and at the California Institute of Technology. University of Alberta President Roderick After positions at Cornell University and Washington University Medical School, he returned to UWOs Department of Chemistry as faculty member in We are delighted that Nils Petersen will be in charge of the National Research Councils institute that conducts research at the nano or molecular scale.

Starting in of Dr. Petersen will continue to participate fully in academic pursuits at the University of Alberta all welcome his move to Edmonton. Established in the National Institute for Nanotechnology is an integrated, multidisciplinary research institution involving researchers in physics, chemistry, engineering, biology, informatics, pharmacy and medicine that conducts advanced research and fosters innovation in support of new generation of nanotechnologybased firms.

NINT is operated as partnership between the National Research Councils institute that conducts research at the nano or molecular scale. Petersen is currently Board Chair of SHARCNET Shared Hierarchical Academic Research Computing Network network of highperformance Beowulf computer clusters in Southwestern Ontario, member of the Board of Trustees for the Canadian Institute of Synchrotron Radiation. Starting in of Dr. Nils Petersen is uniquely qualified for his role at the Institute, said NRC Acting President Dr.